August 2023

Ukraine: Widespread learning loss continues due to war, COVID-19 UN News – Global perspective Human stories

Ukrainian children are showing signs of widespread learning loss as Russia’s invasion preceded by the COVID-19 pandemic have left them facing a fourth year of education setbacks, a senior UN children’s agency official said on Tuesday.Ukrainian children are showing signs of widespread learning loss as Russia’s invasion preceded by the COVID-19 pandemic have left them

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Catalent’s Indiana plant to make Novo’s Wegovy weight-loss drug  Health Archives | Reuters News Agency

Reuters exclusively reported that Novo Nordisk has hired Thermo Fisher as its second contract manufacturer for its hugely popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. Novo Chief Financial Officer Karsten Munk Knudsen told Reuters in May the company had signed up a second contract manufacturer in the United States, but the identity of the company has not previously

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Healthcare software vendor NextGen explores sale Health Archives | Reuters News Agency

Reuters exclusively reported that NextGen Healthcare (NXGN.O), a provider of software that helps manage patients’ records, is exploring options that include a sale of the company.  The post Healthcare software vendor NextGen explores sale appeared first on Reuters News Agency. Reuters exclusively reported that NextGen Healthcare (NXGN.O), a provider of software that helps manage patients’

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U.S.-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Meeting on Women’s Economic Empowerment Office of the Spokesperson Women’s Issues – United States Department of State

Office of the Spokesperson The United States hosted Japan and the Republic of Korea in Seattle, Washington on Friday, August 18, on the margins of the APEC Women and the Economy Forum.  Assistant to the President and Director of the Gender Policy Council Jennifer Klein led the U.S. delegation, which also included U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for

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Afghan girls’ voices for education echo loudly through new global campaign UN News – Global perspective Human stories

The UN fund that ensures children can continue learning during emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), launched a campaign on Tuesday to elevate the voices of young Afghan girls deprived of their basic right to education.    The UN fund that ensures children can continue learning during emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot

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In Burkina Faso, a Mobile App Replaces Pen and Paper Records to Help Transform Community Health

Community health worker Marc Ilboudo often provides care to the very youngest children in his village. Most days, he conducts at-home visits for families living in Pousghin, approximately 30 kilometers northeast of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital city. Other days, patients come directly to his home.

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‘Transforming education’: Ensuring children and societies are learners UN News – Global perspective Human stories

The UN launched on Friday a policy brief on transforming education, which lays out a set of proposals to create inclusive and truly learning societies, and to understand education as a global public good.The UN launched on Friday a policy brief on transforming education, which lays out a set of proposals to create inclusive and

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