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The Ban Ki-moon Foundation co-launches Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue with Stanford’s Asia-Pacific Research Center

Original articlehttps://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/ban-ki-moon-foundation-and-stanford%E2%80%99s-asia-pacific-research-center-launch-trans-pacific The Ban Ki-moon Foundation and Standford’s Asia-Pacific Research Center Launch Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue The Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue convenes social science researchers and scientists from Stanford University and across the Asia-Pacific region, alongside student leaders, policymakers, and practitioners, to generate new research and policy partnerships to accelerate the implementation of the United Nations-adopted Sustainable […]

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Akinwumi Adesina awarded the 2022 Medal of Glory for exemplary leadership

October 15, 2022African Development Bank Group Original Articlehttps://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/us-based-foundation-democracy-awards-african-development-banks-akinwumi-adesina-exemplary-leadership-55494 U.S.-based Foundation for Democracy awards African Development Bank’s Akinwumi Adesina for exemplary leadership U.S.-based Foundation for Democracy in Africa, an advocacy and research think tank, has conferred its topmost Medal of Glory Award on African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina for his exemplary leadership. The Medal of Glory Award is the

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African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Awarded Man of the Year (Africa) in 2022 By Exclusive Men of the Year Awards

October 6, 2022AllAfricaOriginal Article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202210060708.html African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has been named 2022 Man of the Year (Africa) by Exclusive Men of the Year (EMY), for his visionary leadership as the president of the African Development Bank Group and for his outstanding contribution to Africa during his period as agriculture minister of

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Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Annual Progress Report 2021

Source: reliefwebDate: September 29, 2022Original article: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/gavi-annual-progress-report-2021 Amid challenges, signs of recovery in routine immunisation as countries administer record volumes of vaccines in 2021 Geneva, 29 September 2022 – Routine childhood immunisation experienced another challenging year in 2021 across the 57 countries supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, as basic vaccine coverage fell 1 percentage point

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COVAX delivers 400 000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Ukraine

World Health OrganizationOriginal Article: https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/19-09-2022-400-000-doses-of-comirnaty-vaccine-delivered-to-ukraine-under-covax Kyiv, 19 September 2022 On 18 September, 400 000 doses of the Comirnaty mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 developed by Pfizer/BioNTech were delivered to Ukraine under the framework of the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility. The vaccines will be distributed throughout 23 regions in the country by the Ministry of

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Two of our Laureates -President Macky Sall and Dr. Akinwumi Adesina- Meet in Dakar to call for Substantial Support for Africa’s Low-Income Countries

September 17, 2022African Development Bank Group Senegalese President and African Union chairperson Macky Sall has told development partners of the African Development Fund (ADF) to allow the fund to tap capital markets for more resources to meet the critical development needs of member countries. The African Development Fund is the African Development Bank Group’s concessional lending arm

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

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

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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