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Measuring Maternal Health in a Post-MDG World

As the international development community looks back on the Millennium Development Goals and ponders what remains to be done under the proposed Sustainable Development Goa...

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Sustainable Development

CAN MOBILE BANKING REVOLUTIONIZE THE LIVES OF THE POOR?

IN THE VILLAGE OF Sori along the banks of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, fishing has long been the lynchpin of the local economy. Jobs here are largely divided by gender: men...

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Hollywood

UNICEF UK Pays Tribute To Richard Attenborough

UNICEF UK is today mourning the death of Goodwill Ambassador Lord Richard Attenborough, who has died at the age of 90. The much-honoured socially conscious actor, producer ...

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Environment

Clinton Foundation Expands Climate Change Work in Ethiopia and Kenya

The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), part of the Clinton Foundation, announced an expansion of its climate change mitigation efforts with a new program mapping priority ar...

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Hollywood

Clinton Foundation Expands Climate Change Work in Ethiopia and Kenya

The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), part of the Clinton Foundation, announced an expansion of its climate change mitigation efforts with a new program mapping priority ar...

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Environment

Face up to climate change challenges

“Climate change is the most serious global challenge of our time.” So states the Kenya National Climate Change Action Plan. Kenya has to face climate change hea...

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Hollywood

Melanie C Shakes Her Power For Kickstarter Campaign

Melanie C is giving her support to a project that aims to bring clean energy to places without electricity through the power of music. SPARK is a percussion shaker that con...

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Hollywood

Beyonce gives donation to a TED Fellow that could potentially save 1,900 babies

Jane Chen knew that, for her infant warmer to save lives, moms would need to be the evangelists for the device. But she had no idea that one of the world’s most famou...

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Hollywood

More Stars Recount Their Own Refugee Stories For UNHCR Campaign

A new set of stories from high profile supporters are launched on UNHCR’sonline campaign platform ahead of World Refugee Day, June 20. These personal stories draw on ...

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Health

Maternal Deaths Falling, But Not Fast Enough: WHO

“There is still one woman dying every one and a half to two minutes somewhere in the world … Because she is trying to give life,” said Marleen Temmerman,...

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