WORLD BANK RELEASED $ M 7,6 TO HELP FIGHTING THE COVID PANDEMIC IN SOUTH SUDAN

TO REACH OUT THE MOST VULNERABLE

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Zanzibar, 04/19/2020, 04:00 Time

USPA NEWS - Through the UNICEF and World Bank partnership, risk communication efforts will be further scaled up. The World Bank has released USD 7.6 million to help South Sudan respond to COVID-19. The country’s first case was reported on 5 April 2020, but the preparations started several weeks ago in anticipation of the disease to spread to South Sudan given the scale of the pandemic. Through the UNICEF and World Bank partnership, risk communication efforts will be further scaled up, ensuring the population is aware of the disease, signs and symptoms and how best to prevent transmission. The World Bank funds will also be spent on training of health personnel on effective infection prevention and control and equip them with the necessary personal protection equipment and handwashing facilities; on improving health screening at points of entry, as well as on psychosocial support services for children.

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HISTORICAL DEAL OF OPEC IS A VICTORY FOR AFRICAN OIL COMPANIES INVESTORS

EMPOWERS THE INDUSTRY TO BEAT COVID-19

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Zanzibar, 04/19/2020, 03:51 Time

USPA NEWS - OPEC and OPEC+ member countries have finally decided to cut oil production by 9.7 million barrels a day starting on May 1st, 2020 and until June 30th, 2020. The African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org/) congratulates OPEC and OPEC+ Member countries on reaching a much-needed historic deal to cut production and maintain market stability. After repeatedly calling and lobbying African producers to join OPEC in restoring market stability, the Chamber is particularly pleased to see the wide support for OPEC amongst all of African producing countries.On Easter Sunday, OPEC and OPEC+ member countries have finally decided to cut oil production by 9.7 million barrels a day starting on May 1st, 2020 and until June 30th, 2020. From July 1st, 2020, production cuts will be readjusted to 8 million barrels a day until the end of the year. Finally, OPEC and OPEC+ member countries have agreed on a production cut of 6 million barrels a day from January 1st, 2021 until the end of April 2022. The baseline for the calculation of the adjustments is the oil production of October 2018, except for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Russian Federation.

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LETTER TO GOVERNMENTS OF THE G20 NATIONS CALLING UP FOR MEASURES OVER COVID-19

BY G20 EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS SUMMIT

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Casablanca, 04/19/2020, 03:29 Time

USPA NEWS - « We are writing to call for immediate internationally coordinated action – within the next few days – to address our deepening global health and economic crises from COVID- 19. The communique from the G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Summit on March 26, 2020, recognized the gravity and urgency of the entwined public health and economic crises, but we now require urgent specific measures that can be agreed on with speed and at scale: emergency support for global health initiatives led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and emergency measures to restore the global economy. Both require world leaders to commit to funding far beyond the current capacity of our existing international institutions ». In 2008-2010, the immediate economic crisis could be surmounted when the economic fault line – under-capitalization of the global banking system – was tackled. Now, however, the economic emergency will not be resolved until the health emergency is effectively addressed: the health emergency will not end simply by conquering the disease in one country alone, but by ensuring recovery from COVID- 19 in all countries. We publish the full communique, references, of Global Leaders (Strateus )

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ScrumIT Rugby Management System develops COVID-19 Contact Tracking Module

in the Western Province of South Africa

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Zanzibar, 04/19/2020, 03:19 Time

USPA NEWS - The scrumIT RMS was originally developed as a contribution to rugby development in the Western Province of South Africa by Brooks as a passionate lover of the game. scrumIT Rugby Management System (scrumIT RMS) (https://bit.ly/3efl40N) has developed a module (https://youtu.be/Tgg_I6f-FIg) whereby the recent match contact record of a player can be traced for contact tracing purposes. According to the founder and developer of the system, Mr Jaco Brooks, the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the inspiration for the scrumIT development team to look at what contribution they can make to help with this and possible future similar pandemics.

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