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Pilot financial index for social investment unveiled
Could an asset class for social impact investment be a step closer to becoming a reality?
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Afroindia Introduces Telemedicine For The Underserved
A healthcare service provider in Nigeria, Afroindia Medical Services Limited has signed a memorandum f understanding (MoU) with Apollo Group of Hospitals in India to set up 100 Telemedical centres in West and East Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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JP Morgan-linked firm triples cash in Africert deal
A JP Morgan-linked private equity firm, Pearl Capital Partners (PCP), has exited its investment in a Kenyan agricultural firm in a deal that saw it triple its investment in six years.
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5 development innovations to watch in 2013
Although this year had welcome news about poverty rates falling across the globe, almost two and a half billion people still get by on less than $2 a day. Innovative solutions for tackling global poverty are needed as much as ever. Here are five development innovations to watch in 2013:
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Skoll Foundation Announces 2013 Award Winners
The Skoll Foundation today announced the winners of its 2013 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship (SASEs).
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Silk stabilizer could eliminate need to refrigerate vaccines
Researchers at Tufts University recently found that a new silk-based stabilizer could get rid of the need to refrigerate vaccines and antibiotics, potentially enhancing vaccine delivery and storage in developing nations.
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RSBY health insurance scheme launched in Arunachal
Itanagar, Dec 19 (PTI) The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), a health insurance scheme of the Centre for people living below poverty line was launched today in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Independent evaluation validates UNITAID’s approach
UNITAID has established itself as a pioneering innovative financing mechanism with a successful business model to improve product markets for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries, according to UNITAID’s first independent Five-Year Evaluation.
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