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The GAVI Alliance has helped some of the world’s poorest countries immunize their children. Soon, several of these countries are scheduled to "graduate" from this support. These countries will face a variety of challenges, but they’re already getting help planning for the transition.
Immunization Support Expiring for Some: GAVI, partners aim to help countries achieve successful ‘graduation’News
A number of businesses have set up new units to provide mobile payment solutions to an expanding list of financial service institutions and telecommunications operators in Indonesia amid the projected sharp increase in mobile payments.
Firms form new units to tap into mobile payment business in IndonesiaBlog Post
Google CEO Larry Page recently said he’d rather hand over his cash to Elon Musk, of Tesla, than donate it to a philanthropic organization. In an open letter, social entrepreneurship veteran Paul Polak suggests a third way for Google to make money and help the poor.
An Open Letter to Larry Page: Paul Polak urges Google CEO to invest in for-profit poverty alleviationNews
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, on Tuesday announced a partnership with Cancer Treatment Services International (CTSI) to develop a network of 25 cancer care centres in India. Through five years, the two companies will together invest $120 million (Rs 720 crore) to establish these centres, through a hub-and-spoke model.
GE Healthcare, CTSI to develop cancer care networkNews
Wading into a murky tax question for the digital age, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Tuesday that bitcoins and other virtual currencies are to be treated, for tax purposes, as property and not as currency.
Bitcoins are property, not currency, for tax purposes, says U.S. governmentNews
Low-income earners have traditionally been underserved when it comes to being provided with avenues to manage the risks they face every day.
Why Insurers are Looking to Kenya’s Low-Income Earners for New BusinessBlog Post
Access Afya runs two micro-clinics in Nairobi slums with plans to expand to four sites by the end of 2014. Monthly revenue increased more than 150 percent in 12 months and both sites are covering between 70-80 percent of their operating costs in 2014. Access Afya’s goal is to have all four sites, current and planned, self-sustaining by the end of the year.
Health Centers Paying Off in Kenyan Slums: Access Afya’s award-winning model is based on empowering clientsNews
Health care providers in Kenya will soon have a much better shot at getting a bank loan to buy high-tech medical equipment — as long as the machines are made by General Electric.
USAID’s partnership with GE in Kenya will help health facilities buy high-tech equipment
