July 27th, 2020: The proportion of children under five years of age chronically infected with hepatitis B (HBV) dropped to just under one percent in 2019 down from around five percent in the pre-vaccine era (the period between the 1980s and the early 2000s), according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO). This...
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Experts at Irthi, Bvlgari discussion assert artisanal & heritage products still very much a part of the new global reality
July 26th, 2020, Sharjah (UAE): In light of sudden new realities facing both artisans and big fashion houses worldwide, Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council, a Sharjah-based entity engaged in the revival and modernisation of the traditional crafts of the UAE, recently convened an expert panel which has asserted that artisanship will continue to generate interest, find...
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Women 20, Aramco partners to promote gender equality
July 21st, 2020, Riyadh (Saudia Arabia): Women 20 (W20), an official G20 engagement group, and Aramco, the worlds largest integrated energy and chemicals company, announced their partnership as part of this years Saudi Presidency of the G20. In the lead up to the G20 Leaders Summit in Riyadh in November 2020, W20 will formulate actionable...
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Special Olympics Announces Global Expansion of Inclusive Education Initiative
The Special Olympics announced on July 20th, 2020, the next phase of global expansion of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® (UCS) one of the largest initiatives for inclusion in education for young people with and without intellectual disabilities through the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of...
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Big Heart Foundation Facilitates Healthcare Capacities For Refugees Amid COVID19
TBHFs international partners receive US$100,000 each to boost healthcare capacities for refugees and IDPs in Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Bangladesh and Kenya July 19th, 2020, Sharjah (UAE): Sharjah-based global humanitarian organization, The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), has announced the allocation of US$500,000 to boost healthcare capacities in sites hosting refugee and internally displaced people (IDP) in...
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Governments should create incentives for ICT development: GSMA Chief Strategy Officer
July 16th, 2020, Beijing (China): A news report by China.org.cn on Governments should create incentives for ICT development: GSMA Chief Strategy Officer. Governments should create a pro-investment and pro-innovation environment to drive information and communications technology (ICT) development in the digital era, said the GSMA’s Chief Strategy Officer, Laxmi Akkaraju. The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators...
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Focusing Africa
If there is anything the current COVID19 pandemic has underscored is the need to protect vulnerable groups in our society and in every sphere of life, including health, economics as well as social well-being. Awareness and advocacy are the first and most fundamental steps that need to be taken in humanitys fight against not...
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Smart phones are empowering women worldwide
June 27th, 2020, Montreal (Canada): By giving women access to information they otherwise wouldn’t have, mobile phones are transforming lives. Putting smart phones in women’s hands could be a powerful tool to support sustainable development goals in the developing world, according to researchers from McGill University, University of Oxford, and Bocconi University. The study published...
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Unilever embraces an inclusive vision of beauty
June 25,th, 2020, (London/Rotterdam): Unilever announced today the next step in the evolution of its skin care portfolio to a more inclusive vision of beauty which includes the removal of the words fair/fairness, white/whitening, and light/lightening from its products packs and communication. As part of this decision, the Fair & Lovely brand name will...
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Effects And Impact of COVID19 on Civil Society Organizations
The COVID19 pandemic has changed the way we see issues, conflict and emergencies. As it disrupts and wreaks a havoc on health and healthcare systems, education, businesses, economies and life itself indiscriminately, we are actually left with no choice but to take it head on. Needless to say, the impact and effects of the virus...