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Viewpoint: Six Trends That Will Set the Pace for Philanthropy in 2016
With record levels of giving, new approaches to marshaling philanthropic assets for impact, and better approaches to philanthropic strategy, 2015 was a great year for philanthropy. This trend will continue in 2016.
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Viewpoint: Amended Financial Law Could Revolutionise Banking in Uganda
After nearly six years in the making, it took Members of Parliament a single day to pass amendments to the 2004 Financial Institutions Act.
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Press Release: Pro Mujer Appoints Maria Cavalcanti as Its New President and CEO
Pro Mujer announces the appointment of Ms. Maria Cavalcanti as President and CEO on January 11th, 2016. Ms. Cavalcanti succeeds interim CEO Mark McMahon, who led the organization upon the retirement of Rosario Perez.
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Device Promises Faster Schistosomiasis Diagnosis
A piece of kit that quickly multiplies the DNA of parasitic worms could detect infections by schistosome species more than six times faster than the most accurate existing method.
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Why Bitcoin Can’t Help The Poorest – Yet
The term “financial inclusion” is a new buzzword in the fintech space. With the rise of services like Abra and MPesa, we are convinced that bitcoin is the solution to the problems of the unbanked. With bitcoin, we say, the house cleaner in Dubai can get her money home and the refugee can get his money over the border into a safer place.
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Gates-Backed NYC Startup Plumbs Soil Bacteria for Tuberculosis Therapy
Countless therapeutics – and certainly our earliest ones – were discovered from natural sources. Lodo Therapeutics, a new small molecule drug discovery startup based in New York City, is basing its platform on this premise: It will develop medicines that can be produced by uncultured soil bacteria and the human microbiome, chasing global health indications like tuberculosis.
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Ghana Microfinance Crisis Growing Into Security Crisis
Bono Ahafo Micro Finance crisis has grown into a security crisis as aggrieved clients demonstrate attack and threaten to stop financial institutions from operating.
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Brazil Cuts Vaccine Doses as Health System Under Pressure
Brazil has cut the number of doses for vaccinations given by the public health service to counter human papillomavirus (HPV) and pneumonia, as Latin America's largest economy looks to reduce health costs in the midst of a deep recession.
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