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Press Release: DengueAI: New Model That Anticipates Outbreaks With 93% Effectiveness and Three Weeks’ Advance Notice
Anticipating and reducing dengue outbreaks enables more efficient use of public resources and targeted, data-driven action in neighborhoods most vulnerable to this mosquito-borne disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- Latin America
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BTG Pactual TIG Raises Over $1.2 Billion for Reforestation and Restoration Strategy
The firm’s Latin American billion reforestation and restoration strategy, which includes nature protection organization Conservation International as Impact Advisor, focuses on the conservation, restoration, and planting of deforested and degraded properties.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Regional Leaders Launch Blended Finance Initiative to Expand Surgical Care Across Latin America and the Caribbean
An estimated 5 billion people worldwide lack access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical care, with disproportionate impact in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Latin America’s Digital Bank Plata Secures $405 Million in Series C Funding, Reaching $5B Valuation
Previously focused on credit cards, the platform has now introduced deposit accounts and debit cards, delivering comprehensive digital banking solutions to Mexican consumers for the first time.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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IFC and Santander Brazil Are Partnering to Catalyze the Eco Invest Program, Expanding Sustainable Financing in Brazil
Through this support for the Eco Invest initiative, IFC will help expand Santander’s ability to offer more affordable financing to sustainable projects eligible under the program’s criteria, in sectors such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable construction, clean transportation, and agribusiness resilience.
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- Latin America
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Press Release: Pope Leo XIV Makes $100,000 Donation to CRS Safe Water Project in El Salvador
The project, promoted by the Apostolic Nunciature in El Salvador and His Excellency, Apostolic Nuncio Luigi Roberto Cona, addresses the crisis of diseases transmitted by contaminated water in rural communities across the country.
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- Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Latin America
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FinDev Canada Provides USD $30 Million Loan to CIFI to Support Inclusive Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
The loan will enable CIFI to expand access to financing for private sector infrastructure projects in Official Development Assistance eligible countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.
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- Latin America
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Peru’s Natural Legacy Secures $37.5 Million Funding Boost from Green Climate Fund
New investment strengthens long-term protection of more than 15 million hectares of the Peruvian Amazon and expands Indigenous-led climate resilience.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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