Ending the COVID-19 pandemic and minimising its impact largely depends on finding effective ways to treat and immunise against the disease.
Here’s the good news: so far, billions in funding has been mobilised in record time to fast-track research and development on COVID-19. Plus, there are over 500 treatment and vaccine candidates in development, with some COVID-19 vaccine campaigns already underway.
But the bad news: this is only half the battle.
A historic effort
Delivering medication and vaccines at the speed and scale...
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The World Bank predicts the greatest drop in remittances in recent history, with low-income developing countries set to receive US$110 billion less, due to COVID-19 in 2020.
Remittances, which are the cash flows sent home by migrant workers to help their families, are a huge source of finance for low- and-middle-income countries. Last year, these countries received 78% of the US$714 billion that were sent around the world. Global remittance flows were five times higher than official development assistance in...
More than two years after the first proposal, three inconclusive summits, a global pandemic, a revised proposal, five counter-proposals, and a European Council meeting that lasted four days and nights, EU leaders reached a deal on the EU long-term budget and the newly created recovery fund to tackle the socio-economic impacts of the COVID crisis in the early hours on 21 July.
Good news? Well, it’s great that EU leaders were able to converge, but in the process of reaching...
Fifteen years ago at the historic Gleneagles summit hosted by the UK, The ONE Campaign joined millions of campaigners to push G8 leaders to cancel 100% of the multilateral debt owed by the world’s poorest countries and double aid to Africa. Adding this to previous debt cancellation from Jubilee 2000, close to $100 billion of debt was written off for 36 heavily indebted countries.
After years of burdensome debt payments, incurred by undemocratic leaders, African governments had a clean slate...
To celebrate all the incredible ways Nelson Mandela changed the world we’ve created a set of free downloadable backgrounds for all of your devices!
Over his lifetime, Mandela defended equality for all with courage and persistence, leading to the end of apartheid. Since then, activists worldwide have turned to him for inspiration and followed in his footsteps to be part of the next great generation.
Have you been inspired by his timeless words of wisdom? Then wear your support on your...
In this iconic speech he called on world leaders to make poverty history.
It’s hard to keep track of all the incredible things about Nelson Mandela and his accomplishments. We’re clearly inspired by his actions and wisdom, and there’s still even more to know about him! You may remember these 7 facts about Nelson Mandela, and there are a few more to add to the list!
1. His birth name was Rolihlahla Mandela. His primary school teacher gave him the name Nelson.
2. He began his long road to a college degree at the...
The ONE Africa Award celebrates African efforts aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world’s blueprint for a better future.
As the voting for this year’s award commences, we’re looking at the top four finalists who have made it to the final round!
The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC)
Established in Nigeria in 2003, this NGO aims to increase citizen participation in governance processes with a focus on improving the integrity of the public and private sectors. Read more...
Depending on how you look at it, data on the HIV/AIDS epidemic can tell two very different stories. On the one hand, the world has made huge progress against HIV/AIDS. For example, over two thirds of all people living with HIV are receiving treatment. On the other hand, there are still way too many people contracting HIV, and donor funding is the same as it was a decade ago.
No matter how you look at it, the story is far...
An Ebola epidemic has been growing in Africa since mid-2018. This outbreak follows the devastating Ebola epidemic that swept through West Africa between 2014 and 2016, resulting in more than 28,600 infections and 11,000 deaths.
The latest epidemic’s first case was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in August 2018. Since then, more than 2,200 people have died. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the outbreak crossed national borders into Uganda in late June 2019,...