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COVID-19 cases drop for seventh week, but deaths fall less slowly: WHO

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However, while weekly cases are at their lowest since February, “deaths are not falling as quickly”, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), told journalists in Geneva.  “The number of deaths reported last week was similar to the previous week, and the global decline masks a worrying increase in cases and deaths in many countries”, he… Read More
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2021 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group

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SAVE THE DATE   2021 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group Building Resilient Economies in Post Covid-19 Africa 23-25 June 2021 Virtual event ———————————————– Public sessions Wednesday 23 June Formal Opening Ceremony High Level Knowledge Event: “From Debt Resolution to Growth: The Road Ahead for Africa”   Thursday 24 June Knowledge Event 1: “Climate Change and Green Growth”… Read More
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Landmark G7 agreement pledges 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, half by end-2021 

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“Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines represents the clearest pathway out of this pandemic for all of us — children included, and commitments announced by G7 members…are an important step in this direction”, the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, said in a statement.  Building on the momentum of the G20 Global Health Summit and the Gavi… Read More
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Counting down to Peace Day, UN chief urges: Stand up against hatred and care for planet 

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As we strive to heal from the COVID-19 pandemic and reimagine a better future for people and planet, Secretary-General António Guterres introduced this year’s theme: “Recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world.”  Regardless of ethnicity, location or religion, the virus attacks everyone.   Confronting this common enemy, we must remember that we are not each other’s enemy.   To be able… Read More
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Guterres: Vaccines should be considered ‘global public goods’

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Speaking via videolink in London, Secretary-General António Guterres said there was no other way of defeating a virus that spreads across developing countries “like wildfire” and risks mutating, other than through equitable, mass vaccination, adding that shots need to be “available and affordable to all”.  “That is not only a matter of fairness and justice but it’s also a question of… Read More
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New WHO guidance aims to stamp out rights violations in mental health services

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Globally, mental health care mainly continues to be provided in psychiatric hospitals, and rights abuses and coercive practices remain all too common, according to the UN agency.  ‘A more holistic approach’  The guidance recommends that mental health provision should be located in the community and include support for daily living, such as facilitating access to accommodation, as well as education… Read More
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IMF says Tanzania must publish Covid-19 data to get $574 mln loan

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– – The International Monetary Fund has asked Tanzania to publish data on the spread of Covid-19 before getting approval for a $574 million emergency loan. Since last year May, Tanzania has not published any data on the extend of spread of Covid-19. The country’s previous president, John Magufuli was a critic and doubter of the pandemic and stopped the… Read More
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UN experts to G7: Production of safe COVID-19 vaccines must outweigh profit 

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“Everyone has a right to have access to a vaccine for COVID-19 that is safe, effective, timely and based on the application of the best scientific development”, the experts said ahead of the three-day Summit of the G7 intergovernmental group of leading countries in the United Kingdom, which begins on Friday.  No time for barriers  The nine independent experts said… Read More
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Bank-funded project boosts water supply in Zimbabwe’s second-largest city

Elwin Mandowa,
Limited investments in water and sanitation infrastructure across Zimbabwe’s urban centers in recent times have largely contributed to poor service provision, which has left citizens scrambling for the precious liquid. Bulawayo, the country’s second-largest city, was not spared. Frequent droughts in nearby regions worsened the water woes.  “The situation worsened in 2018, where we would go for three weeks without… Read More
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Step up HIV fight, to end AIDS ‘epidemic of inequalities’ by 2030 

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“They are at greatest risk of being left behind as AIDS remains not just a health issue, but a broader development challenge”, said Volkan Bozkir, kicking off a three-day High-Level Meeting on the continuing epidemic.  The road well-travelled  While acknowledging that AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by 61 per cent since the peak in 2004, Mr. Bozkir warned that under-investment… Read More
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