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The Royal Society announces this year’s medal and award winners

Laureate, Laureate News, Sarah Gilbert /

August 24, 2022The Royal Society Researchers, technicians, students and support staff responsible for the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine have been awarded the Royal Society’s Copley Medal for their rapid development and deployment of a vaccine against Covid-19. This is the first time in the nearly 300-year history of the Copley Medal that it has been awarded […]

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100 000 doses of the Janssen vaccine delivered to Ukraine under COVAX

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Laureate, Laureate News /

August 23, 2022World Health Organization A total of 100 000 doses of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine (Jcovden) were delivered to Ukraine this month under the COVAX initiative, and distributed to 22 regions in the country by the Ministry of Health.  “These vaccines will provide further protection against COVID-19 and we are working continuously with the

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The Elders stress neutrality on Ukraine cannot be an option following Kyiv visit

The Elders stress neutrality on Ukraine cannot be an option following Kyiv visit

Ban-ki Moon, Laureate /

The Elders stress neutrality on Ukraine cannot be an option following Kyiv visit August 17, 2022The Elders Link to the original articlehttps://theelders.org/news/elders-stress-neutrality-ukraine-cannot-be-option-following-kyiv-visit Statement: The Elders call for increased international support for Ukraine and stress that neutrality is not a moral option in the face of continued Russian aggression. Upon their return from Kyiv, Elders Ban Ki-moon and Juan Manuel

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African Development Bank to Deliver Certified Wheat, Seeds to 20m Farmers – Adesina

Adesina, Laureate /

African Development Bank to Deliver Certified Wheat, Seeds to 20m Farmers – Adesina August 10, 2022Blueprint President, African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina says the bank is set to deliver climate-adapted, certified wheat and other staple crops seeds to 20 million farmers. Adesina said this in a document titled, “Averting an African Food Crisis: The

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Kiribati to open one of world’s largest marine protected areas to commercial fishing

Anote Tong, Laureate /

15 November 2021 The Guardian The Kiribati government has announced it will open up one of the world’s largest marine protected areas to commercial fishing, citing economic benefits to its people. The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) spans 408,250 sq km (157,626 sq miles) – an area about the size of California – and was

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Will we learn lessons for tackling climate change from our current crisis? – Ban Ki-moon

Ban-ki Moon, Laureate /

<Ban Ki-moon> Crises tend to bring out some of the best and the worst in us. We have watched in awe and admiration as health care professionals have responded with superhuman dedication to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have heard neighbors serenading each other across balconies. Car manufacturers are retooling to produce respirators and face masks

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Macky Sall

“Africa is not only a continent of the future but it is a continent of the present” – Macky Sall

Laureate, Macky Sall /

“Now, Africa is not only a continent of the future but it is a continent of the present since Africa has so many opportunities, it is 30 million km2 and we must build everything, roads, give electricity to more than a billion people. We need networks of all kinds, pipelines, buildings, people need to be

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited South Sudan

“I respect culture, tradition and religion, but they can never justify the denial of basic rights” – Ban Ki-moon

Ban-ki Moon, Laureate /

“Some will oppose change. they may invoke culture, tradition or religion to defend the status quo. Such arguments have been used to try to justify slavery, child marriage, rape in marriage and female genital mutilation. I respect culture, tradition and religion, but they can never justify the denial of basic rights.” – Ban Ki-moon /

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