Results List
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Zuma's call to nurses
Source: Health-E
SANDTON - Nurses should invoke the spirits of their noble predecessors Florence Nightingale, Cecilia Makiwane and Henrietta Stockdale and restore the profession to its rightful place in society, President Jacob Zuma told a Nursing Summit. Two thousand nurses from around the country have converged on…
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Viet Nam Injury Prevention Partnership at the 2010 Safety World Conference - London
Source: Viet Nam Injury Prevention Partnership
London, England - The Safety 2010 World Conference which took place on 21-24th September, showcased many contributions from the Viet Nam Injury Prevention Partnership, an informal group of collaborators and stakeholders addressing injury prevention in Viet Nam. The Goal of the Conference The Conference aimed…
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Limited Life, Unlimited Impact
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
[caption id="attachment_83351" align="aligncenter" width="361"] Atlantic Fellows at the Atlantic Institute.[/caption] September 14, 2021 Dear Friends, One year ago today, Chuck Feeney signed the documents to dissolve the 38-year-old Atlantic Foundation that he founded to distribute his entire business fortune to improve the lives of others. …
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The Nurture Programme: Making Every Contact Count
Source: The Katharine Howard Foundation
The Nurture Programme – Infant Health and Wellbeing is designed to improve the information and professional supports that the Health Service Executive (HSE) provides to parents during pregnancy and the first three years of their baby’s life. It is a partnership between the HSE, the Atlantic…
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One Year Into My Brother's Keeper – What We've Done and What's to Come
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
By Kavitha Mediratta Head of Racial Equity Programs The Atlantic Philanthropies As today's reports from President Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative and the Executives' Alliance for Boys and Men of Color make clear, tremendous work has been done in the past year. And much more…
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The Strengthening of Atlantic’s Social Justice Mission: What It Means for Our Funding
Source: Gara LaMarche
I’ve just returned from Denver, Colorado, where the annual conference of the Council on Foundations ended Tuesday. A significant theme of the conference this year, which Atlantic helped to organise, was what foundations can do to advance social justice. I was honoured to moderate a…
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US organisation helps better local medical services
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Original Source VietNamNet Bridge – A seminar on computing for remote diagnosis and medical information management was held jointly by the US Atlantic Philanthropies (A.P) and the Health Department of Thua Thien-Hue Province in Hue City on March 24. The function was attended by representatives of…
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Democratic groups ready their agendas
Source: Los Angeles Times
Labor, health and other interests want a say. Party members debate whether to take a centrist course. by Janet Hook The nation's capital woke up Wednesday to a political landscape upended by voters clamoring for change, delivering to Democrats more power than they have wielded…
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Age Action hits out at medical-card plan
Source: Irish News
by Sarah Stack TAOISEACH Brian Cowen's plan to press ahead with a scheme to means-test people over 70 for a medical card was condemned last night. Age Action said it was disturbed that, despite widespread public outrage, Mr Cowen still wanted to scrap free health…
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VHI warns of serious consequences for older people
Source: The Irish Times
Original Source by MARTIN WALL, Industry Correspondent INDUSTRY REACTION:THE VHI said the Supreme Court decision to strike down the risk equalisation scheme could have serious consequences for older and chronically ill people. The VHI's chief executive Jimmy Tolan said the company, which stood to receive…
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