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Press Release: Particles for Humanity Secures $5 Million and License to Develop Encapsulation Technology for Vitamin A Deficiency
Particles for Humanity, a healthcare company transforming early-stage technologies into products for people in low-resource settings, has received $5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a product that has potential to help millions of people who suffer serious medical consequences from malnutrition.
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- Health Care
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Viewpoint: Turning the Tide in Development — an Inclusive Response to COVID-19
As research professor Cynthia Enloe has said of this pandemic: “We aren’t all in this together. We’re all on the same rough seas together, but we’re in very different boats.”
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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Press Release: New Report Shows How to Use the Sustainable Development Goals to Build Back Better After COVID-19
New York, 30 June 2020 - Today, the Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2020, including the SDG Index and Dashboards, was released. It was written by lead author Jeffrey Sachs and a team of independent experts working at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Bertelsmann Stiftung, and published by Cambridge University Press.
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- Coronavirus, Impact Assessment
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A Vaccine Is Not the Only Answer to COVID-19: Why Strengthening Statistical and Data Systems Must Be Part of the Solution
The COVID-19 pandemic has been financially devastating, tightening budgets around the world. But Deirdre Appel and Shaida Badiee at Open Data Watch caution governments and development organizations against defunding the systems that provide accurate, real-time data. They explore why strong data systems are essential – not only to fighting the virus, but to responding to future needs and crises.
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- Coronavirus, Impact Assessment
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‘Opportunity Zones’ Fall Short on Helping Low-Income Communities, Study Finds
“Opportunity zones,” a cornerstone of the White House plan to combat racial inequality, have mainly helped large real estate projects while many low-income communities have yet to benefit, according to a new study.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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Ugandans Melt Plastic Waste into Coronavirus Face Shields
When the Ugandan government ordered all non-essential workplaces shut to contain the coronavirus pandemic in late March, Peter Okwoko and his colleague Paige Balcom began manufacturing makeshift plastic face shields from discarded plastic bottles.
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- Coronavirus
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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West Africa Facing Food Crisis as Coronavirus Spreads
Food insecurity could also double this year to affect 265 million people across the continent; west Africa, where the outbreak of the virus is most severe, is of increasing concern.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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