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Alvin Hall, a business and financial expert, is travelling the world helping social entrepreneurs become more successful. Can the poor borrow their way out of poverty? Alvin aims to find out by...

Alvin comes face to face with what it’s like to be poor and HIV positive in Africa. Partners In Health believes helping these patients means dealing with their social problems as well...

Thousands of children live on the streets of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. Friends International provides education, vocational training and work experience in their restaurants and shops so children can earn their...

Alvin Hall, a business and financial expert, is travelling the world helping social entrepreneurs – business people more interested in doing good than making money – become more successful. Land mines are...

Alvin Hall, a business and financial expert, is travelling the world helping social entrepreneurs – business people more interested in doing good than making money – become more successful. In India, farmers...

In rural Africa, poor transport costs lives. Riders for Health is changing all this. But can they now set up a new medical transport network in rural Zambia in just six months?...

The police, Ministry of Health and customs are joining forces to fight counterfeit drugs in Cambodia. Supported by pharmaceutical companies and the French government, the joint force is carrying out raids and...

A Nigerian-American pharmaceutical company is using a new system to combat counterfeit drugs in Nigeria. Each packet of drugs is accompanied by a scratch card with a 12-digit code. Patients then text...

India accounts for 86% of the world’s cases of oral cancer and 90% of these are linked to tobacco. Incidences of oral cancer are particularly high in areas where chewable tobacco is...

Scientists in Singapore are helping stroke victims regain control of their limbs through brain power and robotic arms. The patient wears a cap fitted with electrodes and when they think about moving...