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Press Release: Brandee McHale Named President of the Citi Foundation and Director of Corporate Citizenship for Citi
Today, Citi announced that Brandee McHale has been appointed President of the Citi Foundation and Director of Corporate Citizenship for Citi, effective February 1st. Ms. McHale will succeed Pamela Flaherty, who is retiring at the end of January after 46 years with Citi. Ed Skyler will remain Chairman of the Citi Foundation.
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Vaccines Alliance Set to Ramp Up Its Work, Hopes to Raise $7.5B
The GAVI global vaccines alliance is seeking to raise $7.5 billion at a funding conference in Berlin next week, as its battle to prevent infectious diseases in millions of children reaches an expected peak.
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Developing Countries Urged to Produce TB Vaccines Locally
Even though one third of the global population have the microbes that cause tuberculosis (TB), pharmaceutical companies still have little incentive to produce the drugs that can combat the deadly but curable disease.
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- Health Care
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Choosing an Investment Model for India’s Medical Devices Industry
This year, India’s medical devices industry will be opened up to 100 percent foreign direct investment (FDI). The move had been in the works for some time – India’s union cabinet met last year to discuss the reform, while the industry’s regulatory framework has been tweaked several times since it was first introduced in 2005.
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- South Asia
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Press Release: Gender Inequality Costs Women in Poor Countries $9 Trillion, ActionAid Says
Gender inequality in work costs women in poor countries US$9 trillion each year – more than the combined GDPs of Britain, France and Germany – according to research released today by the international development agency ActionAid.
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Nigerian Smart Card Plant Supports Expansion of Financial Services to Poor
Responding to banks’ efforts to reach out to people who do not typically use financial services, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan this week inaugurated the first Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) certified smart card manufacturing plant in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Insurers, Brokers Establish Micro Insurance Consortium
A group of global insurance companies and brokers took advantage of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos to announce that they have established a micro insurance consortium and micro insurance venture incubator (MVI).
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Cleft Lip Surgical Tool Simulator to Be Showcased at WISH in Qatar
The recent innovation, that will definitely put a smile to a lot of people’s faces, literally, is the cleft lip and palate and palate surgical tool.
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- Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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