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Analysis: Zipline Needs Nigeria To Support Its Drone Delivery Medical Service—as Rwanda and Ghana Did
Getting into Nigeria could be big for Zipline’s larger ambitions as a logistics company that can move from just delivering medical products from government to health centers, to one that delivers other types of packages to consumers.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines
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Press Release: DFC and Biological E. Limited Finalize Financing Arrangement To Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing Capabilities in India
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) COO David Marchick and Biological E. Limited Managing Director Mahima Datla today unveiled the expansion of Biological E.’s vaccine manufacturing facility in Hyderabad.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- manufacturing, vaccines
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Africa Tries to End Vaccine Inequity by Replicating Its Own
In a pair of Cape Town warehouses converted into a maze of airlocked sterile rooms, young scientists are assembling and calibrating the equipment needed to reverse engineer a coronavirus vaccine that has yet to reach South Africa and most of the world’s poorest people.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Women Left Behind: Gender Gap Emerges in Africa Vaccines
As health officials in Gambia and across Africa urge women to be vaccinated, they’ve confronted unwillingness among those of childbearing age.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- gender equality, vaccines
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Analysis: Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps COVID Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor
Some poorer countries are paying more and waiting longer for the company’s vaccine than the wealthy — if they have access at all.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Global
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- vaccines
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WHO Approves Malaria Vaccine in Historic First for Global Health
It’s a groundbreaking moment for public health that could save tens of thousands of lives annually.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: COVID Pushed 31 Million People Into Extreme Poverty
In an annual report that looks at the world’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, the Gates Foundation says that 31 million additional people have been pushed into extreme poverty.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- Global
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Building Back Boldly: How Decisive Government Action Can Support Entrepreneurship in a Post-COVID-19 Economy
COVID-19 caused a global economic contraction of 3.5% last year, inflicting particular damage on emerging economies and pushing approximately 120 million individuals back into extreme poverty. Consultants Kate Collins and Bar Pereg argue that disruption of this magnitude demands large-scale government investment – not only to address the pandemic's economic damage, but also to support the growth of innovative companies in an economy re-shaped by the crisis. They explore the impacts government interventions can have on entrepreneurship, and the importance of taking an ecosystem-wide approach.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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