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Africa Tries to End Vaccine Inequity by Replicating Its Own
In a pair of Cape Town warehouses converted into a maze of airlocked sterile rooms, young scientists are assembling and calibrating the equipment needed to reverse engineer a coronavirus vaccine that has yet to reach South Africa and most of the world’s poorest people.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa: COVID-19 Aid Falling Short
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for African governments to strengthen social protection systems and fulfill people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living.
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- Coronavirus, Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: When Corporations and Social Enterprises Work Together, They Can Change the World
With the world reeling from the effects of COVID-19, climate change, and social inequality, and the risks of a global supply chain crisis mounting, business is feeling the pressure to set new commitments for operating in ways that respect human rights.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship
- Region
- Global
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Made in India Virus Kits Boost Testing, and Local Industry
Over a year later, most Indians can access PCR tests at a fraction of the cost — due to a large-scale public-private partnership, known as InDx, that set up the local know-how and infrastructure to manufacture these tests within India.
- Categories
- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Women Left Behind: Gender Gap Emerges in Africa Vaccines
As health officials in Gambia and across Africa urge women to be vaccinated, they’ve confronted unwillingness among those of childbearing age.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps COVID Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor
Some poorer countries are paying more and waiting longer for the company’s vaccine than the wealthy — if they have access at all.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: The Impact of COVID-19 on Black Farmers in South Africa
It is estimated that just 7,000 farmers (almost all white) account for over 80% of the value of agricultural production, while around 2 million black households are involved in agriculture on small pieces of land without access to markets.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Impact Credit Solutions and Bank Central Asia Partner to Offer Financing to the Indonesian Healthcare Sector
Bank Central Asia (BCA), a leading Indonesian commercial bank, and Impact Credit Solutions (ICS) have partnered to offer affordable financing to the Indonesian healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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