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Dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa expected to start in February: WHO
The joint UN-led COVAX initiative aims to start shipping about 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February,…
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Unless COVID is suppressed everywhere, we’ll be ‘back at square one’, Tedros warns
The number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination now exceeds those reportedly infected, the head of the UN’s…
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Africa
Dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa expected to start in February: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday the joint UN-led COVAX initiative aims to start shipping about 90 million…
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Health
Key workers in 145 countries to receive COVID vaccines under UN-backed initiative
Key workers and other vulnerable people in 145 countries should receive COVID-19 vaccines in the first half of this year,…
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Health
Impact of COVID-19 on cancer care has been ‘profound’, warns UN health agency
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a “profound” impact on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer around the world, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)…
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Law and Crime Prevention
COVID-19 impact exposes millions to the risk of trafficking, UN agency says
Although almost 50,000 victims of human trafficking were detected and reported in 2018 by 148 countries, the “hidden nature” of…
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Health
Consecutive drop in new COVID-19 cases ‘encouraging news’: WHO
The number of new COVID-19 cases globally has fallen for the third week in a row, the World Health Organization…
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Health
WHO urges effective and fair use of COVID vaccines
With COVID-19 vaccines currently in scarce supply, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday pressed governments to…
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Culture and Education
COVID-19: Prioritize school meals in plans to reopen classrooms, UN report says
Although school feeding programmes are a lifeline for millions of boys and girls, nearly 40 billion in-school meals have been…
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Economic Development
In Davos speech, UN chief highlights private sector role in pandemic recovery
The private sector has a key role to play in lifting countries out of both the COVID-19 and climate crises,…
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