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New data-driven hub aims to detect and prevent next pandemic

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The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, will bring together diverse partnerships from several disciplines, and the latest technology, so that data and intelligence are shared for the common good. Critically, it will support experts and policy-makers worldwide to be able to forecast, detect and assess epidemic and pandemic risks so that they can respond rapidly to future public… Read More
Africa Investments 

Burundi: Reforestation program improves lives of Congolese refugees and host communities

Elwin Mandowa,
Pascaline Sango is a very busy woman. This 39-year-old mother arrived in the Nyankanda refugee camp in the east of Burundi in January 2020, after fleeing South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is not only the head of Ward 32 in the camp and a pastor, but also the vice-president of the parents’ committee. She is also… Read More
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COVID-19: Rich countries should donate at least 1 billion vaccine doses, says WHO panel

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, and Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, expressed deep concern over the slow pace of vaccine redistribution from high-income to low-income countries. The two former leaders served as co-chairs of the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR), launched by WHO in July 2020. Its final report was published in… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) heralding a new phase

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) will hold a high-level conference on 22-23 September 2021 to celebrate its achievements and mark the renewal of its mandate for a further 14 years. The theme of the event is Smart Legal Capacity for Africa: A New Phase for the African Legal Support Facility. Former South African President Thabo Mbeki, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Leaders Group of Global Organizations to Issue Climate Emergency Call

Elwin Mandowa,
When: Monday 6th September Where: Floating Office Rotterdam, Rotterdam Rijnhaven and virtual access A group of global leaders composed of the heads of key international organizations – including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and African Development Bank – will gather in Rotterdam on Monday 6th… Read More
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COVID jabs needed for educators and kids to keep schools open: WHO, UNICEF

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In addition to calling for all school staff to be included in nationwide coronavirus vaccination plans, children aged 12 and above who suffer from underlying health conditions should also be immunized amid rising Delta variant numbers, said UN Children’s Fund UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). “It’s better to go to school because it’s the gateway to the future.”… Read More
Africa Investments 

G20 Compact with Africa reaffirms commitment to securing Africa’s recovery from Covid-19 pandemic through private sector development and vaccine…

Elwin Mandowa,
Participants of a G20 Compact with Africa meeting this week assessed Africa’s progress in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. “We are meeting at a pivotal time in the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world,” said Italian prime minister Mario Draghi. The Compact with Africa is a G20 initiative that promotes macroeconomic, business and financing reforms to attract more… Read More
Africa Investments 

International community must act to avert a two-speed global economic recovery post Covid-19

Elwin Mandowa,
Heads of international development institutions held a closed-door session with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday to discuss the uneven global economic recovery, access to vaccines, and strategies to drive a recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. Merkel was joined by the heads of the African Development Bank, World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the Organisation… Read More
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Vaccine inequity causes ‘dangerous divergence’ in COVID survival rates

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The heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO) and World Trade Organization (WTO) met with the leaders of the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), Africa CDC, Gavi and UNICEF to rapidly scale-up vaccines in low- and lower middle-income countries, particularly in Africa. Less than 2% of adults are fully vaccinated in most low-income countries… Read More
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Africa urged to combat energy poverty as a priority

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– – The secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has urged African oil-producing countries to continue developing their energy sector activities. Mohammed Barkindo has also assured that OPEC will continue to serve as a viable partner and “assist” Africa oil-producing countries “in whatever way possible.” Barkindo was speaking during a meeting at the Republic of the… Read More
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