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Rich Mom, Poor Mom: Growing Gap in Global Access to Maternal Healthcare
A new report by Save the Children says mothers and children in the developing world are particularly at risk. But some countries, like Ethiopia, have made major gains in the last decade.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- nutrition
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World Bank $500 Million Facility and Improving Maternal and Child Health in Nigeria
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group, last month, approved a $500 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for Nigeria.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In a Slum in Kenya, Help Is Just a Click Away
In a Nairobi, Kenya, slum, residents used technology to map the area, a key first step in solving problems from waste removal to street lighting. Those with phone can now report problems more accurately.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ethiopia Offers 100% FDI Facility to India for Healthcare
Ethiopia offered 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) facility to India for setting up hospitals and other healthcare facilities in Ethiopia. The host country will acquire land for Indian entrepreneurs and offer other incentives and tax facilities as well.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Zimbabwe Cellular Regulator Cancels Contract of Third-Largest Operator Telecel
The Zimbabwean government has cancelled the operating licence for Telecel Zimbabwe, the country’s third largest mobile operator by subscriber base.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Healthy State of Medical Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Well-known as a destination for experiencing some of the world’s most breathtaking natural assets, the Sub-Saharan African region is making progress in staking a larger claim to the multibillion dollar medical tourism industry and is the fastest growing region for wellness tourism.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment
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Experts: South Africa should invest in public toilets to combat sexual assault
Investing in public toilets could reduce the number of sexual assaults in South African townships by almost a third and lower the economic cost of the crime on society, public health experts said on Wednesday.
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Kenyan women make a healthy profit selling aloe to cosmetics firm
Women herders in Kenya's semi-arid Laikipia County have broken with tradition to export the leaves of a desert plant to Europe, boosting their incomes.Three hundred women in El Poloi have switched from the age-old occupation of goat-keeping to the new and far more lucrative activity of farming aloe, a plant with healing properties.Along the way, they are transforming their economic status and creating educational opportunities for their daughters.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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