First Malaria Vaccination Programme & Panama Canal Drought | WEF | Top Stories of the Week
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2024-02-03

This week's top stories of the week include:

0:15 World's first malaria vaccination programme – Cameroon is offering the vaccine free of charge to every child aged 6 months or under. Thousands of lives could be saved as a result. In 2022, malaria killed 580,000 people in Africa. That’s 95% of all deaths from malaria that year.

2:06 Panama canal drought halting shipping – Traffic has been limited to 24 ships per day. 14 fewer than under normal conditions. The canal is in the grip of the worst drought in its 143-year history. It has already had a significant impact on global trade. The Panama Canal is one of the world’s most important trade routes. 

3:59 Why character can determine our success – Most people see cognitive skills such as maths or literacy as key to growth, he says. When Adam Grant believes it’s qualities such as determination that matter most.

6:58 How the bioeconomy can save the Amazon – In a bioeconomy, food, materials and energy are produced using renewable resources. Fany Kuiru Castro is the first woman to lead the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organisations of the Amazon Basin (COICA). An organization that represents 511 Indigenous peoples in the 9 Amazonian countries.

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