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Argos arrestin Brisbane 12 March
A 20-year-old Mt Isa man has been charged with child sex offences following investigations by Argos and the Ferny Grove Child Protection and Investigation Unit.
The man was arrested this morning when he attended a Taringa fast food business to meet what he believed to be, a 15-year-old girl. He was instead met with detectives from Argos.
The investigation began on 11 January 2021 after a referral from Western Australia Police who received intelligence the man was engaged in inappropriate behaviour with underage females online.
The offender has made contact with an undercover officer from Argos posing as a 15-year-old child on a social media application, engaging in behaviour that will be alleged constitutes the grooming of a child.
Balogun) Participatory learning improved the knowledge about, and support for infant vaccination among older women supervising child care in these urban slum communities. Similar training may be extended to comparable settings in order to improve demand for infant vaccination. In Africa and many developing countries, older women (grandmothers, aunts, and even non-relatives in a family s social circles) are expected to oversee the care of infants and mothers, a role that is well recognised and respected. They also shape the decision to seek healthcare services for infants. The influence these older women have can be harnessed to improve infant vaccination uptake developing countries such as Nigeria - where infant vaccination coverage suboptimal, especially among those in the lowest wealth quintile - but this potential can only be realised if their capacity is developed to understand the importance of infant immunisation. This study determined the impact of training of older women
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Researchers Reveal How Critical Part of Lung Forms at Cellular Level
Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have determined what happens at a cellular level as the lung alveolus forms and allows newborns to breathe air. Understanding this process gives researchers a better sense of how to develop therapies and potentially regenerate this critical tissue in the event of injury. The findings were published online today by the journal Science.
The lung develops during both embryonic and postnatal stages, during which lung tissue forms and a variety of cell types perform specific roles. During the transition from embryo to newborn is when the alveolar region of the lung refines its primary function of exchanging gas, which includes the critical process of ridding the body of carbon dioxide.
February 1, 2021 The stronger the media becomes in a particular country, the better it can fulfil its various roles as a watchdog, detective, educator, good governance advocate and even catalyst for democracy and development. This handbook identifies and analyses the media laws of 13 southern African countries in order to assess their compliance with best-practice standards related to democratic media and broadcasting regulations. It is the second edition of the Media Law Handbook for Southern Africa published by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Media Programme Sub-Sahara Africa (KAS) and comes nearly 10 years after the publishing of the first edition. This second edition is more extensive and includes three new countries - Seychelles, Mauritius, and Mozambique - and the Tanzania chapter has been enhanced by the inclusion of the media law landscape in Zanzibar.
About a month ago, I was chosen to be one of four members of the General Assembly to serve on the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force established by Gov. Tom