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COVID-19 pandemic brings global syringe shortage into sharp focus

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Based on a scenario where around seven billion people need two doses of coronavirus vaccine between now and 2023, the UN health agency said that a shortage of at least one billion syringes “could occur”, if manufacturing does not pick up. Lisa Hedman, WHO Senior Advisor, from the Access to Medicines and Health Products division, warned that a generation of… Read More
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Ghana and the African Development Bank Group sign MOU to host 2022 Annual Meetings next May

Elwin Mandowa,
Ghana is set to host the African Development Bank Group’s next Annual Meetings in May 2022, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two parties on Monday. The 57th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank and the 48th Annual Meeting of the African Development Fund will take place from 23 to 27 May 2022. Because of… Read More
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Many countries ‘unsupported and unprepared’ to address climate health risks: WHO

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The 2021 WHO health and climate change global survey report, which covers 95 countries, found only around a quarter have been able to fully implement national health and climate change plans or strategies.  Other major barriers to progress include the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as insufficient human resources.  Biggest threat to health  The report was launched at… Read More
Africa Investments 

COP26: The Africa NDC Hub launches a flagship report on Africa’s NDCs journey and the imperative for climate finance innovation

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank and partner institutions of the Africa NDC Hub have published a flagship report on the status of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Africa and the imperative for climate finance innovation. The report provides key action points needed to bring African countries on course to meeting their commitments under the Paris climate agreement, including setting up system… Read More
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Winners of the 2021 YouthADAPT Solutions Challenge announced at COP26

Elwin Mandowa,
Winners of the 2021 Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge (YouthADAPT) were unveiled today at COP26 in a ceremony held at the Africa Pavilion in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The YouthADAPT Solutions Challenge, launched on 6th September 2021, is an annual competition jointly organized by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the African Development Bank, as part of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank, AUC, and UNECA pledge more resources to improve land governance in Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank, the African Union Commission (AUC), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Thursday pledged to work more closely with governments to beef up land governance systems. In a joint declaration at the end of the 2021 Conference on Land Policy in Africa, the organizations pledged financial and technical assistance “to ensure that land governance… Read More
Africa Investments 

Niger : de nombreux projets de la Banque africaine de développement contribuent à améliorer les conditions de vie de millions de personnes entre 2009…

Elwin Mandowa,
En finançant de nombreux projets transformateurs au Niger entre 2009 et 2020, la Banque africaine de développement a contribué à l’amélioration des conditions de vie et de travail de millions de personnes, note la Revue synthétique des résultats du pays, publiée mardi 2 novembre par la Banque. La première institution multilatérale de financement du développement en Afrique a accompagné 1,8… Read More
Africa Investments 

COP26: Africa’s Watershed Moment: building climate resilience requires a flood of investment in nature

Elwin Mandowa,
Devastating drought in Madagascar, ferocious floods across East Africa, and powerful cyclones in Mozambique. These recent natural disasters are just a taste of what Africa can expect as the climate crisis intensifies. Climate change is powering ever more extreme weather events and disrupting precipitation across the continent. People and economies will increasingly feel the impacts of climate change through water… Read More
Development Health Advice 

COVID-19: Europe and Central Asia, epicentre of new rise 

Global Author
The warning came from WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking to journalists in Geneva on Thursday.   More than 5 million deaths have now been reported, and WHO believes the real number is higher. More than 50,000 people are losing their lives every week.   In the last seven days, 56 countries, from all regions, reported an increase in deaths of more than 10 per cent.   Tedros highlighted… Read More
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Great Green Wall will turn the Sahel green says African Development Bank chief

Elwin Mandowa,
African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina has highlighted the importance of stopping desertification in Africa’s Sahel and turning the region green. Adesina spoke at a high-level side event held on Monday 1 November, on the Great Green Wall initiative during the ongoing UN global climate conference, COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland. The event was co-hosted by His Royal Highness… Read More
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