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Natalia Mykhaylova’s Toronto-based company WeavAir sells sensor and data-collection technology designed to improve air quality, cut maintenance and energy costs, and improve efficiency in places ranging from mass transit hubs to hotels.
Customers and prospective buyers started asking for something that would measure viruses and bacteria in the air after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic last year, but the technology didn’t exist. Mykhaylova, whose background includes degrees in chemical engineering and pharmacology, decided to build it.
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In the face of the global chip shortage, Canada’s only lab and incubator for the development and commercialization of hardware and semiconductor solutions, ventureLAB Hardware Catalyst Initiative (HCI), has received $4.73 million in additional funding from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) to expand its scope.
The funds will allow the lab to virtualize and expand its testing capabilities, extending its reach beyond Ontario and supporting innovators across the country.
“In 2019, this industry generated $210 billion of revenue. And today, in light of COVID-19 and the rapid digital transformation that the pandemic has prompted, we know that the sector is only going to grow, and it’s going to help us build a more resilient, a more sustainable, and a more digital economy,” said the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion and Member of Parliament for Markham–Thornhill during the funding announcement. “And
Accelerating and expanding HIV services in the Central African Republic
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The Central African Republic has made significant progress in its response to HIV over the past four years. New HIV infections continue to decline and the number of people on antiretroviral therapy has increased from less than 25 000 in 2016 to more than 47 000 in 2019.
Despite this progress, the Central African Republic remains far from the 90–90–90 targets. Less than half of the 100 000 people living with HIV in the country have access to treatment and the government estimates that less than 20% of people on treatment have an undetectable viral load. For those who are on treatment, the quality of care is insufficient. Recent studies reveal a very high rate of immunological and therapeutic failure among people living with HIV on treatment.