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Untreated hearing loss threatens nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide – WHO 

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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) report, launched ahead of World Hearing Day 2021 on Wednesday, says that in less than 30 years, nearly 2.5 billion people globally face the threat of hearing loss – at least 700 million of whom will require ear and hearing care as well as other rehabilitation services, unless action is taken.  That figure would mark… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank provides $320 000 in grant funding to mainstream gender in ECOWAS’ digital financial operations

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has awarded a grant of $320, 535 to the West African Monetary Agency to mainstream gender in ECOWAS’ core digital financial services (DFS) regulatory frameworks. The funds will support a gender gap analysis of several WAMA strategies including those for financial inclusion; gender disaggregation data analytics; digital payment services and infrastructure;… Read More
Africa Investments 

“I AM #AFAWA” Virtual Event

Elwin Mandowa,
What: “I AM #AFAWA” Webinar Who: Gender, Women & Civil Society Department of the African Development Bank and African Guarantee Fund (AGF) When: 8 March 2021, 11.00 to 13.00 GMT Where: Online via Zoom – Click here to register for free http://bit.ly/AFAWAiwd2021 The Gender, Women and Civil Society Department of the African Development Bank Group will host a virtual webinar… Read More
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Equitable vaccine delivery plan needs more support to succeed: COVAX partners

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Speaking after Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Colombia received their first round of AstraZeneca(AZ)/Oxford jabs, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the distribution of vaccines “has not been as equitable as we would have liked, but it has certainly been more equitable than it would have been otherwise”. Challenges on the ground The COVAX collective planned… Read More
Africa Investments 

Forum d’Assouan II : les dirigeants africains identifient les défis sécuritaires et sanitaires en vue du relèvement économique et social du continent

Elwin Mandowa,
La deuxième édition du Forum d’Assouan s’est ouverte lundi 1er mars au Caire sous la présidence du chef de l’État égyptien, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, sur le thème : « Façonner la nouvelle normalité de l’Afrique : récupérer plus fort, reconstruire en mieux ». La Banque africaine de développement est un partenaire stratégique du Forum, qui se déroule jusqu’au 5 mars.… Read More
Africa Investments 

Information is power: data is key to closing gender gaps in energy access in Kenya

Elwin Mandowa,
Gender-specific data, especially detailed information on how women and men use financial resources, is needed to improve interventions geared to closing the gender gap in energy access, the African Development Bank said during a recent webinar on strengthening gender mainstreaming in Kenya’s energy sector. The Bank has been engaging policy makers in Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania through the release… Read More
Development Health Advice 

‘We sink or we swim together’: 5 things you need to know about COVAX

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1) What is COVAX? COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) is the vaccines element of the ACT-Accelerator programme, led by the WHO and international partners, to develop a set of tools to fight the virus. WHO says that the programme has supported the fastest, most coordinated, and successful global effort in history to fight a disease. The aim is to distribute… Read More
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UN’s nuclear watchdog agency will not be ‘bargaining chip’ in Iran nuclear deal

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 After speaking to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors, Director General Rafael Grossi told a press conference that while the agency had opened a window of opportunity for diplomacy in Iran, it should not be put in the middle of negotiations between Iran, the United States and other nations over the deal.   On 15 February,… Read More
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COVID-19 cases rise for first time in seven weeks: WHO

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Four of the agency’s six regions reported a rise in numbers, with Africa and the Western Pacific excluded.  “This is disappointing, but not surprising”, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking during his biweekly press briefing from Geneva.  “Some of it appears to be due to relaxing of public health measures, continued circulation of variants, and people letting down their… Read More
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Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire begin history-making COVAX vaccination drives

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Last week, the West African nations each received more than half a million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford shots, branded as COVISHIELD by their Indian manufacturer, which was cleared for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) by the UN health agency on February 15. The deliveries signify the launch of the largest, most rapid and complex global vaccine rollout in history, said WHO. Meanwhile, 11… Read More
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