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Report: COVID-19 Brings 10 Challenges That Hinders Africa’s Path to Recovery
Africa faces 10 key governance challenges it must resolve in order for it to fully recover from the Covid-19 outbreak, according to this report by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Aspen Pharmacare, Pursuing J&J Vaccine License, Aims to Shore up Local Capacity and Quash Shot Inequality in Africa
Aspen already has a deal to package J&J's shot at its facility in South Africa. Under the terms of the potential licensing pact, Aspen would be in charge of finishing vaccine doses as well as marketing the shot on the continent. building local vaccine manufacturing capacity on the continent.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- human rights, vaccines
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An Uneven Recovery: The Impact of COVID-19 on Latin America and the Caribbean
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Latin America and Caribbean country's quality of available jobs has declined, as has the number of hours of paid work per week, according to data from a new survey by the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Latin America
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myDawa Secures $1.2 Million in Gates Grant to Sell HIV Drug in Kenya
E-pharmacy firm MYDAWA has been awarded a grant of $1.2 Million USD from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Had a Surprising Effect on Medical Tourism From Africa
Fewer trips to India and other “medical tourism” destinations by Africa’s middle class is one anticipated result of a surge of investment into medical facilities.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- tourism
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Report: COVID-19 Pushes 30 Million Africans into Extreme Poverty
The novel Coronavirus has pushed some 30 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa into extreme poverty and dwarfed more than five years of progress, according to a report released.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- SDGs
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Healthcare Startup Africa Health Holdings Lands $18 Million Series A Funding to Roll-Out Tech-Enabled Services
Africa Health Holdings, a healthcare startup running several hospitals, has secured $18 million in a Series A round, funds that will go toward building its “tech-forward healthcare system” across Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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DrugStoc Secures $4.4 Million in Series A Funding To Boost Expansionary Drive
Nigerian e-health pharmaceutical distribution startup, DrugStoc has secured $4.4 million in a Series A funding round.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa