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Viewpoint: Agricultural Research Fights Global Food Shocks
As farming costs rose and food crops were diverted to biofuels, progress toward food security, health and prosperity all over the world was reversed.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: Africa CDC Launches Fellowship of Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Program
Through the Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Programme, fellows will acquire advanced competencies in leadership, governance, health diplomacy, and management of public health initiatives in Africa over the course of 12 months.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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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Press Release: Ballmer Group Increases Support for Community Solutions With Nearly $6 Million in Additional Funding.
MacArthur today awarded a $100 million grant to Community Solutions to accelerate an end to homelessness in 75 U.S. communities in five years.
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
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Analysis: A New Year Brings Enduring Challenges: Financing for Water and Sanitation Utilities During COVID-19
Despite well-established links between WASH and infection prevention, it appears that WASH may have, once again, failed to garner adequate support.
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- Coronavirus, WASH
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- coronavirus, finance, public health, sanitation, vaccines, WASH, water
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Press Release: Adjuvant Capital Announces $300 Million Venture Fund Designed to Improve Global Public Health
Adjuvant Capital today announced an oversubscribed $300 million fund focused on accelerating the development of medical innovations for historically overlooked public health challenges. Launched in 2019, Adjuvant's debut fund will support promising new technologies for indications that the venture capital industry has largely ignored.
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- Health Care
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Viewpoint: Covid-19: Europeans Can Learn From Developing Countries
When looking at successful strategies, it is the experiences of other developed nations – like Germany and New Zealand – that are predominantly cited by journalists and politicians. There is an apparent unwillingness to learn from developing countries – a blind spot that fails to recognise that “their” local knowledge can be just as relevant to “our” developed world problems.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Coalition Launches $100 Million PPE Initiative for Africa’s Community Health Workers
In the largest mobilization of private resources to protect Africa's frontline health workers from COVID-19, a new 30+-member coalition today announced it has begun delivering nearly 60 million pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) to countries across sub-Saharan Africa in the initiative's first round.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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