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The first tranche of 6.1 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine (BBIBP-CorV) procured through COVAX has reached Pakistan.

NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), has partnered with SuperWorld, a virtual world in Augmented Reality (AR), for the first time

Challenges in Central American humanitarian assistance after a disaster Format ROLANDO DURÁN VARGAS,HARIS SANAHUJ, AMIRTHA ESCOBAR, DIANA SEGURA-ROMÁN &CECILIA MARTÍNEZ GÓMEZ You can go from Guatemala to Panama in just two hours, linking the Central American region end to end on a commercial flight. These short distances between countries represent opportunities and benefits. However, for something as critical as humanitarian assistance, the region still faces logistical and bureaucratic challenges that prevent it from fully capitalizing on these advantages. So how is Central America wor...

Share Washington – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or IBRD) priced a catastrophe bond that will provide the Government of Jamaica with financial protection of up to US $185 million against losses from named storms for three Atlantic tropical cyclone seasons ending in December 2023. The government of Jamaica is the first government in the Caribbean region, and the first of any small island state, to independently sponsor a catastrophe bond, also known as a cat bond. Jamaica was one of the sixteen countries in the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Fac...

Caribbean News Global July 20, 2021 WASHINGTON, USA – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or IBRD) priced a catastrophe bond that will provide the government of Jamaica with financial protection of up to US $185 million against losses from named storms for three Atlantic tropical cyclone seasons ending in December 2023. Jingdong Hua, vice president and treasurer, World Bank, said,  “We are pleased to be able to support this transaction and bring together so many different partners all committed to strengthening Jamaica’s resilience to tr...