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Digital Health Platform Doctor Anywhere Closes US $65.7 Million Series C Round in Southeast Asia
At SGD US $65.7 million, it is one of the largest private funding rounds ever raised by a healthtech company in Southeast Asia.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Pandemic Threatens Asia-Pacific’s Progress on Global Development Goals, Says Asia Development Bank
"As the socioeconomic impacts of responses to the virus continue to unfold, people already struggling to make ends meet are at risk of tipping over into a life of poverty," the Manila-based lender said.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- global development, SDGs
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Analysis: A Fiscal Tightrope: Comparing the COVID-19 Recovery of Advanced and Emerging Economies
The effects of COVID-19 are still expect to cause ongoing problems such as poverty and malnutrition, which will make the Sustainable Development Goals unattainable.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: COVID-19 Caused a Global Setback in Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights, Especially for Women
The exceptional measures governments and health authorities used during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as lockdowns, quarantine or reorganizing health services, directly affected the full realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Global
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- human rights
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Analysis: How Civil Society Organizations Can Help Tackle Pandemics
Capacity building of community-based organizations can enable better access to education and vaccination programmes.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- vaccines
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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
- Region
- 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