(Rome, Italy): More than one in four households in Gaza currently face extreme hunger, and there is a risk of famine unless access to adequate food, clean water, health and sanitation services is restored, according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released today. The IPC is a multi-stakeholder platform that analyses...
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Dr. Dana Alsulaiman: Contributing to Positive Health Transformations in Saudi Arabia
The LOréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program, in partnership with Khalifa University of Science and Technology, earlier celebrated a decade of empowering female scientists from the GCC in the fields of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, who have blazed trails and are changing the landscape of scientific...
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Saving Lives By Destigmatizing Mental Health And Cancer
As I was exploring DCF’s work, I lost thought for a few minutes when I read these lines on its Homepage, “In Nepal, cancer is still considered a communicable disease and cancer patients are ignored in the society.” I could not help thinking how heartbreaking it must be for someone to be diagnosed with cancer...
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Challenging Poverty & Racism Through Vision
The article is part of Ananke's special spotlight edition celebrating The Fred Hollows Foundation's 30 years of change making in the fields of development and eye health. You can check out the special edition here. In Australia, 35 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults have never had an eye exam. Vision loss...
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One in 100 deaths is by suicide
Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, according to WHOs latest estimates, published today in Suicide worldwide in 2019. Every year, more people die as a result of suicide than HIV, malaria or breast cancer – or war and homicide. In 2019, more than 700 000 people died by suicide: one in...
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Workplace well being programs failing working moms and millennials
February 11th, 2020, Portland, Ore. (USA): Working women caring for children experience loneliness, isolation and stress at far greater rates than others and are looking to their employers to help them better manage these issues, according to the results of a new survey from WebMD Health Services. The well-being division of WebMD, WebMD Health Services designs and implements workplace...
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Rise of the Phoenix
I recently launched my newest website, Linda Skarrup Healing Arts, formerly known as Windhorse Consulting, both evolved from Therapeutic Movement, which was the name of my business for fifteen years. All three entities held a common vision: that of helping others heal from a wide range of traumas, injuries from accidents and other life events,...
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Marion Nestle: Food Scientist Extraordinaire
Hers is a name that resonates with anyone and everyone seriously involved in the food industry and all its trappings Marion Nestle whose Twitter account has been ranked by Time Magazine as among the Top 10 in health and science, and who has been ranked by New York Times bestselling non-fiction writer Michael...
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Founder of Alzheimers NGO wins WOW 2015 Humanitarian of the Year Award
The World of Women (WOW) Film Fair 2015 awards night was held to honor a select group of women who are considered high achievers in five different categories: Humanitarian of the Year, Business Leader of the Year, Media Personality of the Year, Sports Leader of the Year, and Rising Talent Leader of the Year. Desirée...
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Desirée Vlekken: Nurturing Remembrance
Memories are precious something we are all so keenly aware of. With memories, we are able to think fondly of days gone by, and people who have shared a part of our lives. With memories, we can contemplate on how far weve gone, how much of us has changed, and what direction our lives...