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South-South Cooperation during COVID-19: India-UN Partnership Development Fund procures medical equipment for Antigua and Barbuda
The India-UN Development Partnership Fund has provided five ventilators to the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, enabling the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Environment to equip a specially designed infectious disease and isolation centre developed in response to...
UNIDO Global Call: Innovative Ideas & Technologies vs. COVID-19 & Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic will have far-reaching and long-term effects on populations and economies worldwide. Besides its immediate impact on health, the socioeconomic consequences of the pandemic are likely to be felt by economic actors over the world, and the...
AIIB Looks to Launch USD5 Billion COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is proposing to its Board of Directors to create a crisis recovery facility in response to urgent economic, financial and public health pressures and to support a quick recovery after the current crisis. A new Crisis...
Henan Province in China Donates Medical Supplies to Luxembourg through “Air Silk Road” in Response to COVID-19
A freight aircraft loaded with urgently needed medical supplies, worth approximately USD 360,000, donated by the Henan Province of China to its “Air Silk Road” partner Luxembourg, took off in Henan’s capital city Zhengzhou on 22 March, 2020. According to the World...