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In Kenya, Community Health Volunteers Help Blunting the Spread of COVID-19 in Impoverished Communities

The organization Village Hope Core International is a community development organization with a mission to empower communities in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa to eradicate poverty and improve family health. Promoting public health and education, through income generation and capacity building programs, reaching over 300,000 villagers in the poorest areas of Kenya. During the outbreak of […]

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BMGF Grants U$3 Million Initiative to Encourage Masking and COVID-19 Vaccines for Countries in Need

A cooperative team from Yale, Stanford and Innovations Poverty Action has conducted a control trial over 350,000 individuals in Bangladesh and identified four strategies that would effectively change norms to encourage mask wearing.  The NORM project stands for no-cost, offering information, reinforcement, and modelling. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) donated $3 million to

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Fighting Loneliness during the Pandemic in Germany

Among the many aspects of daily life impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the overall decrease of mental health has been an issue largely observed around the globe. For this reason, the initiative KeinerBleibtAllein created a campaign on social media platforms meant to fight loneliness, connecting people feeling alone during the holiday season.  According to a

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World Bank to Finance the Pandemic Recovery Program of the Government of Vietnam

The World Bank has signed a financial agreement of U$ 221.5 million to the Government of Vietnam to tackle the local recovery. The budget will give a concession of 30 years, gracing the period of 5 years.  The action aims to foster an inclusive economic recovery by easing the tax burden on businesses, improving access

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Funds to Support Bangladesh Recovery Journey

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is assisting the Government of Bangladesh to manage the damages of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a 500 million budget to fund the “COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program’’, the partnership has been active since the beginning of the pandemic promoting socio-economic recovery and strengthening the national health system. The

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Ensuring and Maintaining Critical Health Services during the COVID-19 Lockdowns

The Non-Governmental Organization, Amref Health Africa is a health leading NGO that is driven by its commitment to equality and equity. While the COVID-19 pandemic is rising, a huge impact on the poorest communities in Africa is being observed. Amref Health Africa ensures that critical health services are maintained during this pandemic through their existing

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