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G7 leaders adopt B3W partnership to counter China's BRI
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): US President Joe Biden and other Group of Seven (G7) leaders on Saturday launched the 'Build Back Better World' (B3W) partnership for meeting the infrastructure needs of low and middle-income countries as parts of efforts to counter China's Belt and Road Initi
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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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COVID-19: US Congressman Krishnamoorthi launches legislation to provide fu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 20 (ANI): US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Wednesday (local time) announced that he is launching legislation to provide funding for vaccinating 60 per cent of the population from middle-income countries against COVID-19.
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Alcohol, sexist attitudes combine to increase male violence towards women,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): In a study of men in low- and middle-income countries, heavy drinking males were more likely to commit violence against their wives and girlfriends (intimate partner violence, or IPV) if they held sexist rather than egalitarian attitudes about women.
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India to supply 1.1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to UNICEF
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 3 (ANI): India's Serum Institute will be supplying 1.1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax to around 100 countries for approximately USD 3 per dose for the low and lower-middle-income countries, said Henrietta Fore, United Nation
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Stanford biochemists trying to develop single-shot, cheap COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
California [US], January 9 (ANI): Biochemists from the Stanford University lab are trying to develop a single-shot COVID-19 vaccine using nano-particles that does not require a cold-chain for storage or transport and is targeted at low- and middle-income countries.
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Global healthcare experts concerned over rising environmental toxicity and
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): Leading healthcare experts from around the world are concerned over the rising toxicity levels in air, water, consumable goods and food and their impact on maternal and child health in the long-term in low- and middle-income gro
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Ahead of World Diabetes Day, experts call for urgent action to address glo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI): Ahead of World Diabetes Day (November 14), a new report has called for action to close the gap in diabetes prevention and care. Worldwide, 463 million people have diabetes, with 80% from low-income and middle- income countries (LMICs). In 2019, 4.2 million
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Low, middle income countries' access to Covid-19 vaccine crucial for econo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The access of low and middle-income countries to vaccines against the coronavirus is important to fight the consequences of the pandemic, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.
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Serum Institute of India to produce additional 100 million COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 29 (ANI): Serum Institute of India (SII) will produce up to an additional 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for India and low and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 2021.
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GoLearn, India's first Artificial Intelligence-powered English Language Te
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] September 5 (ANI/Mediawire): According to the United Nations, the COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries, across all continents. Closures of schools and other
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Covid-19 fallout: SII signs deal with Astra Zeneca to manufacture vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Adar Poonawalla, CEO and Owner, Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday announced that his firm has signed a deal with Astra Zeneca to supply one billion doses of vaccine for low and middle-income countries before the end of 2020 to combat coronavirus.
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