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3 Futuristic Health Sensors That Could Save Lives
Entrepreneurs at Fortune’s Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego on Wednesday showed off what they believe is the solution to lowering medical costs and bringing better care to the developing world.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Your Guide To Impact Investing
For more than four years, I’ve been covering impact investing as a regular Forbes contributor and have written hundreds of pieces about the space. Here’s the thing: most impact investments are only open to wealthy people.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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USP publishes first global health standard
The United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) has published its first global health standard. The standard is about an antiseptic, and it is aimed at assisting newborn children in developing countries.
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Contraceptive Rates in Poorest Countries Leap by 30 Million Users in Four Years
The number of women in the world’s poorest countries using modern forms of contraception has jumped by more than 30 million in the past four years, according to a report that found the most significant progress had been made in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Vodafone Americas Foundation Seeks Latest Connected Innovations to Enter the Ninth Annual Wireless Innovation Project Awards
The Vodafone Americas Foundation today opened the ninth annual Wireless Innovation Project™ (WIP), in search of the latest technology that will positively impact the global community. After supporting organizations such asMobile ODT, which uses a phone camera for colposcopies, and Nexleaf, which makes a vaccine monitoring platform, grow into scalable businesses through the program, the Foundation is calling for new applicants with connected solutions and wireless-related technologies. Online applications will be accepted from November 1, 2016 through March 6, 2017, with winners announced in June 2017.
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China Approves Pfizer Vaccine Prevenar
Chinese regulators have approved Pfizer Inc's blockbuster vaccine Prevenar 13, the U.S. drugmaker said on Wednesday, a breakthrough for the firm after it was forced to shut its vaccine business in China last year.
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MIT’s New Accelerator Will Support Entrepreneurs Building Social Impact Tech
Starting a tech company is fairly easy now, if "tech" means yet another app. But the kind of technology needed to solve the world's biggest problems—whether it's low-cost water purification, nanoscale robots that can perform safer surgeries, or meltdown-proof nuclear reactors—tends to require more resources than an entrepreneur would have in the garage.
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Opinion: Understanding effective service delivery for rural health care
What differentiates a high performing health service delivery model from an ordinary service delivery system? Over the years, with the exponential rise in health care spending, health practitioners are increasingly looking for affordable and value-added service models as the key ingredient for delivering effective care.
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