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Reflections on UN Food Systems Summit progress to date Share on London, 3 May 2021 -  So, we are 13 weeks away from the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit, hosted by the Government of Italy in July.  How are things going?     First, some basics if you are new to this: UN Secretary General Guterres has called a Summit in September of all UN member states to address how to make food systems better able to tackling global hunger and malnutrition (static or on the rise prior to COVID and now rising fast due to COVID-19) while sustainably operating within planetary boundaries. He asked Dr. Agnes Kali...

A couple of drive-in and as many walk-in coronavirus testing centres will be opened in New Town, an official of the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) said. “The New Town authorities have offered space to set up a drive-in kiosk in front of Utility Building in Action Area II and another near the Akankha crossing. Both will be run by Apollo Day Care,” an official said. Apollo Day Care runs New Town’s lone drive-in Covid testing centre near the New Town fairground, opposite Marriott Fairfield hotel. “Those who want to get themselves tested can drive to any of the kiosks in th...

#GhBudget: Set aside fund to finance epidemic preparedness – SEND Ghana to gov't LISTEN MAR 11, 2021 SEND Ghana is calling on the government to set aside a fund in the budget to finance Ghana’s epidemic preparedness as it continues the fight against COVID-19. According to the civil society organisation, the fund will also help with the implementation of the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS), as well as the Ghana Centre for Disease Control. SEND Ghana made the recommendation in a proposal it submitted to the Finance Ministry for consideration in the yet to be presented 2...

The 2nd vaccination centre opened up in NKDA. Kolkata news: 2nd vaccination centre opened in NKDA  The 2nd vaccination centre for the senior citizens at NKDA opened up on Wednesday. As per a report in The Times of India, the authorities also held a meeting with officials regarding the walk-in vaccination for elderly people. This is the second vaccination centre which has been opened in the new town. NKDA's first vaccination drive had kicked off in the last week of January. “The plan is to send all those registering through the helpline to CB market community hall and ...

The future of inspections under FDA’s COVID-19 PREPP initiative (MRI). On January 13, FDA published a summary report on the agency’s Pandemic Recovery and Preparedness Plan (PREPP) initiative, which was launched internally in April 2020 and announced publicly in August 2020. According to the summary report, the PREPP initiative is aimed at strengthening FDA’s ongoing COVID-19 response and building the agency’s resilience to respond to future emergencies, including by identifying several “broad cross-cutting ‘Action Areas’ that reflect ongoing and potential prospective actions.�...