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Nigeria: Airtel unveils Airtel Insurance
Airtel Nigeria has collaborated with MicroEnsure and Cornerstone Insurance in order to launch its latest, free insurance product.
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Will Obama’s “New Africa” Deliver on Its Promises?
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 2014 (IPS) - As the three-day U.S- Africa Leaders Summit here drew to a close Wednesday, experts across the private, public and non-profit sectors continued to debate the opportunities and obstacles posed by the U.S’ expanding business partnership with Africa.
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Investing in Health: African Countries Expand Domestic and Innovative Financing
This week, President Barack Obama is hosting the first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., welcoming leaders from across the African continent to discuss trade and investment, with an eye toward security, peace and democratic development. Importantly, these high-level meetings will also include discussions of the future of global health investments and the U.S.-Africa partnership in reaching an AIDS-free generation.
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PRESCRIPTIONS: Health solutions lie in effective partnerships
Anyone working in the public health sphere knows that things are looking up when a group of experts deliberating over solutions to diseases go beyond the rhetoric and come up with unique and easily applicable ideas.
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OPINION: Why Global Health Researchers Should Climb Down From the Ivory Tower
In the late 1970s, the Chicago Police Department noticed that the city’s crime rate increased when cops stopped walking the beat and started driving around in patrol cars instead.
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- Education, Health Care
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Meet the Bots That Knew Ebola Was Coming
Online technology has improved the ability to detect and track outbreaks
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PEPFAR and CIFF Launch $200 million Accelerating Children’s HIV/AIDS Treatment Initiative (ACT) to Save Lives
Today, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in partnership with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), launched Accelerating Children’s HIV/AIDS Treatment (ACT).
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Indian Banks to ensure minimum remuneration to business correspondents
Over 220,000 BCs had been appointed by banks after the RBI pushed this as a cost-effective way of extending banking services to the unbanked villages
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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