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Analysis: Here Are 3 Ways Businesses Can Build Vaccine Confidence
The past year has provided a sobering glimpse of life in a world ravaged by infectious disease. A world in which lives, livelihoods and entire economies are devastated by a rapidly expanding global pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- employment
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Mumbai-Based VAV Lifesciences to Supply Key COVID Vaccine Ingredient to Pfizer, Moderna
Mumbai-based VAV Lifesciences is the only domestic firm in the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain with this crucial ingredient.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- vaccines
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Analysis: COVID-19 Pushes India’s Middle Class Toward Poverty
The pandemic sent 32 million people in India from the middle class last year. Now a second wave is threatening the dreams of millions more looking for a better life.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Drop Of Maternal Health Care in Africa
While almost every country has experienced disruption to its health services since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries in Africa have been severely impacted, leading to the suspension of maternal, neonatal, and child health care.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India, Big Vaccine Exporter, Now Seeks Imports as COVID-19 Cases Soar
India on Tuesday said it will fast-track emergency approvals for COVID-19 vaccines authorised by Western countries and Japan, paving the way for possible imports of Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna shots.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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New Report Highlights Challenges Facing Farmers and Small Businesses in Developing Countries One Year Into Pandemic
TechnoServe’s COVID-19 Impact Report traces impacts over past year, reveals looming threat to agricultural livelihoods and food security.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Health Care
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- food security
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Analysis: COVID Accelerates India’s Millionaire Exodus
India's wealthy have topped a list of people seeking to relocate abroad through visa programs that offer citizenship or right of residence in other countries in return for investments.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Education Crisis in South Asia: COVID to Cause $1 Trillion Losses
The prolonged closure of schools is causing an education crisis that may cost Bangladesh and other South Asian countries over $1 trillion in lost earnings in the long run, according to a World Bank report.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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- South Asia