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How Operation ASHA is tackling TB worldwide at 1/19th the cost
Kumar can’t tell his employer or family that he has TB, and is too nervous to go to a hospital. Raju felt so much better after taking TB drugs, so he stopped the course of medicines. Kavitha can’t...
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Jana Mobile: The ad man who pays you to talk more
We all know that the developing world has more cellphones than toilets. True, it’s an awful statistic, but what good can come out of it? Nathan Eagle, a Fulbright Professor at the University of Nairobi...
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Bima Mobile: Using mobile phones to revolutionize BoP insurance
When Nana Yaa Konadu came to her local mobile company in Ghana, Tigo, in August 2010 to pick up her SIM card, little did she think that the simple act would change her life. Intrigued with the offer of...
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YCAB: Enabling the children of the nation to live better
School dropout and migrant Dody, the second of six children, had never dreamt of completing his school education, let alone becoming an entrepreneur. But thanks to YCAB’s local Rumah Belajar centre in...
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Lasting Mile: How Kopernik is able to reach over 2 lakh BOP users with great...
Crescentia O’wang’ona, a 60-year-old mother and grandmother living in Kenya, runs a fish stall at the local market. She first heard about the Q Drum from a neighbour, who saw it and immediately thought...
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Dr. Allen Hammond: “The BoP conversation is concentrated around social...
Dr. Allen Hammond Pic – nextbillion.net Dr. Allen Hammond is regarded among the pioneering Bottom-Of-The-Pyramid visionaries and strategists the world over. His 2007 pivotal report, “The Next 4...
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Sanitation for emerging markets: Google Hangout with World Bank experts, Aug...
Globally 2.5 billion people live without access to improved sanitation and 1.1 billion people practice open defecation. Despite significant gains sanitation remains one of the most off-track Millennium...
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What we learnt about Sanitation for emerging markets from World Bank Experts
A whopping 1.1 billion people across the globe practice open defecation, and a significant number of those are in India (626 million) followed by countries like Indonesia (63 million) and Pakistan (40...
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Prof. Anil Gupta: ‘Grassroot Innovation is alive and well in India, we just...
India might not be the first country you think of when you hear the word “innovation”. And no, I won’t go back in time and talk about how Indians came up with zero or performed the first cataract...
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