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UK University Ranking Reveals Global Health Neglect
The United Kingdom’s top medical research universities spend just two per cent of their health research budgets on work related to health in developing countries, according to a study launched last week.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- research
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Press Release: Columbia Business School Receives Generous Donation to Establish the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise
Columbia Business School today announced the creation of theTamer Center for Social Enterprise. The new center, made possible through a transformative endowment gift from Sandra and Tony Tamer will help develop a new generation of business leaders that understand how management can contribute to, enhance, and impact society and the environment. Additionally, it will serve as the educational, curricular, research, and strategic hub of all social entrepreneurship activities at Columbia.
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- Education
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Press Release: U.S. Small Business Administration’s Impact Investment Fund Grows Threefold in Last 12 Months
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that the Impact Investment Fund of the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program has tripled in the last 12 months.
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- Education, Energy, Technology
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Tampax, Toilets and Shark Tanks
Inspired by the ABC reality TV show Shark Tank, PSI’s corporate partnerships team recently conducted its own version of the contest. Teams of PSI staffers presented five ideas to three judges, Sumathi Balasubramanian, senior manager, initiatives for girls and women, PSI; Marcie Cook, senior regional director, Asia and Eastern Europe, PSI; and Adeeb Mahmud, director, FSG. The winner was the Tampax for Toilets campaign, submitted by Dan Lawner and Genevieve Kelly of PSI’s East Africa department and Malaria and Child Survival department, respectively. Watch their winning presentation above or read below for more on their idea:
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Islamic Development Bank Approves Close to US $190 Million in New Development Financings
The 302nd meeting of the Board of Executive Directors of the Islamic Development Bank ( IDB ) which started on Sunday, 18 January, 2015, concluded on Tuesday in Jeddah, KSA. Chaired by IDB President Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali, the Board reviewed a number of important items amongst them the draft agenda for the upcoming 40th Annual Meeting of the IDB Board of Governors slated for 10-11 June 2015 in Maputo, Mozambique, which is to be attended by Ministers of Finance and Economy of the 56 member countries. The members of the Board also approved US $ 189.4 million worth of new financings for a number of development projects covering important sectors in several member countries as well as a number of Muslim communities in non-member countries.
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Many Universities ‘Failing to Address Public Health Needs of World’s Poor’
Most of the top-funded universities for medical science are not doing enough to address the needs of the world’s poorest people in terms of public health research, according to a new ranking.
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Villgro Launches Rs 20-Crore Incubation Fund
Impact investment firm Villgro has announced a Rs 20-crore fund targeted at incubating education startups.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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Johnson Gets €100m From Europe’s IMI to Accelerate Ebola Vaccine Development
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) through a consortium, which includes research institutions and non-government organizations, is set to receive around €100m ($115m) from Europe's Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) to speed up the development of its Ebola vaccine regimen.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- impact investing, research, vaccines
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