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Ikea Launches Range Made by Worker Co-operatives
IKEA has launched a new range of products created by women’s co-operatives in rural India.
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- South Asia
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WHO Demands Disclosure of All Clinical Trial Results
The World Health Organization called on Tuesday for the release of clinical trial results for all drugs, vaccines and medical devices - whatever the result - in the latest salvo against the withholding of data.
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- Health Care
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- regulations, vaccines
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A Patch That Delivers Vaccines, No Needles Necessary
Special packaging lets the patches go without refrigeration for 10 weeks, far longer than vaccine solution.
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- Health Care
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India’s MoneyonMobile Sees 27% One-Month Jump in Transaction Processing
MoneyOnMobile is continuing to ignite India’s mobile money scene — topping 131 million users in March, the company announced yesterday (April 14).
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Airtel Money Hits Over 1 Million Transactions in a Month in Ghana
Airtel Ghana, multiple award winning company has attained another great milestone with its Convenient, Secure and Instant mobile money service.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Now It’s Easier Than Ever to Invest in Stocks for Social Good
With a new online brokerage aimed at millennials, you can pick a theme—like "Improve Education" or "No Glass Ceiling"—and invest. The catch is you'll still be supporting big, conventional conglomerates.
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$1.4 Billion Fund Targets Eco-Social Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA) has announced the launch of five dedicated investment funds that will target high growth industries while promoting economic and social development in Angola and the Sub-Saharan region.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Disease Detection Gets a Boost With Plans for a CDC in Africa
In 1946, a malaria outbreak across the Southern U.S. catalyzed the formation of what would eventually become the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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- Health Care
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