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Views: Visits 6 The World Health Assembly, the main governing body of the World Health Organization, has adopted a new resolution that aims to revitalize and accelerate efforts to end malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that continues to claim more than 400 000 lives annually. Led by the United States of America and Zambia – and co-sponsored by Botswana, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Eswatini, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Philippines, Peru, Sud...

May 25, 2021 We are a growing Consulting organisation with an expanding list of Blue-Chip clients. We are looking for an energetic and motivated PMO Manager to join our team to meet immediate demand. The role requires a broad range of experience and skills, focusing on project governance, reporting, and communications. The role is to support senior and executive leaders in progressing the operational leadership activities of the Programme. The following essential elements of skills and experien...

Overview Each year, 2.78 million workers die from work-related accidents and diseases, and an additional 374 million workers are victims of non-fatal accidents. That equates to 7,500 worker fatalities every day as a result of unsafe and unhealthy working conditions. While Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) hazards are intrinsic to all workplaces, whether part of global supply chains or not, certain conditions increase OSH risks for workplaces that are connected to global supply chains. The CO...

As the virus runs rampant globally, the world may need to learn to live with the contagion

  >> Andrés R Martínez, The New York Times  Published: 10 May 2021 11:46 AM BdST Updated: 10 May 2021 11:46 AM BdST Patrons dine at a restaurant in Columbia, Mo, May 7, 2021. Dr Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that he was open to relaxing indoor masking rules as more Americans get vaccinated against the virus, just two days after the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention belatedly emphasised the danger of airbor...

AmberSail2 - The Ocean Race © The Ocean Race AmberSail 2, the first ever Lithuanian entry in The Ocean Race, has set sustainability as a key focus for their team by aligning with The Ocean Races Racing with Purpose programme. One of their first major initiatives has been to organise a major environmental event, the European Green Course Conference, in Klaipeda, Lithuania to coincide with the northern European Prologue event of The Ocean Race Europe. Regimantas Buožius, Head of Amb...

NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - Early in the pandemic, there was hope that the world would one day achieve herd immunity, the point when the coronavirus lacks enough hosts to spread easily. Experts now say it is changing too quickly, new more contagious variants are spreading too easily and vaccinations are happening too slowly for herd immunity to be within reach anytime soon. That means if the virus continues to run rampant through much of the world, it is well on its way to becoming endemic, an ever-pr...

COVID-19: a threat to progress against child marriage in Niger Format The COVID-19 pandemic is profoundly affecting the everyday lives of girls The COVID-19 pandemic is profoundly affecting the everyday lives of girls: their physical and mental health, their education, and the economic circumstances of their families and communities. Changes like these increase the likelihood of child marriage, and over the next decade, up to 10 million more girls will be at risk of becoming child brides as a r...

Global Scale-up Programme Manager at GC Business Growth Hub, Anna Carson Parker,. An innovative North-South collaboration will take Black, Asian and mixed background tech founders on a five-day virtual trade mission to New York. The Race Ethnicity And Cultural Heritage (REACH) Mission to North America has been organised by The Growth Company’s Global Scale-Up programme together with the London & Partners Mayor’s International Business programme. The mission will support B2B tech secto...

COVID-19 vaccine coverage won’t hit 60% mark in 92 poorest countries until 2023 16 April 2021 | News The US alone is expected to have at least 300 million excess doses of vaccine by the end of July 2021, according to new research released Source credit: Shutterstock Just 10 nations with less than half the world’s population are administering three-quarters of all COVID-19 vaccine doses, while the poorest countries have barely begun vaccinating due to lack of funding and supply....