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Press Release: DFC Advances COVID-19 Response in Africa With $5 Million Investment in Africa Healthcare Network
The direct loan will help Africa Healthcare Network expand dialysis center operations across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Microfinance Lenders Take Advantage of Cambodian Garment Workers During COVID
Cambodia’s microlenders have come under rising scrutiny as they are linked to predatory lending, child labour and coerced land sales
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- South Asia
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- manufacturing, vaccines
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Analysis: What Is the Argument Against Lifting COVID Vaccine Patents?
The world's major vaccine-producing countries are for the first time opening the door to the suspension of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Global
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- vaccines
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Analysis: India’s COVID-19 Catastrophe Could Make Global Shortages Even Worse
Hundreds of thousands of new cases are reported every day, and economists are rethinking their forecasts for double-digit growth this year.
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- Coronavirus
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- Asia Pacific
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- vaccines
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Preparing Community Health Workers to Deploy the COVID-19 Vaccine: Five Lessons on Digital Training Learned From the Ebola Crisis
Though COVID-19 deaths continue to rise around the globe, growing access to vaccines provides a ray of hope. As Monica Amponsah, Bobbi Gray and Gigi Gatti at Grameen Foundation explain, community health workers can play a key role in bringing the vaccine to vulnerable communities in the developing world. They discuss the digital solutions Grameen Foundation developed to help community health workers support the Ebola vaccine trials in Sierra Leone, and share five lessons for leveraging mobile tools to help these workers deploy COVID-19 vaccinations.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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Facebook Launches New Push to Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Messaging Within Vulnerable Communities
As the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out continues to gain momentum, Facebook is looking to use its reach to promote vaccine information to the most impacted communities, with a specific focus on those that may have limited exposure to vaccine info.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- vaccines
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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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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
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- vaccines
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