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HealthMobile, Nigeria’s first global healthcare app, launched
HealthMobile, Nigeria’s first global healthcare app, has been launched and aims to combine native medical information with user-generated content. HealthMobile is the second mobile app to come out of the HealthBook Project.
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Africa: Pros and Cons of High-Tech TB Testing
A new, sophisticated diagnostic test for tuberculosis now being rolled out promises to be faster and more accurate than the old methods and much easier to use. But the first trials of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay test in real-life situations have proved that while all this is true, it did not make any significant difference to treatment outcomes.
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LIC ties up with NGOs for covering lower strata
Aam Admi Bima Yojana provides insurance to earning members of rural landless families; LIC has covered 4.8 million beneficiaries so far. Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has tied up with 31 non-governmental organisations (NGO) in Lucknow division for offering insurance cover to the bottom of the pyramid.
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Top winners selected for outstanding inventions for basic supply entered to the “empowering people. Award”
Top three winners selected for outstanding inventions for basic supply entered to the “empowering people. Award” by the Siemens Stiftung. Altogether, the Siemens Stiftung awarded 23 prizes to the most promising innovations entered to the “empowering people. Award”.
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Citi’s CEO talks of bank’s microfinance initiatives
Citigroup has long had a major position in emerging markets including in South America, Asia and Africa, and at an event in London CEO Mike Corbat discussed the bank’s efforts in microfinance.
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ImpactAssets launches free online resource for impact investors and their advisors
The annual compilation includes experienced fund managers representing a broad range of investment opportunities that deliver social and/or environmental benefits along with financial returns.
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Brazil to produce measles and rubella vaccine for poor countries
Brazil's top biomedical research and development center announced plans on Monday to produce a combined measles and rubella vaccine for developing countries, mainly in Africa.
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- Latin America
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Cigna and Samsung Team Up to Deliver Digital Health Improvement Platform Worldwide
The initial development is focused on delivering health-related tips and articles through the Samsung S Health Application, with an ultimate goal of connecting individuals with caregivers, doctors and hospitals to improve health and wellness globally.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- public health
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