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Abu Dhabi inks MoU with African Union in public health
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- The partnership aims to bolster collaboration and information exchange between ADPHC and Africa CDC.
- The partnership’s priorities include promoting disease information and surveillance.
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Walmart posts Q3 loss of $1.8bn
Settlement on opioid cases hit earnings of the firm.
- The opioid crisis in the US - causing over 500,000 deaths over 20 years - triggered a flurry of lawsuits against drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies.
- US pharmacy chains CVS Health and Walgreens similarly reached preliminary agreements this month to pay more than a total of $10 billion to resolve opioid claims.
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G20 health, finance ministers agree to launch US$1.4bn pandemic fund
The G20 health ministers have agreed to establish a pandemic fund.
- The fund will be commonly used to fix the health system and close the budget gap for the following five years.
- Up to 20 donor countries and three philanthropists have expressed willingness to contribute to the effort to raise "pandemic fund" totaling US$1.4 billion.