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India Scraps Import Duties on AIDS Drugs to Battle Shortage
India has scrapped customs import duties for drugs and test kits used to treat AIDS in an effort to cut prices across the country, as it struggles to cope with an ongoing shortage in its national program to fight the disease.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Sustainable innovation, minus the sticker shock?
What do solar-powered hearing aids, a subscription service for baby clothes and mobile technology for farmers in East Africa all have in common? For one, they are each finalists in this year’s Sustainia100, an annual study of the top 100 sustainability innovations, published Thursday.
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- Environment, Health Care
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MSF urges India not to ‘cave to pressure’ on affordable drugs
Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres appealed to India on Thursday not to give in to pressure from Europe, the United States and Japan to make it easier for big firms to get patents in the country, potentially blocking the production of cheap generics.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Acumen makes first cookstove investment with Burn Manufacturing
Acumen announces its new investment in BURN Manufacturing, a cookstove company that aims to transform the lives of Kenyans with its low-cost, energy-efficient design.
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- Energy
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- clean cooking
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In Ethiopia, crop insurance takes root but changes needed – experts
For Ethiopian farmers dealing with the worsening impacts of climate change, small-scale crop insurance can be a lifesaver.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- insurance
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Reformed drug shops can widen access to healthcare
Retail drug shops are popular with rural people but many sellers lack qualifications. Introducing training, accreditation and oversight can enhance their services and, once established, such a system funds itself, ending the need for donor support.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Modern housing can cut malaria infections nearly in half
Keeping your children home safe at night is a good idea. But what if home is a deadly place? For many people living in developing countries, traditional housing does little to keep out malaria-spreading mosquitoes.
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Rich nations study details of massive insurance program to ease Third World climate change damages
Countries already bearing the brunt of extreme weather events are cautiously optimistic about a new insurance scheme designed by the world's wealthiest nations to protect about 400 million people in the world's most vulnerable communities.
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- Environment
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- climate change, insurance
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