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Mauritania Now Offers the Six-In-One Childhood Vaccine. Here’s Why That Matters
In a country where the infant mortality rate stands at 28.5 deaths per 1,000 live births as of 2025, every improvement in vaccination coverage is a potential leap forward.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa Launches $100 Million Digital Inclusion Fund
Backed by a blended group of investors, the initiative aims to give entrepreneurs both capital and access to global networks.
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- Social Enterprise, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sentinel Awarded $100 Million to Prevent Pandemics
MacArthur’s Board selected Sentinel from five Finalists in its third round of 100&Change, a global competition to fund a single proposal that promises real and measurable progress in solving a critical problem of our time.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UNAIDS Releases Its 2025 World Aids Day Report: Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the Aids Response
HIV prevention technologies—including twice yearly injections to prevent HIV—have the potential to prevent tens of thousands of new infections in high-burden settings.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Lenacapavir Approved in Zambia and Zimbabwe in Record Time Through WHO Collaborative Registration Procedure
These rapid authorizations underscore the potential of regulatory reliance as a powerful model for accelerating access to innovative health products.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Impact Funds Now Manage Up to $80 Billion Across Africa, Report Shows
The updated dataset identifies 250 funds whose strategies match the core principles of impact investing.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Factory Farming in Africa: Development Banks See It as a Good Idea, but It’s Bad for the Climate
The World Bank, the African Development Bank and the International Finance Corporation’s billion-dollar push towards industrial animal agriculture is reshaping food systems in the region.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Deetken Impact Expands Climate Finance Leadership as Canada Joins Inclusive Climate Action Fund
Deetken Impact, a leading Canadian impact investment firm, is proud to partner with the Government of Canada and announce their CAD$106 million commitment in the new Inclusive Climate Action Fund (ICAF).
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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