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Offaly adult learning programme nominated for national award Reporter: );  ); Offaly Local Development Company’s MenPower Programme has been shortlisted for an AONTAS STAR Award in the Category of Adult Learning Initiatives that Support Health and Wellbeing.  Aontas seek to increase the visibility, raise the voice of, and promote the value of adult learning.    The next step of the process is an interview which will take place via Zoom in the coming weeks. Caroline Brickland, Prog...

Expert group to assess threats to plant species in the Nilgiris Updated: Updated: Share Article Members of the Western Ghats Plant Specialist Group in Udhagamandalam.   | Photo Credit: Sathyamoorthy M Threats to endemic flora in the Western Ghats will be assessed by experts comprising the Western Ghats Plant Specialist Group (WGPSG). Members of the WGPSG of the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) met here recently, to chart a future co...

By Edward Ihejirika AS a public health physician, development and health policy management consultant I like to state unequivocally that vaccines save lives and clearly people need to take vaccines this time to stay alive; but what is more important are the protocols advised for prevention. This alone can cut down the spread of COVID-19 in great proportions. In the year 2010, then as Programme Coordinator in a US Department of HHS funded programme in the Upper Valley Region comprising the State...

Program/Project Management Job in Fiji about Coordination and Health, requiring 10+ years of experience, from SPC; closing on 21 Feb 2021

The Cayman Islands Centre for Business Development (CICBD), in the Ministry of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure, will collaborate with the University Colle

BESDA: Niger gets $6 million to fight out-of-school children menace BESDA: Niger gets $6 million to fight out-of-school children menace Share The Federal Government, has disclosed that six million dollars have been released to Niger State under Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme to combat the menace of out-of-school children in the state. Minister of State for Education, Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made this known, on Wednesday, during the flag-off of the BESDA programme...

Program/Project Management Job in Uganda, requiring 0-2 years of experience, from ZOA; closing on 31 Jan 2021

Globally, the number of outbreaks of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), also known as sheep and goat plague, fell by two-thirds in recent years, showing the commitment of the international community to combatting this highly contagious animal disease and raising hopes for meeting the goal of global eradication by 2030. PPR can be deadly for animals – with a 30-70 percent fatality rate – but it does not infect people. That said, PPR has major effects on people due to the severe impact of PPR ...

Outbreaks of this highly contagious animal disease decrease considerably in recent years 13 January 2021, Rome - Globally, the number of outbreaks of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), also known as sheep and goat plague, fell by two-thirds in recent years, showing the commitment of the international community to combatting this highly contagious animal disease and raising hopes for meeting the goal of global eradication by 2030. PPR can be deadly for animals - with a 30-70 percent fatality rate...

Hill farmer joins major sheep genetic improvement project 13 January 2021 | Ben Williams aims to boost the performance of his ewes and to sell rams with Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) A hill farmer from the Cardiff area is one of 24 producers who recently joined a major research project in Wales that aims to boost the performance of sheep flocks. Ben Williams, from Pentyrch, has around 800 South Wales Welsh Mountain ewes on his 550-acre family farm. The Williams main motives are to increase ...