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by DEAGLáN de BRéADÚN GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS to amalgamate the Equality Authority, Equality Tribunal and Irish Human Rights Commission are being opposed by a broad-based campaign of community and voluntary organisations. An initial meeting organised in Dublin by the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) on…

Elderly people are being "mistreated and abused" in hospitals and care homes, according to a new report. by Chris Irvine Age Concern criticises the lack of progress made a year on from a parliamentary report that recommended an "entire culture change" to tackle human rights…

by Slindile Khanyile Durban Anyone in South Africa can oppose the registration of new medicines if they feel it would not be in the public interest or the country's economic interest, or vulnerable groups would not have access to the drugs. This is a consequence…

by KITTY HOLLAND A STRATEGY to get older people more involved in volunteering and to tap into their "vast experience" is being drawn up and will be published in coming months, the Lord Mayor of Dublin said yesterday. Cllr Eibhlin Byrne, who was speaking at…

by ADAM NOSSITER LAUREL, Miss. - In another large-scale workplace immigration crackdown, federal officials raided a factory here on Monday, detaining at least 350 workers they said were in the country illegally. Numerous agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on a factory belonging to…

Original Source By Robyn Skinner The community's health can be gauged by how black men and boys are doing and philanthropic organisations need to understand why there are still barriers to helping them. That's why last week a group of leaders in their fields met…

According to the Ministry of Health, number of private clinics and foreign-invested hospitals will sharply soar in the near future when a series of investment incentives are put into reality. First of all, many barriers in private medical activities in Vietnam will be removed when…

Vietnam's General Department of Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health on Tuesday launched an HIV and Aids awareness campaign that promotes safer-sex practices among young people in the country, the VNS/Viet Nam News reports. The campaign will focus on youth ages 15…

By Alex Wright Bermuda's budding young business people took centre stage at the 2008 Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative of Bermuda (YEIB) BizCamp Prize Giving ceremony. A total of 15 Bermudian entrepreneurs whose business plans were judged the best of the 2008 BizCamps presented their projects at…

by Amy Norton More and more people are living into their 90s and beyond, but that may not mean a large cost to society in terms of medical care, a new study suggests. In a study that followed a group of Danish adults born in…