UNDP and Global Fund Deliver 23 Tonnes of Life-Saving Medication to Eastern DRC After Months of Shortages

Goma, 18 June 2025 — In a major breakthrough for communities in crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) have delivered 23 tonnes of essential HIV and Tuberculosis medication to North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. This shipment, which follows months of severe shortages due to conflict and looting, … Continue reading UNDP and Global Fund Deliver 23 Tonnes of Life-Saving Medication to Eastern DRC After Months of Shortages

Impact Newswire18/06/202518/06/2025Leave a comment

Europe

Sanofi to Acquire Blueprint Medicines for approximately to $9.5B

Sanofi to acquire Blueprint Medicines, expanding portfolio in rare immunological disease and adding early-stage pipeline in immunology Adds fast-growing and only approved medicine for advanced and indolent systemic mastocytosis to the Sanofi portfolio Press Release – Paris and Cambridge, MA. June 2, 2025. Sanofi and Blueprint Medicines Corporation (Blueprint), a US-based, publicly traded biopharmaceutical company specializing in systemic mastocytosis (SM), a rare immunological disease, and … Continue reading Sanofi to Acquire Blueprint Medicines for approximately to $9.5B

Impact Newswire09/06/202509/06/2025

Africa, Europe

IRCAI and Zindi announce winning solutions of the AI for Equity Challenge in collaboration with AWS

In a vast collaborative effort involving several key organisations and hundreds of AI engineers around the world, the winners of the challenge have developed innovative AI solutions to aid climate disaster relief efforts and manage waterborne disease outbreaks equitably. LISBON, 6 June 2025 – The International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI), an organization under the auspices of UNESCO, data science platform Zindi, and the … Continue reading IRCAI and Zindi announce winning solutions of the AI for Equity Challenge in collaboration with AWS

Impact Newswire06/06/202506/06/2025

Europe

Human Development progress slows to a 35-year low according to UN Development Programme report

Sixty percent of people hopeful Artificial Intelligence will create new job opportunities Press Release – Brussels, 6 May 2025 — Human development progress is experiencing an unprecedented slowdown according to a new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report shows how Artificial Intelligence (AI) could reignite development. Instead of seeing sustained recovery following the period of exceptional crises of 2020-2021, the … Continue reading Human Development progress slows to a 35-year low according to UN Development Programme report

Impact Newswire03/06/202503/06/2025

Africa

Extreme weather and climate change impacts hit Africa hard

Press Release – 12 May 2025 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia/Geneva – Extreme weather and climate change impacts are hitting every single aspect of socio-economic development in Africa and exacerbating hunger, insecurity and displacement, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the Climate in Africa 2024 report. Key messages The year 2024 was the warmest or second-warmest year, depending on the dataset, and the … Continue reading Extreme weather and climate change impacts hit Africa hard

Impact Newswire12/05/202512/05/2025

Africa

Deepening Ties to Drive Renewable Energy Transformation

In a courtesy meeting held at the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) office, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening Liberia’s renewable energy sector through an enhanced partnership with the agency. Mr. Aliou M. Dia, Resident Representative of UNDP Liberia, and Mr. Samuel B. Nagbe, Executive Director of RREA, engaged in a strategic dialogue on scaling up renewable energy initiatives … Continue reading Deepening Ties to Drive Renewable Energy Transformation

Impact Newswire05/05/202505/05/2025

Asia

GITEX ASIA x Ai Everything Singapore Unites Global Tech Investment Elite with Southeast Asia VC Funding Set to Surpass US$13 Billion in 2025

Press Release – Singapore – 21 April, 2025: Southeast Asia’s (SEA) entrepreneurial landscape, backed by its flourishing technology startup ecosystem, is primed to experience significant activity and heightened investor interest. With Statistics Research projecting regional VC funding will reach US$13.7 billion in 2025 and Citigroup estimating Asian tech funding will expand by 10% this calendar year, SEA-based startups are poised to enter a vibrant new … Continue reading GITEX ASIA x Ai Everything Singapore Unites Global Tech Investment Elite with Southeast Asia VC Funding Set to Surpass US$13 Billion in 2025

Impact Newswire21/04/202521/04/2025

Europe

Danish Cancer Society – Research Annual Report 2024

In this report you can read about the research that the Danish Cancer Society supports. The report contains examples of both results and newly started projects for the whole of 2024. March 20, 2025 – By Mette Winter Weber Research is one of the main objectives of the Danish Cancer Society, and thanks to the contributions of Danes, we support a wide range of research … Continue reading Danish Cancer Society – Research Annual Report 2024

Impact Newswire11/04/202511/04/2025

Europe

Tietoevry Care introduces Lifecare AI Search for Care Measures – the first AI solution in municipal care in Sweden

Press Release – 28 February 2025 – Tietoevry Care is excited to announce the introduction of Lifecare AI Search for Care Measures, Sweden’s first AI solution in municipal care and welfare system, now available to over a hundred care providers across Sweden. Integrated into Lifecare HSL, a module for health and care documentation, this new function simplifies and streamlines the Swedish classification of care measures (KVÅ). … Continue reading Tietoevry Care introduces Lifecare AI Search for Care Measures – the first AI solution in municipal care in Sweden

Impact Newswire10/03/202510/03/2025