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Korean Social Enterprises Go Global
Social enterprises — businesses that prioritize human and environmental benefits equally to profits — are effective vehicles to achieve development goals as their market-based approaches bring sustainability and scalability that are essential to create long-term impact.
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- Environment
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- Asia Pacific
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Silent Killer Gaining Momentum in Africa: Partnership designed to address hypertension, cardiovascular disease head-on
Healthy Heart Africa, a public-private partnership launched by AstraZeneca in 2014, is working to tackle hypertension and the burden of cardiovascular disease, which is now the second leading overall cause of death in Africa after infectious diseases.
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- Health Care
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Women: The Unbanked “CFOs”
There are 2.5 billion in the world without a bank account. That number is familiar and been reported widely. What’s lesser known is that a majority of those 2.5 billion unbanked people are women.
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India Introduces Its Own $1 Rotavirus Vaccine
On March, 9, India introduced its first ever indigenously produced vaccine for the Rotavirus.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Getting a New Contraception Option to Market: How Public-Private Partnerships Drive Innovation
The modern Senegalese woman has it together. From raising children to owning a small business, ambition and poise are valued by Senegalese women, according to market research conducted by PSI and its partners before the launch of a new contraceptive option called Sayana Press.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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