Photo by cottonbro from Pexels. Aug 25 2020 (IPS) – The . It’s tempting to assume that once the first vaccine is approved for human… Read More »Approval of a Coronavirus Vaccine Would Be Just the Beginning – Huge Production Challenges Could Cause Long Delays

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BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 10 2020 (IPS) – The Pacific Island Developing State of Vanuatu has emerged as one of the region’s great success stories. Vanuatu… Read More »Celebrating Vanuatu’s Path to Sustainable Development

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On 24 February 2022 in Afghanistan, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell listens to a girl reading from a textbook at a UNICEF-supported community-based school in… Read More »Education Cannot Wait Interviews UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell

A child has her teeth examined remotely. The Daktari Smart technology means children in rural Kenya are linked to specialist care in big centres. Credit:… Read More »Bringing Specialist Telemedicine to Children of Rural Kenya

Efforts to reinforce and leverage the infrastructure built to end AIDS can optimize the health impact and sustainability of the response to COVID-19. Zimbabwe, November… Read More »Let’s Fight for What Counts to End AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

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