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How should we measure food security during crises? The case of Nigeria
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High-frequency monitoring of access to food has become especially important during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Food access in Nigeria, and across the globe, has significantly worsened since the start of the pandemic due to significant disruptions…

COVID research updates: Immune responses to coronavirus persist beyond 6 months
By: COVID research updates: Immune responses to coronavirus persist beyond 6 months | Published On:
Nature wades through the literature on the new coronavirus — and summarizes key papers as they appear.

What explains Africa’s successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
By: What explains Africa’s successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic? | Published On:
Prof. Agnes Binagwaho, M.D., MPEd, Ph.D. — vice-chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity in Kigali, Rwanda — and her research associate Kedest Mathewos explain why African countries fared much better than their Western counterparts in…

COVID-19 in South Africa: The Outsized Impact on Women in the Informal Economy
By: COVID-19 in South Africa: The Outsized Impact on Women in the Informal Economy | Published On:
In South Africa, estimates suggest COVID-19 destroyed a decade’s worth of employment growth in just four months. And of  the 3 million jobs lost in Q1 and Q2, according to NIDS-CRAM data, two million were held by women. The Q3 labor force survey…

COVID-19’s economic fallout will long outlive the health crisis, report warns
By: COVID-19’s economic fallout will long outlive the health crisis, report warns | Published On:
Global markets and spirits are up with the news that two COVID-19 vaccines have shown to be more than 90% effective in late-stage clinical trials. But while there is growing confidence that an end to the health pandemic is in sight, an UNCTAD…

Crowdsourced data reveals threats to household food security in near real-time during COVID-19 pandemic
By: Crowdsourced data reveals threats to household food security in near real-time during COVID-19 pandemic | Published On:
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to multiple disruptions in food demand and supply, and while in general food systems have proven more resilient than many expected so far, the poor and vulnerable have been hit hardest. In this regard, food prices are a…

AfDB Adesina's road map for rebooting African economies
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NAIROBI — The economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to put Africa into its first recession in 25 years and could push 49.2 million people on the continent into extreme poverty by next year. During a press conference Thursday…

Coronavirus: What's happening to the numbers in Africa?
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The number of daily new cases has been rising gradually after declining since mid-July, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). But in some countries, cases are still on a…

Data Disruption: The Impact of COVID-19 on Inflation Measurement
By: Data Disruption: The Impact of COVID-19 on Inflation Measurement | Published On:
Lockdowns, working from home, and physical distancing caused people to spend larger shares of their household budgets on food and housing, while fewer people bought nonessentials, like airline tickets and clothing. And with incomes down as millions…

ITC chief addresses pandemic concerns at Geneva trade policy event
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The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the international trading system, International Trade Centre Executive Director Pamela Coke-Hamilton said on 1 October 2020 at the first Geneva Trade Week. The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the…