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Liberian Singers Use The Power Of Music To Raise Ebola Awareness
In West Africa, one of the simplest ways to slow the Ebola outbreak is to educate people about how to keep from getting infected with the virus. Now, there are some signs that Ebola awareness is indeed driving down the number of cases in parts of Liberia — and Liberian musicians and DJs may deserve some of the credit.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Southeast Asia has an acute healthcare problem. These apps inject hope
Millions of Southeast Asians today lack access to affordable, quality healthcare. As connected devices become increasingly ubiquitous in the region, however, many companies and NGOs are developing innovative ehealth apps to address the problem.
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- South Asia
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OPINION: Ebola epidemic is a ‘Black Swan’ event, say U of M infectious disease experts
West Africa’s Ebola epidemic is a “Black Swan” event that is likely to severely alter how the world approaches future global public health crises — even more so than the AIDS epidemic has done — according to a commentary published Friday in JAMA Internal Medicine by Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP).
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pharmaceutical companies, WHO help India in HIV/AIDS drug crisis
(Reuters) - Indian companies and global health groups are stepping up efforts to provide a critical medicine for the country's free HIV/AIDS drugs program after more than 150,000 patients risked going without their dosages this month.
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Africa: 10 Reasons Why Mobile Rocks in Africa
Mobile use in Africa is expected to increase 20-fold in the next five years.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In Lending Circles, a Roundabout Way to a Higher Credit Score
Shweta Kohli has always paid her own way.
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- South Asia
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- credit scoring
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Global Innovation Fund Receives $200m from Omidyar Network, Governments of Australia, Sweden, UK, US
The Global Innovation Fund (GIF), a UK-based nonprofit, recently announced its launch in the US city of New York. GIF plans to fund “social innovations” brought forward by nonprofit entities as well as for-profit organizations and government.
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Mobile Money: Banks get ready to take on M-pesa
Safaricom's popular mobile money-transfer service may finally have met its match as innovation in the banking sector catches up.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- mobile finance
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