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ASIA NEEDS TO LEVERAGE STRONGER REGIONAL COOPERATION TO BOOST COVID-19 RECOVERY

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Stronger regional cooperation strategies—including in health, trade, finance, and disaster risk—can help governments in Asia and the Pacific accelerate economic growth and a robust recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…

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Approximately every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was newly infected with HIV last year, bringing the total number of children living…

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The World Economic Forum convened a special dialogue with Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan and more than 70 business leaders from across the world The virtual session provided a…

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The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched the new…

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As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses around the world, governments are relying on geospatial information, digital solutions and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven risk analytics to enhance community resilience. A new United Nations…

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UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) have issued an urgent call to action to avert major measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 continues to disrupt immunisation services worldwide, leaving millions of vulnerable children at…

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As countries strive to build back better post COVID-19, sustainable urbanisation can make cities change agents on solving the persistent problems of climate crisis, unsustainable resource use, widespread inequality, discrimination…

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The Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project is supporting the government’s ‘test, track, isolate and treat’ strategy to control the pandemic by providing a steady supply…

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has endorsed a new 5-year Country Partnership Strategy for Maldives covering 2020–2024. A roadmap for ADB operations in Maldives, the CPS will support the country…

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An estimated 1 in 6 children – or 356 million globally – lived in extreme poverty before the pandemic, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new…

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An additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weaken health systems and disrupt routine services, UNICEF have claimed.…

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This year’s UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education will be awarded to two laureates making a difference for girls’ education through projects that help increase young women’s participation in…

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DELIVERING UHC TO THE PEOPLE OF SRI LANKA “Each year, the national health sector serves seven million inpatients and over 35 million outpatients.” Sri Lanka embarked on a universal health…

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The World Bank has approved $200 million to help Bangladesh improve access to safe water and sanitation services in rural areas. The Bangladesh Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Human Capital…

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A story by the United Nations Environment Programme Serving over 8 billion passengers annually, the Indian railroad network is one of the largest and most intricate in the world. But moving…

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ASIA NEEDS TO LEVERAGE STRONGER REGIONAL COOPERATION TO BOOST COVID-19 RECOVERY

320,000 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS NEWLY INFECTED WITH HIV IN 2019

PAKISTAN PM KHAN SPEAKS WITH GLOBAL CEOs ON STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IN POST-PANDEMIC ERA

WORLD LEADERS JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT THE ACCELERATING CRISIS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

GEOSPATIAL DATA PROVIDING TIMELY EVIDENCE FOR COVID 19 MITIGATION IN ASIA PACIFIC

EMERGENCY ACTION REQUIRED TO AVERT MAJOR MEASLES AND POLIO EPIDEMICS

ASIA-PACIFIC CITIES AT FOREFRONT OF BUILDING BACK BETTER

SRI LANKA’S COVID-19 RESPONSE: SAVING LIVES TODAY, PREPARING FOR TOMORROW

NEW 5-YEAR PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY FOR MALDIVES

1 IN 6 CHILDREN LIVES IN EXTREME POVERTY

UNICEF LAUNCHES GLOBAL #REIMAGINE CAMPAIGN

SRI LANKA AND KENYA LAUREATES TO RECEIVE 2020 UNESCO PRIZE FOR GIRLS’ AND WOMEN’S EDUCATION

Pavithra Wanniarachchi – Minister of Health, Sri Lanka

SANITATION BOOST FOR BANGLADESH

GREENING INDIA’S RAILWAY NETWORK

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN A POST-COVID WORLD: AFRICA CONTINUES TO TRAIL OTHER REGIONS SAYS NEW REPORT

CARICOM COMMENDS BARBADOS ON ITS COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL INTEGRATION

COMMONWEALTH GAMES FEDERATION AND IPC FORM NEW PARTNERSHIP