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Twitter data indicates unemployment higher in lower-to-mid income countrie
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], August 25 (ANI): In contrast to higher-income nations like Canada, lower-to-middle-income countries still experience high unemployment rates in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns and economic restrictions, according to a recent study conducted by York University in collaboratio
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Effective ECCE cheaper than later remedial programs
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 13 (ANI/GPRC): The World Bank's latest report on 'Quality Early Learning: Nurturing Children's Potential' estimates that 53 per cent of children in low and middle-income countries are 'learning poor' meaning they are unable to read and understand a short text by age 10
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India calls for ensuring financial viability of infrastructure projects in
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 29 (ANI): Speaking at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, R Ravindra on Friday said that infrastructure investments, especially in low and middle-income countries must follow "principles of financial viability" to
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Evercare Group launches Evercare Foundation to help bridge the gap in ineq
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 17 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Evercare Group today announced the launch of the Evercare Foundation, a non-profit organization working towards equitable health for all and the development of more resilient health systems across the low- and middle-income
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Evercare Group launches Evercare Foundation to help bridge the gap in ineq
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Evercare Group today announced the launch of the Evercare Foundation, a non-profit organization working towards equitable health for all and the development of more resilient health systems across the low- and middle-inc
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Study explores how to prevent cognitive decline in people with dementia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Montreal (Canada), January 21 (ANI): Dementia has been defined as the chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury. It has been marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. Worldwide, around 55 million people have dement
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Study on interventions that may improve girls' education in low and middle
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 21 (ANI): A new study has summarised evidence from 82 studies from low- and middle-income countries to identify programs that may help to improve girls' education outcomes and narrow gender disparities.
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Affordable, effective COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax to be especially useful in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Houston [US], December 29 (ANI): Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine announced on Tuesday (local time) that Corbevax, a protein sub-unit COVID-19 vaccine, whose technology was created and engineered at its Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), has received Emergency Use
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Covaxin 'extremely suitable' for low, middle-income countries due to easy
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 3 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that Covaxin -- COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharata Biotech -- is extremely suitable for low and middle-income countries due to easy storage requirements.
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200 mn children live in countries unprepared to deploy remote learning in
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 28 (ANI): At least 200 million schoolchildren live in 31 low- and middle-income countries that remain unprepared to deploy remote learning in future emergency school closures, a new UNICEF report revealed on Wednesday.
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World Bank says 100 mln people facing extreme poverty in 2021
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): An estimated 100 million people experienced extreme poverty this year largely in the so-called middle-income countries (MICs) as a result of the economic crisis brought about by the measures implemented to address the novel coronavirus pandemic, the
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China's BRI left several countries saddled with 'hidden debts': report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 30 (ANI): China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has left scores of lower- and middle-income countries (LMIC) saddled with "hidden debts" totalling USD 385 billion, according to new research.
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