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RBC inks first deal for its Social Finance initiative, investing $500,000 in MaRS Cleantech Fund
MaRS Discovery District today announced that the RBC Generator, the impact investing arm of RBC's Social Finance initiative, has invested $500,000 in the MaRS Cleantech Fund, Canada's most active dedicated early-stage cleantech venture fund. This is the first deal announced through the RBC initiative. Launched in 2012, the MaRS Cleantech Fund aims to provide early-stage funding to companies developing next-generation clean technology breakthroughs with global markets, deep intellectual property and capital-lean business models.
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- Energy
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- renewable energy
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Niger and Global Fund sign €13.5 Million malaria grant
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has signed a 13.5 million euro grant agreement that will intensify efforts to provide families with mosquito nets and improve the diagnosis and treatment of malaria in Niger.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Study shows HIV/AIDS remains a major health burden to Kenyans
Contrary to Kenya’s Health ministry’s position, HIV/AIDS remains a major health burden in Kenya despite numerous efforts to contain the scourge, according to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, USA.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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BASF to develop ‘base of pyramid’ products at India R&D unit
At a time when foreign investors are shunning India due to uncertain economic scenario, BASF, world’s biggest chemical company, is still bullish on the country. The company is setting up its research and development (R&D) hub in the country to develop products for lower income segments as well as emerging middle class, or the ‘base of pyramid’. It sees a market potential of of 100 million euros, or Rs 850 crore, by 2020 for the products developed at the R&D hub.
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- South Asia
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The difficulty of starting up a social enterprise in a warzone
With youth unemployment across countries like Egypt, Somalia and Syria still hovering between 60% and 70%, there has never been a more relevant time to encourage social entrepreneurship. In some developing countries, where there is no central government stable enough to accept foreign aid, it can be responsible for up to 90% of job creation.
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- Uncategorized
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- North Africa & Near East
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What ails Indian Healthcare?
In April 2012, there were reports of India’s health expenditure being the lowest in comparison to the BRIC Nations despite growing as fast as them. A year later, the ‘progress report’ barely shows any progress.
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- Health Care
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- governance, public health
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Tanzania Set to Train 10,000 New Health Workers Each Year
Arusha — TANZANIA is moving in the right path towards the target of training 10,000 new health workers every year in its resolve to curb acute shortage of medical personnel.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Rethinking Global Public Health
Families and friends make healthy or unhealthy choices based on social and cultural pressures, especially when it comes to activities like exercise and eating. If we are ever going to solve this trillion-dollar problem, we have to rethink global public health.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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