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A New Project to Empower and Improve the Livelihoods of Women and Girls in Liberia

The World Bank Board has approved a financing package to improve economic livelihoods and access to social services for women and girls in targeted communities, foster positive social norms, and strengthen the government's...

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In people with HIV, treating precancerous anal lesions cuts risk of anal cancer by more than half

A large clinical trial of people living with HIV has found that treating anal precancerous growths known as high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, or HSIL, reduces the chance that anal cancer will develop by more tha...

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Global hunger crisis pushing one child into severe malnutrition every minute in 15 crisis-hit countries

Almost 8 million children under 5 in 15 crisis-hit countries are at risk of death from severe wasting unless they receive immediate therapeutic food and care – with the number rising by the minute, on June 22, UNICEF warne...

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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2022 Article IV Consultation with the Republic of Uzbekistan

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with the Republic of Uzbekistan.

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