SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi education portal among global top 4, says UNESCO official [Arab News, June 2021]

Title:

Saudi education portal among global top 4, says UNESCO official

 

Published:

Arab News, 23 June 2021

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1881511/saudi-arabia

From the article:

UNESCO’s assistant director general for education on Tuesday lauded Saudi Arabia for promptly switching over to online learning methods in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. 

 

During a meeting with Saudi Education Minister Dr. Hamad bin Mohammed Al-Asheikh on the sidelines of the G20 education ministers’ meeting in Catania in Italy, Stefania Giannini said the Kingdom has achieved great success in e-learning and distance education during the pandemic.

COVID-19: how lockdowns affected health access in African and Asian slums

Title:

COVID-19: how lockdowns affected health access in African and Asian slums

 

Authors:

Funke Fayehun, University of Ibadan

Bronwyn Harris, University of Warwick

Frances Griffiths, University of Warwick & South Africa Research Chair in Health Policy and Systems, University of the Witwatersrand

Narjis Rizvi, Aga Khan University

Pauline Bakibinga, African Population and Health Research Center

Syed AK Shifat Ahmed, University Bangladesh

Published:

The Conversation, 22 October 2020

https://theconversation.com/covid-19-how-lockdowns-affected-health-access-in-african-and-asian-slums-147600

From the article:

In a recent study, we explored healthcare and access to services in seven slums in Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. We were looking for insights of how health services are perceived in these communities before and during COVID-19-related lockdowns.