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Mobile Connectivity Kiosks ‘EkoConnect’ to Debut in Rwanda
Ericsson, Coca-Cola, Tigo and SolarKiosk are partnering on a social enterprise initiative called ‘EkoConnect’ that is designed to provide safe water, solar power, mobile communications as well as basic goods and services to underserved communities in Rwanda.
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Scaling Up What Works: Study focuses on using the private sector as a way to increase the effectiveness of primary care services
Most global child mortality could be prevented through effective primary care interventions. To help meet these basic needs, the Rapid Routes to Scale group is detailing ways to scale up primary care in low- and middle-income countries.
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Healthcare Needs a Critical Push
Changing disease patterns, low public spend on healthcare, and high out of pocket expenses have been the primary concerns leading to the formulation of the government’s new health policy. Economic advancement in India over the last two decades has enabled the government to take the cue and clearly articulate its intent to increase the public financing of health to 2.5 per cent of GDP in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan to move toward affordable, accessible and quality healthcare for all.
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- South Asia
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What’s Next for Philanthropy? More Investment and More Cooperation.
Washington-area philanthropy is becoming unabashedly business-minded. Practices such as impact investing and public-private partnerships that were experiments after the recession are now expected to be regular giving habits for many do-gooders. And that’s just for starters. Capital Business caught up with a few local philanthropy thought leaders to see what’s next for local giving in the region:
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Press Release: New Initiative Announced to Enable Diaspora Investment in India’s Development
President Barack Obama announced today in New Delhi a new partnership among the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Calvert Foundation and several private financial institutions in India to develop an Indian Diaspora Investment Initiative.
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US to Commit $1B to Gavi Until 2018
The welcome reception to kick off the pledging conference in Berlin, Germany, for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance will be held later tonight, but already the public-private partnership has gained itself one backer: the United States.
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Pooling Public-Private Partnership Best Practices
Government leaders today have recognized the need to engage the private sector in development. While in the past, federal agencies supplied the majority of funding going toward developing countries, that percentage has continued to decrease over time — it is now down to around 9 percent. With 91 percent of global development funding now provided by nongovernment sources, the private sector has become a major player in the global development effort, and it is becoming increasingly important to find common objectives that garner their investment.
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Nestle-NGO Tie-Up to Provide Adolescent Health Education
In order to inform adolescents about the benefits of proper nutrition and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, Nestle India signed an agreement Wednesday with Magic Bus India Foundation, an NGO, a company statement said here.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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