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GlaxoSmithKline Partners in Research to Make Vaccines Cheaper for African Babies
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has partnered with university researchers in Melbourne to develop a new manufacturing method to make vaccines cheaper for families in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New IFC Report Examines Challenges to Microfinance in the Arab World
A new study from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has found that external risks, security concerns, and over-indebtedness are perceived as the most serious challenges facing the microfinance sector in the Arab World.
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- Uncategorized
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- North Africa & Near East
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Curing Hepatitis C, in an Experiment the Size of Egypt
Abdel Gawad Ellabbad knows exactly how he was infected with hepatitis C. As a schoolboy in this Nile Delta rice-farming village, his class marched to the local clinic every month for injections against schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease spread by water snails.
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- Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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Survey: Cash and Mobile Money Transactions Rise as Zimbabweans Shun Banking Sector
More than 80 percent of local transactions happen in cash as Zimbabweans continue to shun the formal banking process while more than 25 percent of bank accounts are dormant. According to a new survey titled “Making Access Possible (MAP) Diagnostic” conducted in Zimbabwe mobile money subscriptions grew by over 100 percent in the last two years as they are more preferred than banks for transactions.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IFC Lends P700 Million to Two Philippines Financial Institutions for MSME Financing
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide a seven-year loan to CARD Bank, Inc. and CARD SME Bank, Inc. to benefit micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), microfinance borrowers, and women in rural areas.
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- Asia Pacific
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Shkreli’s Latest Plan to Sharply Raise Drug Price Prompts Outcry
Martin Shkreli is once again provoking alarm with a plan to sharply increase the price of a decades-old drug for a serious infectious disease. This time the drug treats Chagas disease, a parasitic infection that can cause potentially lethal heart problems.
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Central Bank of Kenya Warns Against Using Bitcoin and Other Unregulated Digital Currencies
As the role of bitcoin and other unregulated digital currencies grows, the Central Bank of Kenya has joined other authorities from around the world to warn that virtual money is insecure and could be used to fund terrorism.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya Is the First Country to Receive $1 Medications for Chronic Illnesses
A global pharmaceutical company is taking the lead in the fight against chronic illnesses by offering treatment at extremely low costs.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines
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