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Africa Investments 

African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa, partners, launch new sustainable fashion competition with $6,000 in cash prizes

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Fashionomics Africa initiative’s second online competition is offering $6,000 total in cash prizes, mentoring, new branding packages and other support for winning African designers of sustainable and circular fashion. Fashionomics Africa, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, Parsons School of Design, strategic consulting and communications agency BPCM, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, invite interested… Read More
Africa Development 

Business for climate: young leaders from Ethiopia and Rwanda wanted

Village Reporter,
The African-German leadership programme “AGYLE – African German Young Leaders in Business” is in for a second roundFocus: new business models and green innovative projects involving Africa and GermanyApplications may be submitted by 27 March 2022 at www.agyle-programme.com. BERLIN, Feb. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Whether in the field of renewable energies, alternative mobility concepts or innovative payment services: a new… Read More
Development Health Advice 

IAEA charts Amazon waters, boosting access to life-saving cancer screening

Global Author
Procured by the UN-backed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the mammography units will triple the current capacity for such tests in the remote region. One of the ships, Soares de Meirelles, already started delivering services along the vital South American waterway, and will soon be joined by the second vessel, the Carlos Chagas.  Importance of screening In Brazil, breast cancer… Read More
Africa Investments 

Tanzania to expand markets and economic growth, as it launches works on major Dodoma road

Elwin Mandowa,
The head of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, on Wednesday joined Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan to formally launch the construction of the landmark Dodoma City Outer Ring Road project. Hundreds of local residents gathered to witness the occasion in the country’s capital, Dodoma. They waved the Tanzanian flag and jubilated as the two leaders laid… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank and WHO strengthen South Sudan’s emergency response with phase two of public health center

Elwin Mandowa,
The government of South Sudan on Thursday inaugurated its Public Health Emergency Operations Center designed to respond promptly and effectively to public health risks and emergencies of international concern. The center is part of a $4.2 million African Development Bank grant-financed Covid-19 response project that included procuring an oxygen plant, vehicles, a wide range of essential medicines, lifesaving biomedical equipment… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank and partners publish guide to help governments address public health investments

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa and their partners in the Harmonization for Health in Africa Initiative have published A Practical Guide to Value for Money in the Health Sector in Africa. Global public health is increasingly pitting ambition against limited resources. Africa finds itself faced with two extremes: great expectations for the future,… Read More
Development Health Advice 

World leaders call for $23 billion to end pandemic this year

Global Author
The UN chief was among world leaders calling for $23 billion to support the ACT-Accelerator, the landmark collaboration that makes these goods accessible to everyone globally.  Ending this pandemic can be within reach. Recent progress in vaccine distribution shows how we can deliver when we act together, with the right resources. The ACT-Accelerator provides a credible, coordinated, and costed path… Read More
Development Health Advice 

WHO highlights benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence for older people

Global Author
In a new policy brief, Ageism in artificial intelligence for health, the agency presents legal, non-legal and technical measures that can be used to minimize the risk of exacerbating or introducing ageism through AI. Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing many fields, including public health and medicine for older people. The technology can help predict health risks and events, enable drug development, support the personalization of… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank president begins three-day official visit to Tanzania

Elwin Mandowa,
African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina began a three-day official visit to Tanzania on Monday. The visit signals strong ongoing support by the pan-African lender for transformative infrastructure in the country. The Bank Group chief will meet with President Samia Suluhu Hassan and senior members of government. On Wednesday, Adesina will join President Hassan for the foundation… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Fast-spreading HIV variant doubles rate of immune system decline

Global Author
People living with the newly revealed subtype, experience double the rate of immune system decline (measured by the CD4 count level of infection-busting T cells) and have higher viral loads. They are also vulnerable to developing AIDS two to three times faster after diagnosis, than if they were living with other strains of the virus. The research also revealed that the… Read More
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