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COVID-19 Threatens Global Progress Against Malaria, Warns UN Health Agency
According to the World Malaria Report, released on Monday, the situation is particularly concerning in high-burden countries in Africa.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Kimberly-Clark Continues Crucial Work Amidst Pandemic To Address the Global Sanitation Crisis
Kimberly-Clark Continues Crucial Work Amidst Pandemic To Address the Global Sanitation Crisis
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- Coronavirus, WASH
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- global development, SDGs
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Press Release: Particles for Humanity Secures $5 Million for Vaccine Delivery Technology
Single injection vaccines could increase access and reduce burden on healthcare systems globally
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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Digitisation of Remittances Can Support Africa’s Economic Recovery
Across the continent, where tourism and hospitality have come to a grinding halt, thousands of jobs have been lost in both the formal and informal sectors. Amidst this gloomy narrative, a shining light has been the formidable resilience of remittance flows into African markets after the initial shock of the pandemic and national lockdowns.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Covid-19: The World Needs To Back India and South Africa’s Call To Remove Intellectual Property Hurdles
On 2 October, India and South Africa sent a joint communication to the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Council of the World Trade Organisation, the multilateral institution formed to promote free trade between countries. The communication asked the body to recommend a waiver of major intellectual-property provisions of the TRIPS agreement for technologies to prevent, contain and treat COVID-19.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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This Funding Approach Can Help Social Entrepreneurs Weather the COVID-19 Storm
A “crisis” is generally defined by an acute, time-bound period of disruption, hardship, or challenge. A crisis comes, and it goes. And when it does, calm and a return to normal typically follow. Yet, what happens when crises follow one another at an accelerating scale and pace? How do you respond when the crisis is the new normal?
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- Coronavirus
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Pandemic Draws More Latin American Poor Into Banking System
Sonia Fierro has lived her entire adult life selling children’s books on the streets of Colombia’s capital, earning wages that barely cover her living expenses, let alone the monthly fees that come with a bank account.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Latin America
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Solar Fridges and Powdered Vaccines: How To Get a COVID-19 Vaccine To the Developing World
UNICEF is building a global network of fridges and cold rooms—the cold chain—to make sure a vaccine stays effective as it’s transported to rural communities off the grid.
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- Coronavirus, Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- supply chains, vaccines