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How Mining and the Military Created an HIV Epidemic in Indonesia’s Papua
Martina Wanago was sick. In fact, she was sure she would die. She had contracted HIV, which has reached epidemic proportions here in Indonesia’s remote and restive province of Papua. And like many of those infected, she didn’t know what was wrong with her.
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Bayer extends supply facility in Beijing
Bayer inaugurated the extension program of its pharmaceutical products supply Beijing site over the weekend to provide its supply of prescription drugs for Chinese patients. The extension program, with an investment of 100 million euros ($105.9 million), was signed two years ago when German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited China.
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Asia’s rich investors embrace social-impact investments
Asia's millionaires are the most socially conscious investors among their global peers, according to a new report.
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Survey: Multiple microloans making borrowers highly indebted in Indonesia
Fifty-nine percent of micro borrowers may be indebted as they face difficulties managing their finances to repay their mounting loans, according to a recent survey conducted in four cities in West Java.
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Small-Scale Fishers Get A Big Boost With First-Of-Its Kind Impact Investment Fund
At the Our Ocean Conference, hosted by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington, D.C. today, Rare CEO Brett Jenks and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) CEO Naoko Ishii will be jointly announcing the development of the Meloy Fund for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in Southeast Asia. The GEF, one of the largest funders of conservation worldwide, will be investing $6 million into the fund.
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Opinion: Asia’s Pharma Investment Shows the Benefit of Patent Protection
Next month in New York the United Nations will launch its long-awaited High Level Report on access to medicines. The U.N. hopes this will resolve the debate around intellectual property rights and access to medicines.
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Jack Ma takes on murky China charities in first blockchain foray
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma wants to pry the lid off China's opaque charities. Ant Financial, the affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd he controls, is using the technology behind bitcoin to record transactions and improve the accountability of the country's philanthropic organisations.
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Aspen Expands in China as African Drugmaker Targets Growth
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. plans to increase its Chinese presence as Africa’s biggest maker of generic drugs ramps up distribution of its low-cost pharmaceuticals in the world’s most-populous country.
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- Health Care
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