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Wipro joins WEF's Partnership for New Work Standards initiative
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI): Digital transformation major Wipro said on Wednesday it has joined the World Economic Forum's Partnership for New Work Standards initiative to establish a healthy, resilient and equitable future of work.
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The new app brings hope to 70,000 cancer patients seeking reliable informa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 15 (ANI/PNN): Cancer patients in India now have access to CURIA, a first-of-its-kind app developed by Swiss company OncoCoin AG, the most decentralized and equitable ecosystem of cancer information. CURIA, with a global community of over 150,000, empowers pat
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COVID-19: WHO urges countries to bridge 16 billion USD funding gap for ACT
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries on Monday to close a funding gap of 16 billion US dollars for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator project, which aims to accelerate the development, production, and equitable access to
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US contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): US has so far contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Promoting learning society key to equitable education amid Covid-19: ADB
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], May 31 (ANI): Educational institutions must work with governments, the private sector, communities and civic authorities to ensure equitable access to high-quality learning resources during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic and beyond, according to a new b
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Amid looming shortfall of doses, UNICEF calls for global, equitable distri
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], May 18 (ANI): Warning of a COVID-19 vaccine shortfall of nearly 190 million doses by next month, the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Monday called for a global, equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics to curb the spread of the viru
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Share excess COVID-19 vaccines now, says UNICEF chief ahead of G7 summit
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], May 17 (ANI): The sudden increase in COVID-19 cases in India could potentially occur elsewhere if vulnerable countries do not have equitable access to vaccines, UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore warned on Monday with the aim to get richer nations to share their excess doses.
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PM Modi asks EU to support TRIPS waiver, EU doesn't see it as magic soluti
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked EU leaders to support the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver to COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to remove hurdles in ramping up vaccine production. EU l
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TRIPS waiver will allow developing nations speedy access to COVID-19 vacci
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Pretoria [South Africa] May 1, (ANI): President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday said South Africa and India have made a "strong call" for a temporary TRIPS waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as it will allow developing nations more speedy and equitable acces
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COVID-19: Committed to continuing to work with India to establish path for
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): Pfizer and BioNTech are firmly committed to working towards equitable and affordable access for their COVID-19 vaccine for people around the world including in India, the company said in a statement on Friday.
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World Bank grants USD 25mn to improve education in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 1 (ANI): The World Bank on Thursday approved the allocation of an additional USD 25 million in financing from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to increase equitable access to primary and secondary education in Afghanistan, particularly for girls, the or
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KHPT in partnership with Central TB Division and USAID hosts a panel discu
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT), in collaboration with the Central TB Division (CTD) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), held a webinar focusing on strengthening India's health systems so they are mo
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