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Low-cost healthcare: US can take cue from India
The United States may be good at innovations in medicines, procedures and equipment. But it should learn from India how to keep health care affordable, says a new study. India's private hospitals provided world-class health care at a fraction of US prices using innovative ways to manage costs, personnel, equipment and even real estate.
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- Education, Health Care
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- South Asia
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MovingWorlds Founder: Why we need a Match.com for Social Entrepreneurs
Derk Norde, who co-founded the BiD Network, believes even more than funding, social entrepreneurs need professional networks. He co-founded MovingWorlds, which matches volunteer professionals (AKA: "experteers”), with organizations and social enterprises.
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- Education
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Health Care: Commissioner Sues For Co-operation Amongst Practitioners
Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Fom Dakwak, called for collaboration among doctors to improve healthcare delivery in Nigeria. Dakwak made the call at the launch of Apollo Global Doctors Network-West Africa, in Lagos
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Shared Vision for Impact Sourcing: The Rockefeller Foundation gathering sets an agenda for supply, demand and infrastructure
The Rockefeller Foundation recently hosted stakeholders from major outsourcing destinations and a range of geographic regions at its Bellagio Center in Italy to discuss how to scale the Impact Sourcing sector. This was the first time critical players representing different parts of the industry came together to articulate a shared vision of how the outsourcing sector can create a new paradigm by placing social impact as key part of its overall value proposition.
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- Education, Technology
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‘Market Relationships’ that Stand the Test of Time: A Q&A with TechnoServe’s Simon Winter on progress and peril in Ag development
TechnoServe is a nonprofit that is squarely focused on profits ... for low-income farmers and small businesses, that is. Simon Winter, senior vice president of development, says once market relationships are built and skill-building strengthened, sourcing costs from smallholders can absorbed in the cost of the goods being sold.
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- Agriculture, Education
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New Hospital Chain in India Brings Fresh Approach: Jeevanti looking to improve quality, availability and affordability of secondary health care
Jeevanti aspires to create a chain of 25 50-bed, secondary-care, multi-specialty hospitals in small, underserved cities in Maharashtra and Gujarat. The two existing hospitals currently offer gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, general medicine and surgery, and served 30,000 people between March 2012 and July 2013.
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- Education, Health Care
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Measure for Measure Series: Going Digital with Impact Measurement
In the past, DDD hired an outside research firm to interview our alumni and current program participants face-to-face. This process was time-consuming for both the interviewers and interview subjects, and it was difficult for us to obtain data from alumni living in far-flung provinces and rural areas. This year, we switched to an online survey.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Investments in online edu to improve access, enhance skills
The country needs to bet big on investments in online education, making it available to those struggling and aspiring for higher achievements, said S Ramadorai, vice chairman, Tata Consultancy Services, and advisor to the Prime Minister in the National Skill Development Council (NSDC).
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- Education, Technology
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