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Reaching Every Child in Mozambique with Lifesaving Vitamin A
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By Ruth Fertig, Multimedia Content Producer
Editor s Note: This article was written before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Since COVID, we have delivered vitamin A supplementation with additional safety measures, so children get the support they need to develop healthy immune systems.
Just a few miles beyond the tiny village of Zambezi in the northwest corner of Mozambique, the dusty road ends at the border with Zimbabwe. Located in rural Tete province, Zambezi is roughly the size of Delaware and has a population of less than 90,000 people. The village has no electricity apart from a few generators and some solar panels that charge cell phones and other small appliances. There are barely any cars, public transportation is extremely limited, and the closest health facility is about thirteen miles away.
iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on Jan 26, 2021 12:57pm The Chinese embassy in Ottawa (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
The federal government found out that the Chinese government was interfering with Canada’s plan to test and possibly produce a COVID-19 vaccine made by a Chinese company just days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the deal, according to newly released government documents.
The agreement between the Canadian government and CanSino Biologics Inc. would have made the latter the first company to conduct clinical trials for a COVID vaccine in Canada. It was also the first deal through which Canada could have secured a vaccine supply. It wasn’t until three months later and after Trudeau announced additional vaccine deals with two other pharmaceutical companies that his government conceded that its deal with CanSino was dead.
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Hunger is on the rise in Zimbabwe. Photo: PWRDF
The reports in November and December 2020 were dire. For the people of Matabeleland in Zimbabwe, the “lean” season had begun. The peak lean season the three months after Christmas, the really difficult season before harvest was soon to arrive.
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has been supporting rural livelihoods, women and men working in agriculture, for all of its 60-plus years. With the support of our generous donors, PWRDF has provided food, seeds, technical training and advice in seed preservation, pest and crop management and market linkages, all while building on local agricultural knowledge and practices.