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Catholic Church Explores Impact Investing
The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Catholic Relief Services hosted a three-day Vatican conference on Impact Investing in Rome, from June 26 to 28, with this agenda. Celebrating the “Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy” established by Pope Francis and his 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si,” the conference was titled, “Making the Year of Mercy a Year of Impact for the Poor.”
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Brexit—what might it mean for global health?
As the country now grapples to come to terms with the consequences of this election, this rejection of EU membership threatens to have a great impact on the health of people both within the UK as well as internationally.
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FinTech Firm MyBucks Becomes Listed in Germany after Successful IPO
The latest financial technology firm to complete a successful initial public offering (IPO) is MyBucks S.A., which was welcomed by Deutsche Borse on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today where it was listed on the Entry Standard market.
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GAVI alliance offers matched funds for GSK malaria vaccine pilot
The GAVI global vaccine alliance has offered funding of up to $27.5 million for pilot tests of GlaxoSmithKline's first-generation malaria vaccine, but only if other organizations promise to match that commitment.
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Deutsche Bank ventures into ethical funds arena
Deutsche Bank has partnered with an ethical investment specialist to launch a series of investment products in anticipation of a surge in demand for socially responsible investments from European clients.
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Impact Investing conference to take place in Vatican
The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, along with Catholic Relief Services, will host the event whose focus is on capacity building for Church enterprises. Impact investing actively seeks to make a positive impact by investing in non-profits that benefit the community or in clean technology enterprises.
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Rising Medicine Costs Burden Global Health Systems
France is leading calls for the G7 to act against the inflation of medicine prices. Treatment costs are rising in rich countries, but can be even higher in the developing world. EurActiv France reports.
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France Gets G7 to Discuss Global Regulation of Medicine Prices
France will press its G7 partners this month to launch an "irreversible" process to control the prices of new medicines, part of a global drive to make life-saving drugs more affordable, three sources told Reuters.
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