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August 11, 2012
The scaling of nutritional projects in the world today
This report takes a brief overview of the nutritional efforts that were the aim of the SUN (Scale Up Nutrition) and how they have fallen short in comparison with the need for them. It goes on to talk about the benefits of nutrition to children across the […]
August 11, 2012
400,000 Fijians suffer from anaemia
According to the Fijian health minister Dr Neil Sharma, more than 400,000 children, women and men in Fiji suffer from anaemia. The result if low productivity due to poor performance at work. Read more here.
August 11, 2012
India outlines new plan for NUHM (National Urban Health Mission)
The Government of India have been working towards launching a new programme that will guarantee universal healthcare coverage in the country. Now, the NUHM (National Urban Health Mission) will be launched for people in urban India, which makes up 31 per cent of the population, after the NRHM (National […]
August 11, 2012
India: AP State Government launches Aarogyasri Community Health Insurance Scheme
Aarogyasri is an Andhra Pradesh state financed insurance scheme that covers individuals living below the poverty line in the state, through community investment. Read more about this scheme here.
August 11, 2012
Finding what works in healthcare solution
This CHMI post lists the updates of its enlisted programmes across the world under ten main dimensions. These dimensions gauge how well the programmes have been achieving the impact they set out to in the first place. Read more here.
August 11, 2012
India: Housing for poor in Pune and Gujarat
The City Improvement Committee of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has approved a policy for construction of houses for poor under the second phase of housing scheme for economically weaker sections (EWS) The proposal states that the civic body is constructing 13,250 houses in the EWS housing scheme under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban […]
August 11, 2012
Vietnam: Housing assistance for poor households
Three years after the implementation of Governmental Resolution on housing assistance for poor households, 507,143 poor households throughout the country have been provided with houses in Vietnam. In total, 224,000 poor households from ethnic minorities benefited from total disbursed capital of nearly VND12 billion. Read more here.
August 11, 2012
India: Cholamandalam to finance affordable homes, enter rural financing
As part of derisking strategy Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company (CIFC), the asset financing arm of $4.4 billion Murugappa Group, is planning to foray into new areas including affordable housing, rural financing and MSME. The lender also said that it is awaiting RBI’s guidelines for entry into banking. Read more […]
August 11, 2012
Brazil: A breakthrough investment model in affordable housing
The challenges in Brazil’s housing scenario are well known. Brazil has a housing deficit affecting 28.5 million people, affecting 1.48 million houses in Sao Paulo alone. The US$3.6 million investment by Bamboo Finance in Bille of Crinale (a Brazilian housing developer) has recently been much in the news. This post […]
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