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Impact Investing Gets a University Center
More proof impact investing is entering the mainstream: the announcement of a $13 million university center devoted to it.
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Rwanda’s Historic Health Recovery: What the U.S. Might Learn
Over the last decade in Rwanda, deaths from HIV, TB, and malaria dropped by 80 percent, maternal mortality dropped by 60 percent, life expectancy doubled -- all at an average health care cost of $55 per person per year.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Big Data, Better Global Health
Bill Gates, Margaret Chan, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and other experts and leaders gathered this month in Geneva for a very important meeting on a very unimportant-sounding subject: global disease estimates.
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PEPFAR at 10: What’s next?
A leading global AIDS program lacks a clear long-term strategy to help countries build the capacity to tackle the epidemic themselves, an independent report prepared for U.S. Congress suggests.
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Rising vaccine prices mean fewer children immunized
Adding more children's vaccines to the recommended package should--in theory--save more lives. But rising prices may actually mean fewer children are vaccinated.
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Invested Development Invests in SolarNow to Provide Affordable Solar Home Systems in Uganda
The Netherlands, & Kampala, Uganda – Invested Development, an emerging markets-focused social impact investment company, has invested in SolarNow, a Dutch social enterprise operating in Uganda. SolarNow combines a franchise model with an end-user credit facility to provide affordable solar home systems (SHSs) in Uganda.
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What Nepalese Mountaineers Can Teach You About Business
Sherpas are famous for trekking to the summit of Mount Everest. But one entrepreneur says they have much to teach the business world.
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Booz & Company sponsors Social Enterprise Week
Booz & Company, a leading global management consulting firm, is the newest sponsor of Social Enterprise Week (SEW2013).
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