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Pro Mujer Announces the Retirement of Co-Founder Lynne Patterson
Pro Mujer announced the retirement of its Co-Founder and Director Emerita Lynne Patterson, whose vision of a world where all women thrive gave birth to Pro Mujer 26 years ago. Since Patterson and Co-Founder Carmen Velasco joined forces in El Alto, Bolivia in 1990, the organization has grown to serve more than 250,000 women and their family members annually across five countries in Latin America, and has positioned itself as a thought leader on women’s empowerment and financial inclusion in the region.
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Multilateral Investment Fund Supports Creation of Impact Investing Fund for Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), member of the IDB Group, is supporting the creation of an Impact Investing Fund for Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, seeking to trigger the flow of local and international capital for investments in early stage impact companies operating in those countries. The MIF will act as anchor investor in this Fund.
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University Students in Bolivia Create Chip That Helps Detect Tuberculosis
Two Bolivian university students have created a chip for microscopes that automatically detects tuberculosis in sputum samples, a procedure that in Bolivia and other developing countries is normally done with not always accurate bacilloscopy.
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Colombia, Peru tied for first place in new report on global financial inclusion
The 2016 Global Microscope on Financial Inclusion shows that essential policies for bringing financial services to low-income groups are now widespread in the developing world. Nine of the 12 financial inclusion indicators covered in the benchmarking index improved globally in 2016, building on gains made during the last decade.
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Are Altered Mosquitoes a Public Health Project, or a Business?
The fight against dengue and Zika in Latin America is turning into a contest between mosquito-altering technologies, and between profits and public health. Nonprofits and corporations are in a race to fight dengue and Zika.
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Cholera in Haiti: WHO considers using half doses to vaccinate more people
The U.N. agency announced earlier this month that it would send 1 million doses of cholera vaccine to the Caribbean island. More than 200 cases of the deadly disease have been reported since Hurricane Matthew, and the numbers are expected to surge as the rainy season progresses between November and January.
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Zika Vaccine Race Spurred By Crisis and Profit Potential
The race to find protection against the Zika virus is fueled by something often missing from tropical disease research: the potential for big profit.
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Impact Investing in Latin America Takes Off
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), in partnership with the Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LAVCA) and LGT Impact Ventures, released a report today on the growing landscape of impact investing in Latin America.
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- Impact Assessment
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