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WHO collaborates with Ministry of Health to tackle maternal and perinatal mortality Format Kano, 3 June 2021 - “To achieve accelerated reduction in maternal and perinatal mortality, the quality of care provided to pregnant women and newborns in health facilities must meet quality criteria which include health care that must be safe, effective, timely, efficient, equitable and people-centred” stated Professor Jamilu Tukur, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital,. “Also, to improve quality of care, ...

The Governor of Queensland, His Excellency The Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, is the personal representative of The Queen who is the Head of State in Queensland.

April 12, 2021 at 1:10 pm | Published in: Africa, Libya, News Self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) Chief of Staff, Khalifa Haftar arrives for a conference on Libya on 12 November 2018 [FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images] April 12, 2021 at 1:10 pm Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar confirmed that "three cities with full facilities will be built east, west and south of Benghazi, to accommodate at least 12 million people." Haftar revealed the all...

18 February 2021 - Wits University The DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development at Wits helped develop the 15th issue of the South African Child Gauge®. The Children’s Institute at the University of Cape Town (UCT) publishes the Gauge annually to review the status of children in South Africa and to inform policy and programming. The South African Child Gauge® 2020 was launched on 18 February in partnership with the Department of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation (...

Seattle mayoral candidate seeks compassionate spaces for homeless A homeless camp in South Lake Union. (Jason Rantz, KTTH) Lance Randall is a former city economic development employee who is now running for mayor of Seattle, and hopes to create spaces for homeless individuals to go where they can have their basic needs met. He believes the current approach isn’t working. “I think the biggest issue right now is trying to help the the men and women who are experiencing homelessness in the cit...

As the eyes of the world remain fixated on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico produced a more satisfying and historic outcome for the Puerto Rican left after its local election on November 3, 2020. Puerto Rico’s vote is historic (a claim that should never be taken lightly in politics) but not because of the razor-thin results of the gubernatorial race, which was the main contest of the election. Nor did Puerto Rican voters make history, as many U.S. ...

In Puerto Rico, the 2019 Uprising Produces an Electoral Opening Toward the Left As the eyes of the world remain fixated on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico produced a more satisfying and historic outcome for the Puerto Rican left after its local election on November 3, 2020. Puerto Rico’s vote is historic (a claim that should never be taken lightly in politics) but not because of the razor-thin results of the gubernatorial race, which was the main ...

Puerto Rico wants statehood " but only Congress can make it the 51st state in the United States     Updated 12/14/2020 9:00 AM (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rashid Carlos Jamil Marcano Rivera, Indiana University   (THE CONVERSATION) Puerto Ricans requested statehood on Nov. 3, 2020, with 52.3% of voters asking to change the islands status from unincorporated territory to U.S. state. ...