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Sanofi’s Unveils Made in India Injectable Polio Vaccine
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, has unveiled ShanIPV, an injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) manufactured by its affiliate Shantha Biotechnics, Hyderabad.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- vaccines
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Safaricom Unveils ‘Mobile Wallets’ Initiative for Healthcare
A new mobile money platform has been launched to help donors disburse money directly to beneficiaries and track its usage.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Health: The Glaring Omission at COP21
Malaria in Europe? It sounds quite implausible doesn't it but such a scenario may not be too far off. The disease is currently confined to Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia, but the impacts of climate change on the health of individuals and populations, combined with the globalization of trade, could see it spread to parts of southern Europe. This scenario will happen if the issue of health is still ignored by world leaders meeting this week for the United Nations climate change conference in Paris.
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- Health Care
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eBay Founder’s Philanthropic Firm to Invest $350M in India
Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investing firm of billionaire eBay founder, Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, plans to invest over $350 million (Rs.2,333 crore) in for-profit ventures and non-profit organisations in India by 2020.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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World Leaders Urged to Cut Air Pollution to Save Lives in Poor Countries
World governments have been urged to tackle air pollution in poorer countries by greening cities, reducing traffic and adopting better diets, and told that this will also rein in climate change, which global health specialists estimate will cause at least 250,000 additional deaths a year by 2030.
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- Environment
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- South Asia
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Viewpoint: How Social Entrepreneurs Can Bolster Climate Resilience
As the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris convenes, it’s impossible to underestimate the importance of government policy-level agreements on climate change. The world’s poor communities — whose lives and livelihoods are tied most directly to local natural resources — are already feeling the impact of climate change. They are suffering now from diminished access to energy and clean water, food deprivation, deforestation and other habitat loss, the spread of tropical diseases, and other threats to their health and livelihoods.
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- Energy, Environment
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Report: West African impact investing totalled $6.8 billion in last decade
The impact investing industry in West Africa is comparatively small, but growing, totalling US$6.8 billion over the past decade, according to research by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mark Zuckerberg Responds To Skeptics, Elaborates On LLC Plan
After new parents Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan revealed their plans this week to give away 99 percent of their Facebook shares, a firestorm of controversy erupted. On the one hand, many people -- including Bill Gates and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- praised the couple for the generous gesture. Others, however, questioned their motives.
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- Investing
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