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Researchers in New Zealand found children with self-control—the ability to contain thoughts, feelings, and behaviors—have a foundation for success in life.

Partnering for impact in Côte d’Ivoire: a blueprint for public-private collaboration in education financing See how a coalition of business and philanthropic investors, led by the Jacobs Foundation, came together with Côte d’Ivoire’s ministry of Education to help the country provide education for remote and rural communities and scale up evidence-based solutions around foundational learning. 4 minutes read | Grade 6 students standing up in their classroom in Collège moderne de N'Guyakro, Côte d'Ivoire. Credit: GPE/Carine Durand Côte d’I...

The study in the journal JAMA Network Open indicates that people who experience psychiatric conditions when they are young are likely to experience excess age-related physical diseases when they are older. “Our health care system often divides treatment between the brain and the body. Integrating the two could benefit population health.” Leah Richmond-Rakerd, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, and colleagues found that preexisting physical illness cannot explain this association. The researchers ruled out the possibility of reverse causation in which havi...

EQS Group-News: Jacobs Holding AG / Key word(s): Expansion/Takeover Colosseum Dental Group to enter French dental care market by acquiring Dentelia 21.01.2021 / 10:00 Colosseum Dental Group to enter French dental care market by acquiring Dentelia Colosseum Dental Group (CDG), the leading pan-European provider of high-quality dental care, has reached an agreement with Otium Capital, the current management team, and the founder and CEO Dr Alexandre Attia to acquire a majority stake in Dentelia, a rapidly growing high-quality dental care provider in France. Dr Alexandre Attia will retain a si...

1.6 million children engage in child labor on cocoa farms in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the two main cocoa-producing countries. Smallholder farmers often struggle there with poverty and poor infrastructure. They have few labor alternatives other than their children. Limited access to schools, cultural practices, lack of awareness and gender inequalities also drive child labor. This is not right. WCF helps achieve Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 and 5 by convening cocoa and chocolate companies in fighting child labor, fostering community development, increasing access to quality educati...