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A new way to take blood samples takes inspiration from leeches, using microneedles and a suction cup instead of a large needle.

Butterfly Learnings plans to use the funds to “extend its reach across multiple states and cities in India through a 200-center network,” it said in a statement. Butterfly Learnings had raised $2 million in its 2022 seed funding round.

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The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP28) in Dubai marked a significant milestone for the advocacy in advancing women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (WCAH) in the climate crisis. In the face of climate change, pregnant and lactating women, newborns, children, and adolescents find themselves uniquely vulnerable, as highlighted by the powerful WHO-UNICEF-UNFPA call to action on climate change and maternal, newborn, a...

Ghana ranks as the 72nd least corrupt nation out of 180 countries globally, according to the 2022 Corruption Perception Index. 

The Children, Cities and Climate Action Lab is hosting three live workshops at COP28, which invite young people and policy-makers to co-design an agenda for improving cities to be healthier and more sustainable.

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) will work with children and young people living in urban areas to gather evidence about the impact of climate change and develop a vision for healthy, sustainable cities of the future as part of a £1.4m grant from Fondation Botnar.

Starting with two pilot schools in Pleiku City in the Central Highlands region of Việt Nam, the programme ended up impacting 31 primary schools in the city, with 71 per cent of them getting the safest rating of 5 stars  (Star Rating for Schools, SR4S, iRAP).

Amboni is a corruption of Mboni, whose land was next to the caves and the Germans, keen to grow sisal, took it away, then acquired mining rights over it.

The world’s largest online meeting of adolescents and young people, the Global Forum for Adolescents, closed today with a sweeping set of new commitments from governments and other stakeholders.The Global Forum, 11-12 October 2023, was organized by PMNCH – the world’s largest alliance for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health – to galvanize attention to the needs and priorities of adolescents and young people around the world. The Forum closed today with the l...