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Analysis: WHO Pledges Extensive Commitments Towards Women’s Empowerment and Health
The World Health Organization announced multiple commitments to drive change for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity at the Generation Equality Forum.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: World MSME Day 2021: Putting MSMEs at the Heart of Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery
Although some firms have been able to do well, across the board, MSMEs are reeling under the pandemic with widespread losses in terms of sales, profits and employment.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- manufacturing, MSMEs
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Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Around the World: Leveraging Partnerships and Technology to Optimize Medical Supply Chains
Effective vaccine distribution is key to overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries. Similar vaccination efforts for routine childhood diseases have been widely successful, but targeting an adult population presents unique challenges, say Wade Warren at Deloitte Consulting and Marian W. Wentworth at Management Sciences for Health. They explore four challenges that vaccine distribution efforts will face – and four tried-and-proven ways to improve the process.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Transportation
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Delivering Babies in the Dark: How Solar Systems Can Enhance Health Service Delivery in Rural Medical Facilities
The healthcare systems of vulnerable communities across the globe are being hindered by a lack of electricity, but solar technology can offer solutions, say Tokozile N. Ngwenya and John Keane at SolarAid and Hannah Blair and Siena Hacker at CLASP. They explain how the Efficiency for Access Coalition has partnered with SolarAid to equip rural health facilities in Malawi and Zambia with solar systems, and explore what needs to happen to scale these approaches.
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- Energy, Health Care
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Analysis: Poorer Nations Bear Brunt of Global Development Fund Dry Up: UN
The World Investment Report 2021 (PDF) found that the coronavirus pandemic rolled back progress made in ensuring that least developed countries and those with weaker economies have access to foreign investment funds.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Global
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- global development, SDGs
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WHO is Supporting South African Consortium to Establish First COVID mRNA Vaccine Technology Transfer Hub
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish its first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines
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Global Impact Announces $65.3 Million Raised for COVID-19 Relief
Global Impact, a leader in growing global philanthropy, today announced a total of $65.3 million in charitable giving for international COVID-19 relief.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Global
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- philanthropy, vaccines
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South African Partnership Gets $3 Million and Launches Telehealth Product
A new platform is launching out of South Africa and it wants to provide accessible quality care for Africans with its telehealth service.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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