Compartir datos es crucial para abordar brotes epidémicos de amplio alcance

Published on October 21, 2020

Un proyecto financiado con fondos europeos ha sido pionero en idear nuevas técnicas para detectar y compartir información de brotes infecciosos. Estos métodos se utilizarán en el futuro para mejorar las respuestas de salud pública a una pandemia. En estos momentos, varias de esas herramientas se siguen desarrollando para abordar en concreto la propagación de la COVID-19.

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Coronavirus response: €1 billion of EU Cohesion policy to support Portugal's recovery

October 20, 2020
European Commission Press release Brussels, 23 Oct 2020 The European Commission has approved the modification of 10 operational programmes in Portugal, redirecting a total of more than €1 billion of EU Cohesion policy funds, namely the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Cohesion Fund (CF) and the European Social Fund (ESF).

With Central Sahel at ‘breaking point’, donors announce $1.7 billion to scale up aid

October 21, 2020
Yesterday, donors announced more than $1.7 billion to scale up lifesaving humanitarian aid to millions of people in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and to help stem what could otherwise become one of the world’s biggest humanitarian crises.Violence has forced more than 1.5 million people in the Central Sahel region from their homes—a twentyfold increase in 2 years. Gender-based violence has spiked,