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Tackling COVID-19 in Nigeria: Health Tech Rising to the Challenge
“What is the role of the private sector in economic growth in Nigeria, especially when it comes to
economic recovery and transformation after the pandemic?”
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Strive Masiyiwa: “How can I say science has delivered a miracle to people who are dying?”
“The fact is, it’s not about sharing. It’s about allowing us access to the production capacity. If
you loosen the contracts so that the supply capacity can be released to other nations, that is all we ask.”
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May 2 at 11:30 am PDT | The Power of the Positive Economy: A Forecast of the Next Trillion in Economic Activity
Trillions of dollars were gained in personal wealth in the US and abroad throughout the pandemic,
though this was not the case for the many least-wealthy billions worldwide facing worsening economies.
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The Latest from the Center for the Future of Aging
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Global Conference and Other Highlights from the Center for the Future of Aging
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In Return to Global Health Multilateralism, U.S. Joins COVAX at a Critical Moment
U.S. support for COVAX and other initiatives could prove to be critical in the global effort to end
the devastation caused by COVID-19.
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Solving the Longevity Wealth Crisis
The oldest age at which 50 percent of babies born in 2007 are predicted to still be alive in the Uni
ted States is 104, according to the Human Mortality Database, the University of California, Berkeley, and Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Demographic
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How COVID-19 Disrupted the Livelihoods of Farmers—and Heightened Food Insecurity—in Kenya
In Kenya, COVID-19 restrictions cut off access to agricultural inputs and sowed confusion among farm
ers. The impacts on food security—and farming livelihoods—could be severe and long-lasting.
, The confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in Kenya on March 12, 2020, set off a series of events that put the livelihoods of smallholder farmers at risk and also increased food insecurity throughout the country., During the production stage, COVID-19 restrictions cut off access to agricultural inputs and sowed confusion among farmers
, One of the first ways the pandemic affected smallholders was that restrictions on movement obstructed access to important farming inputs, including seeds.
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