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OPIC Announces $3.7 Billion in New Commitments for FY2016
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, today announced $3.7 billion in financing and insurance commitments during Fiscal Year 2016 to support economic development in emerging markets. OPIC’s portfolio reached a record-setting $21.5 billion across 100 developing countries and the Agency marked the 39th year of achieving its mission at no net cost to taxpayers.
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UN health agency issues new guidelines on HIV self-testing
Ahead of World AIDS Day, marked annually on 1 December, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines on HIV self-testing, which aim to help millions of people know their HIV status and get treatment.
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A method for storing vaccines at room temperature
Shipping vaccines in an unbroken temperature-controlled supply chain (a "cold chain") all the way to recipients is a major logistical and financial challenge in remote areas and developing countries. According to Doctors Without Borders, the need to keep vaccines within a temperature range of 2-8°C is one of the main factors behind low immunization-coverage rates.
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How This Latina Turned Her Aha Moment Into A Profitable, Socially Responsible Business
In 2010, when Francesca Kennedy went back to Guatemala to visit her family, she found that the lake she had been baptized in, Lake Atitlan, was deemed by NASA to be one of the world’s worst natural disasters. The blue green algae that now inhabited the once clear lake was the first spark into what would later become her mission-driven entrepreneurial career.
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Investors aren’t sold on ‘values-based’ investing, but they may be missing out
Investing with your conscience may not your thing, but it's working for people who know where to look. So-called "values-based" investing — putting money into companies with strong track records on the environment, social issues and corporate governance — has increased among major money managers.
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India’s earnings from medical tourism could exceed US $8 billion by 2020
Apollo Hospitals, a pioneer in the Indian healthcare industry, has just opened its 66th hospital. In an exclusive chat with International Business Times, Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman - Apollo Hospitals Groups, discusses healthcare needs in India, medical tourism and more.
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- South Asia
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Pakistan’s Central Bank Calls India’s Cash War ‘Extreme’
Pakistan’s central bank Governor Ashraf Mahmood Wathra called India’s shock clampdown on cash an “extreme” step to boost financial inclusion, tax collection and battle graft, as the neighboring nation implements its own plans to double the number of people using banks within four years.
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Indian healthcare groups find a cure for higher growth
Cash-rich Indian hospital groups such as recently listed Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd. are setting up operations in Africa to tap a growing stream of middle-class patients from the continent seeking quality health care.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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