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New ITU standard enables health data exchange
Following calls for increased global coordination of standards enabling e-health, ITU has offered first stage approval to an important specification enabling an exchange of multimedia health data between a health provider, a controlling function and patient.
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Weekly Roundup – 3/8/14: Why ‘women’s empowerment’ impacts much more than 51% of the population
This week we didn’t need a bloodhound to pick up on the trail of enterprises and nonprofits that advance the cause of women and girls, advancing the world economy in the process.
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Risky Business – Is China Wavering in Africa?
Last month, officials from the Chinese Development Bank arrived in Ghana to re-negotiate a $3 billion oil-backed infrastructure deal.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Donated Bicycles Are Helping Save Lives in Africa
Think supporting development means giving hand outs? Think again. Done right, development means giving a hand up. Take for example Aid for Africa member World Bicycle Relief and its recently established Buffalo Bikes Ltd.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Staying the course – Obama’s 2015 proposal for US foreign aid
Don’t be fooled by U.S. President Barack Obama’s relatively flat foreign aid budget request for fiscal year 2015.
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- Education, Health Care
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U.S. Fears for Patents on Next-Generation Drugs in India
An Indian committee is reviewing up to a dozen patented drugs to see if so-called compulsory licenses, which in effect break exclusivity rights, can be issued for some of them.
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- South Asia
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Mapping Bhopal and Chandigarh: A social enterprise push for jobs, a non-profit culture looks toward business
In second in a series of articles provided by Villgro’s Unconvention|L team and Okapi Research, which are visiting nine tier III cities in India, Lina Sonne explores the potential of Bhopal and Chandigarh. Both cities have strong potential to build on their educational and NGO roots to emerge as regional social enterprise ecosystems hubs.
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The Ticket to Ride a ‘Smart’ Bus Includes Public Health Info: Engaging, educating and learning from Nairobi commuters via SMS
A recent project shows that public transit can be a great platform for research and education, and has the potential to give small businesses an effective communication and marketing facility that previously only large companies could afford.
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- Health Care, Technology