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U.S. Court Upholds United Nations’ Immunity in Cholera Suit
A United States federal appeals panel has upheld that the United Nations cannot be sued in American courts, dealing a setback in a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of thousands of cholera victims in Haiti.
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- Health Care
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- North America
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This Startup is Fixing Health Care…in Kabul
Aschkan Abdul-Malek had come to Afghanistan to solve problems. He was working for a consulting firm, and in 2013 was helping the World Bank study healthcare constraints in developing countries. One day, as he was home talking to his cook, he learned how personally devastating the healthcare problem could be: The cook was spending six times his annual income to fly his wife to India for medical care, because she couldn’t find the doctor she needed at home.
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- Entrepreneurship, Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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Changing Tack for That Social Impact
Ten years, two funds and the first close of its third fund, impact investment firm Lok Capital is all set to change tack as it continues to bet on ventures that have a social impact.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- South Asia
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Price cap on medical devices could prove counterproductive, say doctors
Mansukhalal Suvalal, 77, travelled all the way from Ahmednagar, Maharashtra to Bengaluru, accompanied by his grandchildren, hoping to break his decade-long silence. In his battle with Stage IV throat cancer, he had lost his voice box after he underwent laryngectomy .
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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The ‘Avon ladies’ of Pakistan selling contraception door to door
From 8am to 4pm, 25-year-old Samina Khaskheli travels door-to-door in rural Pakistan handing out free samples of condoms, birth control pills, and intrauterine devices. “I was told ‘This is sinful’,” Samina says about the initial opposition to her selling birth control. She took the job warily.
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- Health Care
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- North Africa & Near East
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AstraZeneca Promises to Reduce Hypertension in Africa
To mark the World Hypertension Day, AstraZeneca, a global science-led pharmaceutical organisation, has committed itself to addressing the hypertension burden in Africa.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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GE, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Partner for Health Challenges in Africa
GE and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship have announced a partnership that focuses on training and mentoring social entrepreneurs working on maternal and child health innovations in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Five Principles Behind the World’s Most Efficient Health Systems
One of the greatest conundrums in global health is why so many countries don’t get what they pay for. A relationship between health expenditure and health exists, but is far looser than you might think. Many nations spend a quarter or even a half of what others do for the same or better outcomes.
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- Health Care
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