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WHO set to vaccinate 40 pc population of every country against COVID-19 by
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced an initiative to vaccinate 40 per cent of the population of every country against COVID-19 by the end of 2021 and 70 per cent by mid-2022, by prioritising vaccine delivery to low-income
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US to purchase, donate 500 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to 92 low-inco
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 10 (ANI): In a major move, US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the country will purchase and donate half a billion Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to 92 low-income countries and the African Union (AU).
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UN urges G7 to ensure COVID-19 vaccine access across low-income countries
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Eight United Nations officials have called on the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies to ensure peoples across the developing world get full and equal access to coronavirus vaccines, the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Refugees (OHCR) said on We
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EU to donate 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to low, mid-income countri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Europe aims at donating at least 100 million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus to low and middle-income countries by the end of the year, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Friday.
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China resists disclosing details of loans to developing countries as G-20
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], April 9 (ANI): Despite pressure from the Group of 20 major economies, Beijing has been resisting to disclose the details on its lending to developing nations as low-income countries have been struggling with their vaccination campaigns.
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Macron calls for distributing first COVID-19 vaccine doses to low-income c
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron told the G20 summit on Saturday that the world's leading economies should join efforts to create a system that envisions disturbing first doses of potential coronavirus vaccines to least developed countries.
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Lockdown measures worsening poverty and vulnerabilities among informal eco
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 9 (ANI): The Covid-19 lockdown and containment measures threaten to increase relative poverty levels among the world's informal economy workers by as much as 56 percentage points in low-income countries, according to a new briefing paper issued by the International
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Expect Beijing to fulfill its G20 commitments to offer bilateral debt rel
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], May 6 (ANI): A senior US diplomat On Wednesday said that US expects China to fulfil its G20 commitments to offer bilateral debt relief for low-income countries.
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Panic buying amid COVID-19 can impact global food supply chain: WPF
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 4 (ANI): The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic is so far having little impact on the global food supply chain but that could change for the worse if anxiety-driven panic by major food importers takes hold, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
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Sun-exposed oyster mushrooms helpful for tuberculosis patients: Study
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 9 (ANI): A recent study highlighted the death rate caused due to Tuberculosis in low-income countries and also how the consumption of sun-exposed oyster mushrooms is beneficial for TB patients.
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Growth rates in low-income countries below mark to reduce poverty: World B
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): Growth rates in low-income countries are expected to rise to 6 per cent in 2020 from 5.4 per cent this year, but that is still not enough to substantially reduce poverty, according to the World Bank (WB).
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Adolescent health undervalued in developing countries
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 12 (ANI): A recent study has discovered that adolescent health programs across the world receive only a tiny share of international aid, even though young people make up 30 percent of the population of low-income countries.
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