New call for investment to reverse the malnutrition crisisNovember 2021 - On November 10, our Executive Director, Chris Dendys, and five other sector leaders met with the new Minister of International Development to present a case for the investments that Canada can make to play its part in reversing the malnutrition crisis.
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How we worked hard to make 2021 a turning point for goodDecember 2021 - In 2021, we knew that people living in poverty would be the hardest hit. We also knew that the only way to find hope and solutions would be to take urgent and unprecedented action to tackle the unfolding global health, social, and economic crises head-on.
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Share the bounty, boost the global economyOctober 2021 - Because of the Covid-19 crisis, Canada received from the International Monetary Fund USD$19 billion of a special asset called Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). Here's why Canada should channel its SDRs to developing countries.
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Dr. Françoise Bigirimana, Medical Officer – Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization (WHO AFRO)July 2021 - When asked what Canada should do in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Françoise Bigirimana draws on her experience working with HIV: “The current context of the COVID-19 vaccine brings me back to the mid-1990s when HIV treatment was effective in Europe and North America, but there was no capacity for it in low-income countries. It was so sad to see a huge number of people dying in my country (Burundi). The inequity to treatment was so high, despite the virus having no border.”
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Why Canada must Support a Temporary Waiver of IP during the COVID-19 CrisisMay 2021 - In a domestic context, Canada enacted sweeping federal legislation in March 2020 allowing the production of any product related to the fight against the pandemic, regardless of patent protection. It is this same type of comprehensive flexibility, urgently needed at a global level that is being debated and blocked by high-income countries within the WTO.
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Canada can and must share vaccines nowJune 2021 - Results Canada and 30 allied organizations are calling on Canada to join other wealthy countries in donating COVID-19 vaccine doses through COVAX - the global vaccine distribution initiative. On June 2, thanks to One Canada and Global Citizen Canada a press release was released detailing the call-to-action.
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