Covid-19 has exposed the need for universal health coverage, but overcoming barriers to access for vulnerable groups is vital for it to work.

The COVID-19 Retail and Commercial Leasing Matrix (Matrix) provides landlords and tenants with an overview of the COVID-19 response measures which have been enacted in each Australian State and Territory following the release of the National Cabinet’s Mandatory Code of Conduct: SME Commercial Leasing Principles During COVID-19 (Code) on 7 […]

Boston – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Kasey L. Lekander as a partner in its asset management and investment funds practice. She joins the firm from Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP. Resident in K&L Gates’ Boston office, Lekander focuses her practice on private funds and fund formation, advising asset managers […]

Jul 15, 2020 In the News Global $10 billion needed to prevent Covid-19 hunger crisis, researchers say (Yahoo News)  Health Nutrition Poverty Yahoo News reported on recent research from IFPRI, Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Cornell University that stated, an additional $10 billion is needed “urgently” to prevent millions more people […]

Country: Yemen Source: International Organization for Migration From 30 March to 18 July, IOM recorded more than 10,000 people moving due to COVID-19, most typically down to fears of contracting the virus, the impact on services and the worsening economic crisis.

Birds nesting on the ground across farmlands in Europe often face a singular threat: plows and other agricultural tools. Each spring numerous breeding farmland birds fall victim to agricultural activities as people fail to spot them in time before destroying their nests by accident. Yet science can come to the […]