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Mounting concern as crippling virus reaches Caribbean,USA
Laurence, a 58-year-old Haitian woman who works in my building, woke up with sharp pain and fever and thought she was dying. She was unable to rise from her bed or hold a glass of water because of the pain in her joints. She could not believe this was a real disease, surmising it must be a voodoo spell that her neighbor put on her.
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Better child TB diagnosis on the horizon
Accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis among children is notoriously difficult because the bacteria causing the disease tend to be detectable in the sputum only of adults, and because the clinical symptoms used to diagnose TB in children are also present in other conditions.
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Why ‘Impact Investing’ Is The New Trend In Asian Markets
Michael Douglas' famous words from the 1987 movie Wall Street were 'Greed is good' and this quote has been the mantra for free market pundits and capitalist businessmen ever since.
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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires
Foundations just make grants, correct? Not necessarily. Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector.
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5 myths socially conscious entrepreneurs need to ignore
A series of powerful forces are changing business as we know it. From the speed of communication to information accessibility, all lead to increased transparency and a more global perspective.
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Rwanda: Microsoft Chief Urges Youth, SMEs to Tap Into Online Resources to Drive Productivity
Increasing youth employment and enhancing small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) development through Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to boost the continent's productivity and alleviate poverty were some of the key issues at the just-concluded African Development Bank meetings.
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Q&A: A Kenyan Startup That Has Bikers’ Back, Literally
What do you get when an electronics engineer, a certified accountant and an IT guru come together and decide to become social entrepreneurs? CladLight. At least that holds true for the CladLight’s trio founders that comprise brothers Charles and Joseph Muchene and friend Michael Gathogo.
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In South Africa, Old Custom Becomes Health Crisis
The young South African thought he was going to the hills to become a man. He came back with a horrifying injury that made him an outcast.
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