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GAVI aims to improve access to vaccines in Nigeria through supply chains project
Funding for cold chain equipment and improved data collection to support Nigeria’s Saving One Million Lives Initiative
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Insight: The poison pill in India’s search for cheap food
Nearly a decade ago, the Indian government ruled out a ban on the production and use of monocrotophos, the highly toxic pesticide that killed 23 children this month in a village school providing free lunches under a government-sponsored program
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- South Asia
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How Do You Design a Medical Gadget That Costs 95 Percent Less Than Before?
The Food and Drug Administration classifies an endoscope as a Class II medical device, but technically it’s just a long plastic tube with a light and camera at the end.
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- Health Care
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New legislation to regulate micro finance companies
Legislation to regulate and supervise microfinance institutions, including finance companies and banks accepting deposits from the public, will be introduced in Parliament.
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- Uncategorized
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- governance, microfinance
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Social Enterprises: Bubble building within the space, creating fissures in the sector
When shoeshine boys start giving stock tips, then you know something is wrong, goes an old Wall Street dictum.
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- Uncategorized
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Battle of the bulge
As waistlines grow, so does the fight against junk food
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- Health Care
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- nutrition
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Bribery Serves as Life-Support for Chinese Hospitals
Bribery is the lubricant that helps keep China’s public hospitals running, and the health system would struggle to function without illegal payments to poorly paid doctors and administrators, say medical practitioners and industry experts.
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- Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- public health
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What healthcare leaders can do to nurture innovation
The five top tips to harness potential and give staff a licence to suggest changes
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- Education, Health Care
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- research