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In Tehran, a Taxi’s Metamorphosis Is Kafkaesque
The husband-and-wife team of Mehdi Yazdany and Sarvenaz Heraner were cruising the streets of Iran's sprawling capital in search of targets.
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- North Africa & Near East
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Kenyan corporates commit to supporting health in Africa
Corporate leaders and other representatives from the private sector pledged their support for health and health development in Africa at a roundtable meeting organised by Amref Health Africa in Nairobi today.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda, Tanzania latest to welcome Diaspora Mobile Money transfer service
The Diaspora Mobile money transfer service from Rapid Communications’ is now in Uganda, Tanzania and Senegal only a month after it was unveiled in Kenya.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Largest transaction in Indian microfinance since 2010
Janalakshmi, a microfinance institution headquartered in Bangalore, announced that it had closed its Series D primary equity raise of INR 3.25 billion.
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- South Asia
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Ebola outbreak spreads fear in rural Sierra Leone
Weeks under the strain of bad news, much uncertainty and no direct support are taking a toll on rural towns like Rotifunk, in Bumpeh Chiefdom, the focus of my all-volunteer nonprofit Sherbro Foundation Sierra Leone.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: Ebola shows the need to rethink global public health
NEW YORK - The horrific Ebola epidemic in at least four West African countries (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria) demands not only an emergency response to halt the outbreak; it also calls for rethinking some basic assumptions of global public health.
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How far off are drones in the delivery of rural care?
A Silicon Valley startup called Matternet is pioneering a pilot program that uses drones to connect rural care providers with major hospitals in Bhutan.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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WHO backs use of experimental Ebola drugs in West Africa outbreak
It is ethical to offer unproven drugs or vaccines to people infected or at risk in West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak, a World Health Organisation panel of medical ethics experts ruled on Tuesday, but cautioned supplies will be limited.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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