OverviewIn this edition of the COVID-19 Weekly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:Kenya increases uptake and equity for COVID-19 vaccinationsSupporting Omicron variant detection and COVID-19 res…
Some 1,378 new Covid-19 cases and four new deaths have been reported nationwide over the previous 24 hours, the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control announced today.Of the new infections, 1,372 were classified as domestic infections, …
Looking beyond the current ‘take, make and dispose’ extractive industrial model, the circular economy is restorative and regenerative by design.Relying on system-wide innovation, it aims to redefine products and services to design waste out, while mini…
Even as the United States makes Southeast Asia a diplomatic priority, it has invited just three ASEAN members to this week’s democracy summit, but analysts in the region said Tuesday that Washington’s strategy in doing so was largely sound.Indonesia, M…
President of the National Assembly (NA) Xaysomphone Phomvihane held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Vuong Dinh Hue in Hanoi, Vietnam on Dec 6.Vietnam’s NA Chairman Hue described the Lao top legislator’s visit as an important milestone in the Laos…
FOREWORDIn 2020, the GICHD continued providing its services to national and international partners, with the ultimate goal of reducing risk from explosive ordnance and making communities safe. Faced with the challenges and limitations imposed by the CO…
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council on Nov 25 approved the highly anticipated Sustainable Hydropower Development Strategy (SHDS 2021) for the Lower Mekong Basin, one of the key deliverables of the previous Basin Development Strategy and the MRC S…
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2021 – The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), a global fund dedicated to reducing food insecurity and poverty in low-income countries, today announced $121 million in new grants for nine national governments and, …
