World Bank, Gates, UN pledge close to $US600 million to end cervical cancer
London, UK Reuters Global health donors pledged nearly $US600 million towards eliminating cervical cancer on Tuesday, at the first global forum dedicated to fighting the disease. The World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UN children’s agency UNICEF said in a joint statement that the funding would go towards expanding access to […]
Poorer countries to get 120 million $US5 coronavirus tests, WHO says
Geneva, Switzerland/London, UKReuters Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for coronavirus will be made available to low- and middle-income countries at a maximum of $US5 each, the World Health Organization said on Monday. The wider availability of quick, reliable and inexpensive testing will help 133 countries to track infections and contain the spread, closing the […]
Pandemic makes tackling global woes more critical than ever – Bill Gates
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out progress on lofty goals such as ending world poverty and hunger in the next decade, but the economic damage of COVID-19 shows how badly such global development is needed, philanthropist Bill Gates said. Across the world, the virus has deepened social and economic […]
Most people want billionaires to pitch in to aid poverty and inequality
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Eight out of 10 people think billionaires should help end poverty, inequality and a host of global ills, a poll showed on Wednesday, as funding shortages and the new coronavirus stymied hopes of meeting the United Nations’ development goals for 2030. The ambitious plans, known as the Sustainable Development […]
Equality for 2.1 billion women and girls under threat as progress stalls
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation More than two billion women and girls around the world face missing out on the advantages of their male peers as progress towards global gender equality goals stalls, advocacy groups warned on Thursday. About half the countries that signed up to the UN target of achieving gender equality by […]