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How the UN is using cellphones to improve conditions for Boko Haram victims
Since the conflict heightened in 2009, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) estimates “more than 20,000 people have been killed, and over 2,000 women and girls have been abducted. 2.5 million people have fled their homes, of whom 2.2 million are internally displaced, and 177,000 are seeking refuge in the neighbouring countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger.”
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A passage of hope on India’s hospital train
For 25 years, the Lifeline Express has been travelling through India to bring health services to millions of Indians who are in need of surgery, treatment and diagnostics but have no access to medical care. The hospital train is their only hope for a cure.
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- South Asia
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Impact Investing – A New Player in Protecting Human Rights?
This form of investing channel funds privately to vulnerable segments of the population in need, and it complements welfare and social protection programs by the public sector, as well as other innovations in financing development, such as community banking, microfinance, and mobile banking.
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Rwanda: Babyl Launches Digital Healthcare System
A new digital health care system for patients to access doctors through their mobile devices was introduced yesterday at the opening of this year's trade exhibition in Gikondo, Kigali.
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Viewpoint: Social impact investing: Opportunity or ghetto for women?
Until the notion of evaluating investments by measuring underlying sustainability becomes mainstream, the social-impact investment sector will remain “cloistered,” and so will the women advisers who dominate it, says Matthew Weatherley-White, managing director of the Caprock Group.
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Africa Tops 500m Mobile Users, Adds $150bn To Continent’s Economy
Africa now has half a billion mobile users, and the mobile ecosystem added $153-billion to the African economy in 2015, according to a new GSMA study, which predicts smartphone numbers will triple in the next five years.
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How young millionaires invest their money
Millennials are changing the investing agenda. They don't just want to grow their money: Many Millennials want to achieve social and environmental goals through their investments. It's called "impact investing" and it's not just a buzz word.
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Press Release: Rijuven Releases ‘Clinic in a Bag’
Clinic in a Bag is the newest and most robust examination platform from Rijuven. Designed to be deployed alongside a clinician to any point of care, Clinic in a Bag or “CIB” provides clinical decision support outside of the facility by combining a highly comprehensive suite of connected devices with cloud analysis, remote monitoring capabilities, telemedicine connectivity, EMR patient management and on-demand scheduling.
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- North America
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