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PEPFAR and CIFF Launch $200 million Accelerating Children’s HIV/AIDS Treatment Initiative (ACT) to Save Lives
Today, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in partnership with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), launched Accelerating Children’s HIV/AIDS Treatment (ACT).
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- Health Care
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Indian Banks to ensure minimum remuneration to business correspondents
Over 220,000 BCs had been appointed by banks after the RBI pushed this as a cost-effective way of extending banking services to the unbanked villages
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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World Bank Group Commits US$ 5 Billion to Boost Electricity Generation in Six African Countries
The World Bank Group today committed $5 billion in new technical and financial support for energy projects in six African countries-- Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, and Tanzania—which have partnered with President Obama’s Power Africa initiative.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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As America Turns Its Gaze Toward Africa, It Has The Chance To Promote A New Model Of Investment
This week U.S. investors and African leaders from the African continent will converge on Washington D.C. for the inaugural US - Africa Leader's Summit.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Red Cross experiments with a very different money remittance approach
When Red Cross workers are helping with disaster relief in the middle of war-torn areas or natural disasters, the last thing they need to deal with are money-transfer headaches to secure critical supplies and services.
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PRESCRIPTIONS: Health solutions lie in effective partnerships
Anyone working in the public health sphere knows that things are looking up when a group of experts deliberating over solutions to diseases go beyond the rhetoric and come up with unique and easily applicable ideas.
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- Health Care
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What’s the Real Risk of the West African Ebola Outbreak?
Ebola’s deadly sweep across West Africa has raised global alarm: Nigeria recently became the fourth country affected by the virus when a traveler fell ill and died in Lagos after flying there from Monrovia.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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GE Foundation Commits $20-Million to Maternal and Child Health in Africa
The GE Foundation will spend an additional $20-million over the next five years to advance maternal and child health in Africa, an expansion of its existing global health development program, officials say.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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