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COVID-19

UN: $2.5 trillion COVID-19 rescue package needed for world’s emerging economies

According to new analysis from UNCTAD, the UN trade and development body, commodity-rich exporting countries will face a $2 trillion to $3 trillion drop in investment from overseas in the next two years. An eco...

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COVID-19

UN: Coronavirus necessitates global increase in protective equipment, medical supplies

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists in Geneva on Monday that he had spoken to trade ministers from the world’s leading economic forum, the G-20, about ways to address the chronic shortage of personal pr...

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COVID-19

WHO releases guidelines to help maintain essential health services 

The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens to leave some health systems overstretched and unable to operate...

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COVID-19

New WHO Guide to help countries expand access to essential medicines

WHO’s   new user guide for countries, ‘Selection of medicines at country level’, is based on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. It sets out the key actions countries should undertake to develop and upda...

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COVID-19

Infoblox’s Ashraf Sheet talks about cybersecurity in the time of coronavirus

Interview with Ashraf Sheet, Regional Director MEA at Infoblox. Your best tips for businesses looking to improve cybersecurity across their organisations? As the world is focusing on the ongoing pandemic and so...