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Philip Morris Sues Uruguay Over Graphic Cigarette Packaging
Shopping for cigarettes in Uruguay isn't a pleasant experience. Photos of decaying teeth, premature babies and gruesome hospital scenes wrap around every pack. In fact, the country requires manufacturers to cover at least 80 percent of the packaging with medical warnings and graphic images.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Latin America
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The Man Who Feeds 1.2 Million Kids A Day
Running a massive school meals program that feeds malnourished kids, Manoj Kumar is on a mission to show how entrepreneurs can make real inroads in tackling India's age-old social problems.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Harvard Receives Largest-Ever Donation
A $350 million gift pledged to Harvard University's School of Public Health is the largest single donation in the university's long history, officials said, and will help bolster research in several key areas including global pandemics.
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- Education
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- philanthropy, research
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Unitus Seed Fund Has Raised USD 20 Million From Investors
New investors in India’s most active Micro VC impact fund demonstrate that commercial and philanthropic investors are drawn to impact investing
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- South Asia
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The Most-Viewed, Most-Shared NextBillion Posts for July
July’s most popular posts dug into the how-to of selling new technology products to low-income customers, the case for closer collaboration between microfinance and health care industries, and why philanthropic organizations could and should be the glue that holds the social enterprise sector together.
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- Health Care
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Ebola crisis provides glimpse into Samaritan’s Purse, SIM
Samaritan’s Purse and SIM USA were instrumental in the evacuation of two U.S. missionaries from West Africa. These religious relief groups maintain a low profile in the U.S. but are often on the front line of public health crises. Health organizations and leaders of affected areas are also working to contain the deadly outbreak. Here are the key players.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Few Simple Tricks Make Starting A Business Overseas Cheap And Easy
Zoe Cohen produces her Zoko Bags from Kenya. Here's how she got her start as a destination entrepreneur.
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- Impact Assessment
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‘While the US may be late to the party, it has a lot to offer Africa’
Africa offers US multinationals a compelling trade and investment opportunity thanks to the rapid economic growth rates being experienced across the continent along with burgeoning population growth and increasing urbanisation, according to South African-based Standard Bank.
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