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Analysis: Why India Should Make Access to Healthcare a Fundamental Right
The exceptionalism of the Covid-19 crisis cannot be used to hide the shortcoming of the historically neglected public healthcare system in India.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- gender lens, human rights
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Workers Return to Bangladesh’s Garment Factories Despite Record COVID Deaths
Hundreds of thousands flock to cities as government allows manufacturers to reopen while a nationwide lockdown lingers.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- employment
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Press Release: World Bank Group Mobilizes Over $29 Billion To Support Latin America and the Caribbean Region’s Response to the Pandemic
The investment will fight the pandemic’s health, economic, and social impacts, as well as support the region respond to challenges such as hurricanes and migration.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Latin America
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The Supply and Demand Dilemma in COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing: Could Lessons from the Fashion Industry Provide Ideas for a Solution?
Expanding access to the COVID-19 vaccine is essential to stopping global transmission and halting the emergence of new variants of the virus. But efforts to optimize vaccine manufacturing and distribution have been hampered by multifaceted challenges involving supply and demand. Prashant Yadav at INSEAD, Rebecca Weintraub at Harvard Medical School, and biotech and vaccine industry consultant Tom Johnston explain how solutions to those issues may be found in another sector with volatile product demand and a global manufacturing base: the fashion apparel industry.
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- Health Care
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Analysis: Vaccines Given in Last 20 Years Could Prevent 50 Million Deaths in LMICs
New research, led by the Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium, including researchers at Imperial College London, assessed the impact of vaccination activities against 10 infectious diseases across 112 countries.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Global
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- vaccines
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Analysis: South Africa after COVID-19 – Accelerating Job Creation
Against the odds, there are positive developments in the labor market and young entrepreneurs are one of South Africa’s best hope to solve the jobs crisis.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Emerging Markets: Infrastructure in a Post-COVID World
Despite the contraction of the global economy due to COVID-19, the “global logistics market has reached $5.2 trillion in 2020.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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- e-commerce
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Analysis: India’s Microfinance Sector Hit As Defaults Surge In Pandemic
Small loan specialists in India that typically cater to people without bank accounts are facing a jump in pandemic-related defaults that could force some of them out of business, industry experts warn.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Health Care
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