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'Mega-foundations' will help global aid programmes

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INTERNATIONAL

The role of 'mega-foundations' in aid programmes to developing countries.

Liberal-NDP split should not mean early Canada poll

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CANADA

The NDP has long pushed for a national pharmacare programme, and a lack of action would provide an excuse for Singh to end the 2022 pact with the Liberals that has helped keep the…

Second COVID-19 wave will test Madagascar’s Rajoelina

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MADAGASCAR

However, with a second wave underway and the mining and tourism sectors -- key foreign exchange earners -- upended, he recently changed tack, authorising an immunisation programme…

India’s vaccine roll-out faces key obstacles

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INDIA

Earlier this month, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, marketed in India as ‘Covishield’, and a locally developed jab. The…

Strong Irish growth to generate political pressures

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IRELAND

Ireland's economic prospects.

Central America’s vaccine efforts face mixed prospects

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CENTRAL AMERICA

Elsewhere in the region, only Panama has so far received a first vaccine shipment, suggesting roll-outs initially will be patchy. Central American governments are sourcing their…

Vaccine rollouts will differ across the Caribbean

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CARIBBEAN

Rollouts will differ across the region, with economic recoveries hanging on their success. With case numbers still rising in most of the Caribbean’s main tourism source markets…

Trudeau budget accepts debt while going for growth

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CANADA

Containing stimulus measures worth over CDN100bn (USD80bn), it aims to nurture and sustain a post-COVID recovery that is now expected to see growth of 6.5% this year. However, it…

Progress countering HIV/AIDS in Africa may be at risk

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AFRICA

HIV and AIDS have slipped from the public radar in recent years but nonetheless remains a serious health challenge across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Efforts to control the epidemic…

Russia will seek to control pharmaceuticals pricing

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RUSSIA

The Russian pharmaceuticals sector.