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Nigerian Governor – Why We’re Training Health Professionals
To address the dearth of medical personnel in public hospitals in Kano State, the state government has embarked on a deliberate strategy of training indigenes in medical and related-courses, the state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso has revealed.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Global Health Corps Calls for Young Professionals to Join the Movement for Health Equity
Global Health Corps (GHC) opened applications for its sixth class of fellows and urged young professionals who want to make an impact in global health and development to apply for its fellowships in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and the United States
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- Health Care
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Expanding Healthcare Needs and Technology Advancements Drive the Global Stethoscopes Market
Despite the advent of several newer technologies such as electrocardiography, hand-held ultrasounds, among others, stethoscopes continue to be the primary device used by healthcare professionals for listening to sounds emanating from the heart and other body organs.
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- Health Care
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The Rise of the ‘Social Intrapreneur’
As corporations recognize the link between CSR and sustainability, opportunities arise for socially conscious leaders to change the world from the inside out.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Joining Forces to Fight the Leaf Rust Epidemic Devastating Latin American Coffee
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR), the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the InterAmerican Development Bank and Skoll Foundation announce today support for the non-profit agricultural lender Root Capital ‘s Coffee Farmer Resilience Initiative. The initiative is a collaborative venture designed to stabilize supply chains by investing in coffee farmers at the base of the value chain, who are on the front lines of battling the leaf rust epidemic in Latin America.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Latin America
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Empowering women social entrepreneurs in India
New 'Young Women Social Entrepreneurship Development Programme' in India is to identify women working in social enterprises and train them to become 'Master Trainers'.
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Nestle Boosts Nutrition Education in Africa
The Central and West Africa Region has not been left untouched by the increasing burden of under-nutrition, which is affecting developing countries worldwide. To help ameliorate the dire situation, Nestlé, the world’s leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness company, officially launched its Healthy Kids Global Programme in 2009, part of concerted efforts to improve children’s dietary habits.
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- Health Care
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- nutrition, public health
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter & Pfizer commemorate the 15th Anniversary of International Trachoma Initiative
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter joined Pfizer today to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI), an independent, not-for-profit program dedicated to the elimination of blinding trachoma as a public health concern. Trachoma is an infectious eye disease that is a leading cause of blindness and suffering in the poorest regions of the world. Pfizer has provided hundreds of millions of doses of the antibiotic Zithromax(R) (azithromycin) to help the global campaign wipe out blinding trachoma by the year 2020.
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- Health Care
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