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Madrid (Spain) Organises “Hackathon” a Software Development Meeting to Develop Specific Software Solutions During the COVID-19 Crisis.

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An interesting solidarity initiative during the COVID-19 crisis has been developed by the Community of Madrid t in collaboration with numerous organizations for the #MadridVenceAlVirus hackathon. Among these organizations we can find a MediaLab Prado; the collaboration platform MIDE – Madrid Innovation Driven Ecosystem; the Madrid Institute for Advanced Software Studies (iMdea Software); the Ibero-American […]

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Women’s History Month: Feminist Organizing in COVID Times

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The event sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, regarding the thematic of Feminism during the pandemic analyzed how the diverse women and Latin American LGBTQ+ communities have faced perpetuated key issues in these two years of the outbreak, much of them worsen by the COVID 19 pandemic. The virtual event brought two Anthropologists and

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Barts Health Meeting Network Helping London’s East Borough During Pandemic

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Two years after the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 infection, Bart Health experienced unique findings and discussions, which resulted in a wider perception over five boroughs in East London. As the expansion of the pandemic happened, many health-related organizations had to rethink the structure and services to the community which often didn’t translate faithfully to the

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Vaccination & COVID-19 Pandemic: Where do we stand ?

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The central role of vaccines in fighting major diseases during human history is undeniable. Effective and continued campaigns worldwide were responsible for keeping some serious and deadly diseases – like mumps, measles, polio, chickenpox among many others – under control and even eradicated some of them thanks to the ever-evolving research and development of vaccines

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The Thai Company Tom Casava Develops Eco-Friendly Protective Face Masks

Asia, Featured Actions, SDG 13, SDG 3, South East Asia, Thailand

Tom Casava is a Thai company that uses waste cassava stumps from cassava plantations and converts them into high-value, high-priced activated carbon for industrial, agricultural, household and healthcare applications. The company has decided to take measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by collaborating in the development of a high-quality face mask that aims to

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The Company AET AFRICA Creates and Distributes Face Shields and Face Masks for COVID-19 to Students in Rural Areas in South Africa

Africa, Featured Actions, SDG 10, SDG 3, South Africa

The company AET AFRICA based in Dimbaza, South Africa, was created in 2012 to conduct research, paying particular attention to how to conserve, reuse and improve water heating mechanisms through innovative clean technology, offering energy-efficient products considering the African climate and socio-economic environment particularities. During the first outbreak of the pandemic, the company took action

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