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IISC Innovation All Set To Make Diabetic Healthcare Afforable
While lifestyle changes and regular monitoring of blood glucose levels could reduce life-threatening complications arising from diabetes, glucometer to detect blood-glucose levels are currently expensive and unaffordable for many. Now scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have developed a low-cost glucometer kit to check blood-glucose levels.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Social entrepreneur Jacob Ugbodaga on why Nigerians need to buy local products
Corporate Institutions across Nigeria are embarking on mass retrenchment of workers amidst fresh graduates entering the job market by mid-June which is coming on the heels of predictions from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that the Nigerian economy was about to slip into a recession.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ImpactAssets Impact Investment Notes Deploys $8.3MM In Capital to Latin America and Asia
ImpactAssets announced today that it has deployed more than $8.3MM to financial institutions and agricultural organizations in Latin America and Asia for small business expansion, socioeconomic development and environmental sustainability through its recently launched Impact Investment Notes.
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- Investing
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- Latin America
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Landscape of Microinsurance Africa study released
The study provides an in depth analysis of the evolution of microinsurance in the African region in terms of products, delivery channels, regulations and profitability indicators to the industry.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Deutsche Bank ventures into ethical funds arena
Deutsche Bank has partnered with an ethical investment specialist to launch a series of investment products in anticipation of a surge in demand for socially responsible investments from European clients.
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Perspective: Asia’s Banks Take Stand on Impact Investing
Credit Suisse Private Banking Asia Pacific and Singapore’s UOB Venture Management have joined forces to launch a new fund based on a textbook definition of what impact investing means. A first round of funding recently closed for an impact investing venture capital fund supporting small- and medium-sized businesses in Asia.
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- South Asia
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Patient views highlight potential for Peek smartphone suite to transform eye health
An estimated 285 million people worldwide are visually impaired, of whom 39 million are blind. Up to 80% of blindness and visual impairment is avoidable but a lack of trained specialists and the high cost of buying and transporting the right equipment is a major challenge. This is especially true in rural areas and in the low-income nations of Africa and Asia that share the largest proportion of the burden.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Scientists announce important Zika milestone: First vaccine ready for human trials
Pennsylvania vaccine maker Inovio Pharmaceuticals and South Korea’s GeneOne Life Sciences said Monday that they had received approval from U.S. regulators to start testing a DNA vaccine, known as GLS-5700, on humans.
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- Health Care
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