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Tuesday, 09 March, 2021, 14 : 00 PM [IST] Rishabh Chokhani Food safety is the key to achieve better public health. The high incidence of foodborne illness is a burden on public health and contributes significantly to the cost of health care. Though most of the foodborne illnesses are rare and often not reported in India, however, a nationwide study reported an alarming 13.2 per cent prevalence at the household level. Therefore there is a need for a comprehensive appr...

Dr Ifeanyi McWilliams Nsofor is a graduate of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Medical School. He is a Senior New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute and a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity at George Washington University (in this capacity, he participates in the global interest groups, seminars and conferences that are run by the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity programme at George Washington University and the Atlantic Institute based in Oxford...

YGAM claims four national awards for education programmes Share The Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) has been recognised for its national education campaigns on gambling-related harm with four awards. Of particular significance was YGAM’s Young People’s Gambling Harm Prevention Programme, which provided training and resources to teachers and youth workers, delivered in collaboration with GamCare and with support from the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC). The charity picke...

March 7, 2021 A lack of local access to health care, combined with the patriarchal restrictions on women’s movement, can mean a death sentence for rural women in particular Any discussion on healthcare must be made as inclusive as possible. Dialogue with gender minorities and differently abled communities is a minimum requirement on any strategic plan for improvements. Healthcare policies must also address the workplace issues of harassment and discrimination faced by healthcare workers, be t...

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st): The National Programme launched under the ‘Green Drive Concept’ with the aim of planting a tree per each vehicle including buses, commenced on Friday (Mar. 05), the State Minister of Vehicle Regulation, Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments and Motor Car Industry said. This initiative was launched in order to promote the ‘Green Drive Concept’ in line with the International Transportation Day, which is celebrated on the 1st Saturday of March every year...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As part of its National Vision 2030, Qatar is developing its transportation infrastructure to provide an integrated, multimodal transportation system that offers safe, reliable and eco-friendly services. Qatar has recently launched the Doha Metro and is expecting to launch the Lusail light rail transit (LRT) later this year. Qatar intends to be a leader in technology and environmental sustainability with a focus on the e-transport and...

Following the UK governments statement today (3 March), that they intend to unilaterally extend the grace period for certain provisions agreed in December with the UK, European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič (pictured) has expressed the EUs strong concerns over the UKs action, as this amounts to a violation of the relevant substantive provisions of […]

By: Times News Service Muscat: Three of the National Bank of Oman’s (NBO) staff members have been selected to participate in Etimad, a national leadership programme to upskill and empower Omanis for middle and senior management positions. Emerging from the recommendations of the Labour Market and Employment Lab at the National Programme for Enhancing Economic Diversification, Tanfeedh, the programme aims to train a total of 10,000 Omanis through a series of six-month sessions. Three promisin...

(Business in Cameroon) - In Cameroon, the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (Minfof) is currently planning to revive the Special Forestry Development And Wildlife Fund. Indeed, during the cabinet meeting of February 25, 2021, in Yaoundé, Jules Doret Ndongo (Minister of Forestry and Wildlife) " insisted on the need to rehabilitate the Special Forestry Development And Wildlife Fund as instituted by the Decree of April 10, 1996, setting out the operating procedures of Special Funds," according t...