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Health and Healthcare Systems
Immersive Media Technologies: The Acceleration of Augmented and Virtual Reality in the Wake of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted whole economies. Immersive media businesses, which focus on technologies that create or imitate the physical world through digital simulation, have been no...
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic
Beijing tests millions over COVID cluster; US drops testing for incoming air travellers; Pfizer vaccines safe for small children, say staff at US regulator.
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID: six ways long-term smell loss can affect you
46% of people who caught COVID are still experiencing loss of smell. It can lead to issues with food safety and mental health, according to a neuroscientist.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Scrub up: why investing in hand hygiene saves lives and catalyzes economies
Hand hygiene received unprecedented attention during the pandemic, but improving handwashing facilities worldwide is a long-term health priority.
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic
Top COVID-19 news: WHO questions North Korea claim of falling cases; US may begin vaccinating under-fives; Restrictions easing on international travel.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Children’s physical activity hasn't bounced back to pre-pandemic levels, new UK research shows
COVID-19 restrictions put serious limitations on opportunities to be active, and new data has found that children are less active than before the pandemic.
Forum Institutional
COVID-19 is far from over. How can the private sector continue to help fight it?
Gavi's Seth Berkley explains how the private sector has a key role to play in turning vaccines into vaccinations and closing the vaccine equity gaps.
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Emerging Asia faces a post-COVID inequality trap. Here's how to avoid it
Emerging Asia is in danger of falling into an inequality trap as it recovers from the pandemic. Here are 3 ways authorities can restore some balance.
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Leaving no one behind in the wake of COVID-19
Vaccine inequality and protecting the immunocompromised in the fight against Covid-19 is a pressing issue and healthcare stakeholders must act to respond to these ongoing challenges.
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Towards resilience and sustainability: Travel and tourism development recovery
The World Economic Forum has published its inaugural Travel and Tourism Development Index. It focuses on the growing role of sustainability in the sector.
Social Innovation
100 leading organizations are supporting social entrepreneurs worldwide
Social entrepreneurs and innovators are stepping up and are contributing to social and economic health around the world.
Forum Institutional
Staying global: three steps to navigating disruption
Globalization has been the dominant economic operating mode for almost 80 years and companies should be careful to not retreat from this beneficial system.