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AfricInvest and Proparco Provide Financing to African Eyewear Company
AfricInvest and Proparco together approved financing for Lapaire Glasses, an optical retail chain offering eyewear at a fair price.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Nigeria’s Malnutrition Crisis Reveals the Extent of Its Healthcare Collapse
‘At the end of the day, malnutrition is really a proxy indicator for a weak healthcare system.’
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Pandemic Fund Grants to Help Bolster Pandemic Preparedness and Response for Countries of the Americas
The Pandemic Fund is a catalytic financing mechanism which provides important resources to advance pandemic prevention.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Latin America
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- public health
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Global Health Fund Says Health, Climate, Conflict ‘Triple Whammy’ Hits World’s Poorest
Climate change kills people by increasing malnutrition and causing disease, while conflicts can lead to more deaths from the collapse of healthcare systems than from bullets and bombs.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Pasteur Network Launches Pioneering Project at World Health Summit To Tackle Health Impacts of Climate Change
The Institute of Philanthropy and Rockefeller Foundation commit US$5 million to advance project and empower local researchers, governments, and communities in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Melinda French Gates Announces Open Call for $250 Million Fund. Here’s Who Can Apply.
French Gates invited organizations working on women’s mental and physical health to apply.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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Quebec to Stop Hiring African Nurses to Protect Vulnerable Healthcare Systems
The Canadian province of Quebec will stop recruiting nurses from most African countries to avoid creating shortages of healthcare workers in their countries of origin.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, public health
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Off-Grid Solar Energy: Huge Opportunity for Rural Healthcare
While securing electricity access has previously required a one-off product procurement, Energy-as-a-Service now offers a viable and accessible way to meet – and crucially – maintain off-grid health facilities’ long-term energy needs.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa