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China Approves New Polio Vaccine, Shows Innovative Muscle
China has approved a new polio vaccine, the first of its kind to be produced in the country, a month after local authorities gave the green light for a home-grown Ebola vaccine amid Beijing's push to become a world leader in producing innovative drugs.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- vaccines
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Britain’s CDC Invests $48 Million in Narayana Hrudayalaya
British government-owned development finance institution CDC has invested $48 million in Bengaluru-based Narayana Hrudayalaya hospital chains for a minority share.
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- Health Care
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- impact investing
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Viewpoint: No, Climate Change Is Not the Biggest Risk to Global Health
Climate change will cause all sorts of problems for humans in the future. It could cause mass migration and conflict as people flee flooded homes or arid farmland, and fight over ever more scarce resources. It’ll mean economic slowdown as industries are hit and societies cough up the money required to adapt to the new world. Climate change will even affect your health.
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- Health Care
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Used Sanitary Napkins Pose Serious Health Hazards
Women’s menstrual hygiene products are becoming a public health and environmental menace, raising questions on how they can be disposed safely.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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MasterCard and Movistar Launch Peru’s First Mobile Money Service
With the goal of promoting financial and social inclusion in Peru, Movistar, in alliance with MasterCard, has announced the launch of “Your Mobile Money” (Tu Dinero Movil), the first electronic money service in Peru, which will offer users significant savings in their money transfers.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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OPINION: Responsible Investors Needed in Weak Microfinance Markets
Four years have passed since the launch of the Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance, a compact signed by 40 global investors in the Netherlands. The introduction to these principles states:
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Zambian MFIs Complain of Negative Impact of Bank of Zambia Interest Rates Limits
The decision by Bank of Zambia (BoZ) to limit interest rates that licenced non-banking financial institutions can charge customers had a negative effect on micro-finance institutions (MFIs) performance last year.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- lending, microfinance
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OPINION: Bitcoin: A Ponzi Scheme for Redistributing Wealth From One Libertarian to Another
If Bitcoin were a currency, it'd be the worst-performing one in the world, worse even than the Russian ruble.
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