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Asia Pacific
India donates 200,000 vaccines to protect UN blue helmets against COVID
India shipped out 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday to inoculate UN blue helmets serving in peacekeeping missions. The…
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Asia Pacific
‘Seize the moment’ to recover and rebuild better, UN deputy chief urges Asia-Pacific nations
Confronting major setbacks due to the coronavirus pandemic, countries in Asia and the Pacific “must now seize the moment” to…
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Asia Pacific
South Asia: Sharp rise in child, maternal deaths due to COVID-19-induced disruptions
Severe disruptions in health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an additional 239,000 child and maternal…
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Asia Pacific
Asia-Pacific: UN forum highlights central role of migrants in world’s most populous region
United Nations officials on Wednesday highlighted the contributions of migrants to economies and societies in Asia and the Pacific, calling…
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Africa
‘They all died on the same day’: a Benin doctor on her fight against COVID-19
A doctor in Benin has been telling the UN about the challenging conversations she has had with the relatives of…
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Africa
‘Historic moment’ as COVID-19 vaccines touchdown in Sudan and Rwanda
Through the UN-led vaccine initiative COVAX, Sudan and Rwanda have become the latest beneficiaries to receive the lifesaving COVID-19 inoculation,…
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Africa
Côte d’Ivoire takes delivery of latest COVAX vaccine shipment, in further boost for Africa
Côte d’Ivoire received 504,000 doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine on Friday making it the second African nation in a week…
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Africa
Ghana receives first historic shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from international COVAX facility
Six hundred thousand doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine from the UN-partnered COVAX initiative have arrived in Ghana: a historic first for the…
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Health
UN chief to security meeting: ‘2021 must be the year to get back on track’
By exposing deep fissures and fragilities, “COVID-19 has x-rayed the world”, the UN chief told the Munich Security Conference on…
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Health
WHO seeks $1.96 billion for 2021 Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Response
The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking nearly $2 billion to fund its 2021 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP)…
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