Tag:Covid-19 Pandemic

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G7 summit begins with focus on pandemic, climate change

Leaders of the Group of Major Industrialised Nations (G7) are meeting on Friday, June 11, 2021 for a summit that is overshadowed by the...

Michael Simire - June 11, 2021

Health

COVID recovery needs $50b, say IMF, World Bank, WHO, WTO

The heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the World Trade Organisation (WTO)...

Michael Simire - June 4, 2021

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SPP, CSOs explore measures to promote green recovery in Nigeria, West Africa

As a follow-up to the launch of the Policy Paper on Africa’s Post Covid-19 Green Recovery – Towards a Green and Resilient Recovery in...

Michael Simire - June 3, 2021

Health

Sudan launches telementoring programme to treat COVID-19 patients at home

An initiative that deploys volunteer medical students in Sudan to treat COVID-19 patients in their homes will get a boost from a new partnership...

Michael Simire - June 2, 2021

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New Zealand, Australian PMs discuss trade, climate change, COVID-19

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with her Australian counterpart Scott Morrison for the annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders’ Meeting on Monday, May 31,...

Michael Simire - May 31, 2021

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UN chief calls for global partnership to end COVID-19, climate change

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called for a global partnership to end COVID-19 pandemic and address climate change, so as to achieve the Sustainable...

Michael Simire - May 31, 2021

Health

WHO supports people quitting tobacco to reduce risk of COVID-19

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched the campaign to support millions of tobacco users who are actively taking steps to save their lives,...

Michael Simire - May 28, 2021

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