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Endicott College breaks ground on new nursing building in $20 million partnership with Cummings Foundation

The Salem News 22 Oct 2021

BEVERLY — Endicott College held a groundbreaking Thursday for a new nursing and health sciences building as part of a new $20 million partnership with Cummings Foundation ... It has awarded more than $320 million, including to Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda.

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Breast cancer survivor leads awareness drive in Rwanda

Anadolu Agency 19 Oct 2021

“They must be rescued, taught, and empowered to take charge of their health ... In Rwanda community health workers are now involved in awareness campaigns, educating women about breast cancer self-examination and screening ... According to World Health Organization, Rwanda reports more than 1,000 breast cancer cases annually.

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Themed 'Power and Paradox', TRT World Forum 2021 kicks off virtually

Anadolu Agency 19 Oct 2021

The Future of Turkish-Arab Relations, Climate and Global Health Crises as Strategic Threats, Europe’s Grand Strategy after Brexit ... Yousef, director of the Brookings Doha Center; and Diane Karusisi, CEO of BK Group, the largest financial services group in Rwanda.

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Using facts, not fear, to eliminate rabies in Africa

Reliefweb 19 Oct 2021

This World Rabies Day, FAO Rwanda supported the National One Health Platform to launch a rabies vaccination campaign, in the presence of FAO Country Representative Dr ... In South Sudan, rabies remains a major public health issue.

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How companies can partner with social enterprises in their value chains

GreenBiz 19 Oct 2021

Examples of social enterprises that act as distribution partners include Kasha (a mobile e-commerce platform that confidentially sells and delivers women’s health and personal care products in Rwanda), mPharma (which has partnered with major pharmaceutical companies to get ...

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'Power and Paradox': TRT World Forum 2021 to start Tuesday

Anadolu Agency 18 Oct 2021

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Man who survived Rwanda genocide speaks to islanders

The San Juan Journal 16 Oct 2021

Carl Wilkens learned that firsthand when he became the only American to stay in Rwanda after the genocide began in 1994 ... Wilkens first arrived in Rwanda with his family in 1990 and later became the head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Rwanda ... In 2004, a PBS documentary came out called Ghosts with Rwanda.

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Cardiovascular Health Program Manager (Rwanda), 12-month consultancy

Reliefweb 15 Oct 2021

Resolve to Save Lives (Resolve) is recruiting a public health professional for a secondment to the Rwanda Biomedical Centre, focusing on issues of cardiovascular health. Specifically, the Cardiovascular Health Program Manager will support expansion of quality hypertension ...

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How do you vaccinate a small African nation? Rwanda’s health minister explains

London Evening Standard 14 Oct 2021

An outlier in Africa’s slow rollout, Rwanda has raced ahead and vaccinated more than 90 per cent of adults in its capital. Minister of Health Dr Daniel Ngamije tells the Evening Standard’s Vaccine for the World project how Rwanda did it ... .

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What it is really like as a player when you know your manager is doomed

Yahoo Daily News 14 Oct 2021

>. The important thing is to have strong leaders in the dressing room to ensure tensions during the bad times are kept to a minimum between those playing and those who are not, and to help the unification when the manager is replaced ... Turn on sport notifications ... TRENDING ... How do you vaccinate a small African nation? Rwanda’s health minister explains. .

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Fears that Ebola 'lurks under the radar' of immune system as new cases linked to ...

The Daily Telegraph 14 Oct 2021

Health authorities in North Kivu, a region close to the border with Uganda and Rwanda, are scrambling to contain the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever after a three-year-old boy died last week ... The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a vaccination campaign and at least 170 contacts have so far been isolated.

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Moderna considers SA for site of new vaccine factory

Business Day 13 Oct 2021

Health experts have said Rwanda, Senegal and SA could be candidates because they either had existing vaccine expertise and production, or had expressed an interest in developing such an industry.

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DRC Begins Ebola Vaccination After Confirming One Case - WHO

Urdu Point 13 Oct 2021

... virus disease in North Kivu Province, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday ... The WHO also sent emergency response teams to the eastern province, bordering Uganda and Rwanda, which have already identified "more than 170 contacts and are monitoring their health.".

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Moderna’s search for African site set to intensify – chairman

Metro USA 12 Oct 2021

Health experts have said Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa could be candidates because they either have existing vaccine expertise and production, or have expressed an interest in developing such an industry ... In August, German drugmaker BionTech said it was considering building malaria and tuberculosis vaccine production sites in Rwanda and Senegal.

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