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Kiva.org and Grameen-Jameel launch initiative to stimulate individual lending for microfinance
Kiva and Grameen-Jameel Microfinance Ltd. have partnered to launch “Change is in Your Hands” campaign.
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OPINION: Leveraging economic supply chains for extending health solutions to the Bottom of Pyramid (BoP)
Products and services that are of relevance to public health need a supply chain to reach the bottom of the pyramid (BoP). They need to reach the last mile with the least transaction cost and in a sustainable manner, irrespective of the type of money that is involved (investor capital, grant etc). These services and products also need a channel. Establishing a channel for them, with least cost and long term viability has been the challenge to date in a country such as India. It is in this context that it becomes relevant to look at existing market mechanisms that are already reaching large BoP populations in rural and semi-urban areas, where some level of aggregation has already taken place.
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Price caps on drugs hurt Indian units of global pharma firms
Widening of price controls adds pressure on the local units of global manufacturers to boost sales volumes
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Philips introduces innovative ultra-mobile ultrasound system ‘VISIQ’ in Nigeria
Royal Philips unveiled its new ultra-mobile ultrasound system to the Nigerian market during the Lagos leg of its annual pan-African Cairo to Cape Town Roadshow.
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More Impact Investors Are Going ‘All In’
If you want to keep up with the latest buzzwords in impact investing, here’s an important one starting to hit its stride: “all in”. It means placing your whole portfolio into assets with a positive social and/or environmental impact. Putting your money–all of it–where your mouth is.
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India’s youngest bank Bandhan to empower women, rural folk
Innovative microfinance company Bandhan will operate as a bank from October next year and focus on empowering women and rural people, says its chairman and managing director Chandra Shekhar Ghosh.
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Africa: Cheap Nasal Spray May Save Snakebite Victims
Curitiba — Snakebites are a highly neglected health problem despite causing up to 84,000 deaths a year globally - but a novel, nasal spray-based approach may help reduce the toll, according to researchers.
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Hampered by Cost, Zimbabweans Skip Contraceptives
New research suggests thousands of women in Zimbabwe get pregnant each year because they cannot afford proper birth control methods.
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