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Opinion: Richard Branson on World Health Day
This year’s World Health Day is focused on vector-borne diseases.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Corporate Social Responsibility is About Looking at Problems as Opportunities
Eggers says if a firm uses CSR activities to also promote its business, it should be applauded and not frowned upon
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Half of Lesotho health budget goes to private consortium for one hospital
A flagship hospital built in Lesotho using public/private financing with advice from an arm of the World Bank threatens to bankrupt the impoverished African country's health budget.
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Uganda police raid U.S. military AIDS clinic, order it shut
Activists in Uganda report that plain-clothes police raided a U.S. military-affiliated AIDS services clinic in Kampala today, accused it of promoting homosexuality, and ordered it to close.
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Vector control focus of World Health Day
Swarms of mosquitoes buzzing around people after dusk is a familiar scene on almost every city street. So World Health Organisation's (WHO) theme for World Health Day on Monday will clearly strike a chord in Chennai. WHO has identified vector diseases as biggest threat to health and have started a campaign with the tagline 'Small bite, big threat'.
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Governments need to ‘join up and scale up’ on health
World Health Day is a chance to reflect on the progress we’ve made since the occasion was first marked in 1950. But it’s also a moment to reflect on the huge challenges that remain. One child dying from preventable causes is one too many — but in reality, 6.6 million die in this way each year.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- governance, scale
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Satin Creditcare raises $4.7M from Norwegian impact investor NMI Fund
North India-based microfinance institution (MFI) Satin Creditcare Network Limited has raised Rs 28.44 crore ($4.7 million) in a fresh round of funding from Norwegian impact investor NMI Fund III KS (NMI), as per a company statement.
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India’s Bandhan aims to replicate its microfinance model as a full-fledged commercial bank
Having started commercial micro-finance operations in 2005, Bandhan Financial Services Pvt Ltd is now set to become a full fledged commercial bank, headquartered in Kolkata. In an interview to Business Line, Chairman and Managing Director Chandra Shekhar Ghosh explains why Bandhan bank will bring a common man’s perspective into banking.
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