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Analysis: COVID-19 Socioeconomic Impact Worsens For Refugees in Uganda
The post-COVID-19 recovery for refugees will be fragile, amidst a projected return to growth for Uganda in 2021.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Pandemic Brings Highest Global Hunger Rate in 12 Years
Around 768 million people — more than population of Europe — were hungry in 2020, an increase of 118 million people since the arrival of the coronavirus.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Global
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Pakistani Entrepreneur Uses E-Health to Change Rural Lives
Young trailblazer Muhammad Sarim Raza is using technology to deliver healthcare services to medically underserved communities in Pakistan.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Microcredit Lenders in Bangladesh Hit Hard by COVID-19
Suffering from low demand for loans and the inability of many borrowers to pay instalments, the microcredit sector has been hit hard by Covid-19.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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DFC, IFC, EIB, and AFD Boosting COVID-19 Vaccine Production in Africa with Senegal-based Vaccine Manufacturer IPD
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, International Finance Corporation, European Investment Bank, and the French Development Agency announced their commitment to support Fondation Institut Pasteur de Dakar to bolster the production of COVID-19 vaccines in the country.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- manufacturing, vaccines
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Turning Crisis into Opportunity: World Leaders Meet at UN to Help Drive Pandemic Recovery
Leading figures from government, business and civil society are preparing to take part in this year’s High Level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF), where they will discuss ways to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Global
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- SDGs
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Press Release: Billions of People Will Lack Access to Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in 2030 Unless Progress Quadruples – Warn WHO, UNICEF
Latest estimates reveal that 3 in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water at home during the COVID-19 pandemic
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- Coronavirus, WASH
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- Global
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- hygiene, sanitation, water