Africa: As World Health Summit Gathers in Berlin, Gavi and IRC’s Reach Consortium Deliver 20 Million Vaccine Doses in Crisis Settings, Reduces Delivery Cost Per Dose to U.S.

Africa: As World Health Summit Gathers in Berlin, Gavi and IRC’s Reach Consortium Deliver 20 Million Vaccine Doses in Crisis Settings, Reduces Delivery Cost Per Dose to U.S.$2

Berlin — As delegates from around the world and across the private sector and civil society gather for the 2025 World Health Summit, the Reaching Every Child in Humanitarian Settings (REACH) consortium has officially administered over 20 million vaccine doses to children in humanitarian and conflict-affected settings – namely in Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Nigeria, South…

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Africa: As World Health Summit Gathers in Berlin, Gavi and IRC’s Reach Consortium Deliver 20 Million Vaccine Doses in Crisis Settings, Reduces Delivery Cost Per Dose to U.S.

North Africa: WFP Report Reveals School Meals As a Powerful Economic Engine and Lifeline in Middle East and North Africa, Reaching 23.5 Million Children

Cairo, Egypt — Children benefiting from national school meal programmes across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) increased by 22 percent in the past two years alone, despite conflict, economic downturn and the region’s complex humanitarian landscape. Now reaching 23.5 million children, these programmes are emerging as a strategic investment in education, nutrition, and…

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Africa: As World Health Summit Gathers in Berlin, Gavi and IRC’s Reach Consortium Deliver 20 Million Vaccine Doses in Crisis Settings, Reduces Delivery Cost Per Dose to U.S.

Africa: Global Fund Reports 70 Million Lives Saved – but Warns Progress Is At Risk

New report highlights major progress in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria – but warns that without renewed commitment and investment, decades of hard-won gains could unravel. The Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment is critical to keep the world on track toward ending these deadly diseases. GENEVA – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis…

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Africa: As World Health Summit Gathers in Berlin, Gavi and IRC’s Reach Consortium Deliver 20 Million Vaccine Doses in Crisis Settings, Reduces Delivery Cost Per Dose to U.S.

Africa: 20 Million More Children in Sub-Saharan Africa Now Receive Govt-Led School Meals – WFP Report

DAKAR/JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI: Twenty million more children in Sub-Saharan Africa are now receiving school meals through government-led programmes than in 2022, according to the latest edition of the State of School Feeding Worldwide, a flagship global biennial report released today by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The African continent has seen the most significant rise…

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Africa: Global Funding Cuts Could Force 6 Million More Children Out of School in the Coming Year – Unicef

Africa: Global Funding Cuts Could Force 6 Million More Children Out of School in the Coming Year – Unicef

New York — Education funding faces US$3.2 billion decline by 2026, placing millions of children’s futures at risk As global education funding faces steep cuts, an estimated 6 million additional children could be out of school by the end of 2026, around one-third of them in humanitarian settings, UNICEF warned in a new analysis released…

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