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Opinion: How can we get pharma companies to do more for global health? Try ranking them
The Global Health Index measures drug impact in terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years saved. Companies are paying attention to it because it can affect brand perception.
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- Health Care
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GE Healthcare to invest up to $50 million in start-up accelerator programme
GE Healthcare, the $18 billion healthcare technology division of General Electric Co., will provide funding of up to $50 million for global start-ups under its new accelerator five.eight programme, aimed at improving affordable healthcare in emerging markets.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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Habitat for Humanity and IKEA Foundation to improve homes for children in India and Kenya
A €5.3 million grant from the IKEA Foundation will help families in poor communities in India and Kenya to improve homes through access to small loans and affordable, eco-friendly building materials and services.
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- Uncategorized
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- microfinance
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McKinsey says digital finance adoption could add trillions to high growth economies
Adoption of digital finance could add $3.7 trillion dollars to the GDP of emerging markets economies, including $1.1 trillion in China alone, according to a new McKinsey & Company report.
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- Technology
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George Soros to Give $500 Million to Migrant, Refugee Businesses
George Soros is pumping $500 million into migrant- and refugee-founded businesses and other initiatives, the billionaire investor announced Tuesday, noting that his hope is other investors will follow suit.
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- Investing
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- philanthropy
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Rice Engineer Secures Prestigious $625,000 ‘Genius Grant’
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, a bioengineering professor at Rice University, was named a 2016 MacArthur Fellow by the MacArthur Foundation.
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- Health Care, Technology
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How to Raise Trillions for Green Investments
Saving our planet from the worst effects of climate change won’t be cheap. A new report from the United Nations says that the world will need to mobilize $90 trillion in public and private capital over the next 15 years.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Stanford Bioengineer Manu Prakash Wins Prestigious MacArthur Grant
Manu Prakash, an assistant professor of bioengineering, has been named one of the 2016 fellows of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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- Health Care
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