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“Donate to health, not Gods”
Instead of donating money to temples, Dr Poonawalla suggested Indian billionaires to look at donating funds for education and health care purposes.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- philanthropy
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New health resource to improve access to family planning for women after childbirth
Interventions address health service gaps for this often overlooked group of women
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- Health Care
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Patient Data Company Commits to the Business Call to Action While Expanding Low-cost Mobile Health Services in India
Company links health security with better medical outcomes
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Do For-Profit Schools Give Poor Kenyans A Real Choice?
Bridge International Academies has set up more than 200 schools in Kenya over the past four years, and plans to open 50 more in January. Using a school-in-a-box model, Bridge's founders say it gives primary schoolkids a quality education for roughly $5 a month.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Could Bitcoin connect the mobile money islands?
Pelle Braendgaard, co-founder of the Kipochi Bitcoin wallet and transfer service, believes the controversial digital currency could act as a facilitator between mobile money platforms.
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Accion’s Venture Lab Closes Two New Investments
Impact-investing initiative announces close of investments in seed-stage companies that provide payments, health care and microinsurance products to clients at the base of the pyramid.
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- Health Care
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Mobile Clinics Bring Health Care to South Africa Countryside
South Africa has a serious lack of healthcare facilities in rural areas. In many cases, people must walk for kilometers to reach the closest clinic. But some new solar-powered mobile clinics are changing that.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- solar
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8 Incredibly Effective Ways to Save Children from Preventable Deaths
How many children's lives can be saved with $1 million? That's the question posed to the eight finalists in the inaugural Caplow Children’s Prize, the biggest humanitarian prize for saving the lives of children.
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- Health Care
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