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Africa Analysis: Getting telemedicine informed consent
Telemedicine could boost healthcare in rural Africa, but it has informed consent challenges, writes Linda Nordling.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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EU warned private sector engagement in aid risks putting profit before poverty
NGOs concerned that increased involvement of business in aid programmes could compromise development objectives
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This is what makes a ‘best buy’ in global health
What makes a sound investment in global health?In this video interview, Devex Editor Rolf Rosenkranz asked Anastasia Thatcher, head of global health at Accenture Development Partnerships, who discussed how firms can figure out the right market to enter so they can deliver both the business and development outcomes they are aiming for, and gave the example of a Novartis-led program to make affordable pharmaceutical drugs for poor customers in India as an example of a “best buy” in her line of work.
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PRESS RELEASE: MIX Introduces Groundbreaking System For Analyzing Data On Financially Underserved Communities
First Platform for Coordinated Delivery of Responsible Financial Services to the Unbanked
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BitPay Raises $30m in Record-Breaking Bitcoin Funding Round
Atlanta-based bitcoin merchant processor BitPay has officially raised $30m in Series A funding in the largest-ever financing round for a bitcoin company.
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Investors Start to Take Climate Change and Other Social Issues Personally
Spurred by extreme weather and new science bolstering fears of catastrophic events, more investors are taking climate change and other societal issues to heart when they decide to where to put their money.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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When Philanthropists Give Directly, Are Climate Dividends Next?
International development philanthropies have been testing out a simple solution to a complex problem. Can we help the poorest people in the world by just giving them money? If so, how about giving them money with no strings attached? An idea that simple to solve a problem that complex must be met with skepticism, especially from groups that thrive in the existing top-down international development aid structure.
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What is holding back the social entrepreneur
Ramasubbu Shankar, given his ordnance factories background, likes to cite the works of Lieutenant General Mikhail Kalashnikov, who developed the versatile AK-47 series of assault rifles. Just like the late Russian officer, Shankar, with just an engineering diploma, revels in tinkering. He doesn't possess strong academic credentials but betrays an intuitive hold on engineering from his decades of hands-on work in defence-related technologies.
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