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Apple PPE donation helps Zambia in the fight against COVID-19 and HIV
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At a sprawling warehouse in Lusaka, a truck is loaded with boxes of lifesaving antiretrovirals and begins a two-hour drive west out of Zambia’s capital city. It’s on its way to a rural health clinic in Mwembeshi, and today there are additions to its…
Education Reform in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia: Between Covid-19 and a Divided Civil Society
By: Education Reform in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia: Between Covid-19 and a Divided Civil Society | Published On:
In Tunisia the spread of coronavirus continues at an alarming rate, with a huge surge of infections during the last few months, growing from 20 new cases per day in July to more than 2000 cases per day in Mid-October. The Tunisian Prime Minister…
Africa Should Be at the Forefront of a Global Response to COVID-19
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As COVID-19 swept across the globe, one thing became clear: a well-functioning, well-resourced, agile and resilient health system can mean the difference between life and death. For Africa, the economic costs of the health pandemic were high. The…
Need financing because of the pandemic? SMEs turn to fintech companies
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Yashmita Bhana is no stranger to adversity. In 2007, she was unemployed and even struggled to put food on the table for her family. Almost 14 years later, Bhana is now a respected South African entrepreneur and mother of three children. When the…
South Africa: Coronavirus Pandemic Country Profile
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Are countries testing enough to monitor their outbreak? The scale of testing compared to the scale of outbreak. How many tests are performed each day?
Risk and resilience of well-being in caregivers of young children in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting communities worldwide, with direct effects of illness and mortality, and indirect effects on economies, workplaces, schools/daycares, and social life.
Measures to address violence against women during the pandemic have been uneven and insufficient
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As COVID-19 quarantine and social distancing measures confine women and transgender and gender-diverse people with abusers, and limit survivors’ access to support networks and services, the “shadow pandemic” of gender-based violence has surged.…
Herd immunity for COVID-19
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In early October, 2020, three epidemiologists convened in Great Barrington, a small town in Massachusetts, USA. Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, USA), Sunetra Gupta (University of Oxford University, Oxford, UK) and…