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Vodafone’s mobile wallet service M-Pesa in Kerala
Vodafone India and ICICI Bank today announced the launch of 'M-Pesa', a mobile money transfer and payment service, in Kerala. 'M-Pesa' is the trademark of Vodafone. The service was formally launched today by Suresh Kumar, operations director - south; S Murali, Business head - Kerala and Suresh Sethi, business head of M-Pesa.
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Global Healthcare Donations are Increasing
The neediest nations are getting more financial support for healthcare, while those nations that are slightly better off could be losing out in donations, a University of Washington study says.
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- Health Care
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- governance
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UNICEF and Global Health Partners Open Market Entry for Innovative HIV Point of Care Diagnostics
he tender is part of a UNICEF and Clinton Health Access Initiative project, funded by UNITAID, to accelerate access to high quality POC HIV diagnostic equipment in seven African countries that carry one third of the world’s HIV burden.
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Social Business in India: Some investors wade in, but most testing waters
Investors meet with frugal innovation, entrepreneurs leave the sector discouraged.
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OPINION: Grand Convergence in Global Health is Realizable
What it will take is a co-ordinated, future-oriented investment strategy.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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7 Incredible Health Tech Innovations Changing the Way South Africans Live
Nowhere is the need for more efficient, more accessible and generally more powerful tools as great as it is in Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Microfinance Faces Uncertainty in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh government should reevaluate its pursuit to regulate and nationalize the operations of the Grameen Bank.
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In Global Health, Abortion Bears the Scarlet A
At the Kamazu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, Dr. Grace Chiudzu, the head of the maternity ward, ticks off the most common issues her patients face: “One is bleeding, second is infections, third is abortion complications.”
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