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In the context of the support to the country’s response to COVID-19, which include a series of activities from strengthening the country’s health system to communication, the UN in Guinea-Bissau used resources from the Peacebuilding Fund to support the development of a fact-checking website that helps citizens of Guinea-Bissau to be informed with credible information.
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UN in Guinea-Bissau helps combating fake news to advance COVID-19 response

The website is called “Nobaschecker”, as Nobas is the Guiena-Bissau Crioulo Word for “News” and is managed by a Local Innovation Center, Innovalab. It gathers a broad community of fact verifiers involving journalists, doctors…
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Mikado FM: a peace radio in the age of the Coronavirus

The United Nations radio in Mali was already essential in consolidating peace and promoting harmony and coexistence. In these times of COVID-19 Global pandemic, Mikado FM has started a race against the clock: contributing in…
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All hands on deck to fight a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic

Only by coming together will the world be able to face down the COVID-19 pandemic and its shattering consequences. At an emergency virtual meeting last Thursday, G20 leaders took steps in the right direction. But we are still…
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All hands on deck to fight a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic

Only by coming together will the world be able to face down the COVID-19 pandemic and its shattering consequences. At an emergency virtual meeting last Thursday, G20 leaders took steps in the right direction. But we are still…
Guinea-Bissau has so far recorded eight cases of Covid-19. On March 26, the authorities decreed a state of emergency that gives legal framework to the measures that had already been taken before: suspension of all academic and religious activities, sports competitions and all activities that involve concentration of people, including funerals, closure of borders and restrictions on the movement of people and trade.
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Guinea-Bissau relies on international solidarity to combat the COVID-19 pandemic

The Ministry of Health has already adopted a National Response Plan, which costs around US $ 13 million and which is supported by WHO, the UN system in general and other international partners. On March 27, after a meeting…
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