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Parenting course 'lessens' depression
Source: Irish Times
Archways and the Incredible Years programme are Atlantic grantees via the Clondalkin Partnership. by SYLVIA THOMPSON PARENTS WERE less critical and more confident in dealing with their children after taking part in a parenting programme, a new study has found. Parents who participated in the…
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Research led by NUI Maynooth proves the Power of Positive Parenting
Source: Archways / Incredible Years programme
Archways and the Incredible Years programme are Atlantic Children & Youth Programme grantees via the Clondalkin Partnership. Archways, is today (Monday, 21st Sept) launching the first set of findings from the Incredible Years BASIC parent training programme for children aged 3-6yrs. The Incredible Years (IY)…
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Initiative Focuses on Early Learning Programs
Source: The New York Times
The New America Foundation is an Atlantic grantee. by SAM DILLON Tucked away in an $87 billion higher education bill that passed the House last week was a broad new federal initiative aimed not at benefiting college students, but at raising quality in the early…
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Red Cross opens R125m complex
Source: News24.com (South Africa)
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital is an Atlantic grantee. Cape Town - Cape Town's Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, the only stand alone, specialist hospital in southern Africa dedicated entirely to children, officially opened its new R125m Operating Theatre Complex on Wednesday. The…
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Two Atlantic Ageing Grantees Receive "People of the Year" Award
Source: Irish Senior Citizens' Parliament
Irish Senior Citizens' Parliament and the Irish Hospice Foundation are Atlantic grantees. The Irish Senior Citizens' Parliament is thrilled and delighted that its President, Sylvia Meehan, has been presented with a prestigious "People of the Year" award. Sylvia was presented with the award by Mary…
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Study to examine cross-border care
Source: Irish Medical Times
The Centre for Cross Border Studies is an Atlantic grantee. A new cross-border study will revisit the controversial Teamwork report that recommended just one public hospital in the northeast with 24/7 clinical services. As staff in the region are digesting the news that emergency services,…
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SA won't meet ARV roll-out target, says Motsoaledi
Source: Mail & Guardian online
by PEROSHNI GOVENDER South Africa will not meet a target of providing life-prolonging drugs to 80% of people living with HIV/Aids by 2011 due to logistical problems and a lack of personnel, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Tuesday. "We are now covering 700 000…
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MRCI and ICTU Welcome Long-Awaited Scheme for Undocumented Migrant Workers
Source: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) welcome the introduction today by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, TD, of a long-awaited scheme to regularise…
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Pittsburgh Foundation's new plan embraces advocacy
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review
By Bill Zlatos The Pittsburgh Foundation is broadening its grantmaking — delving into the environment and advocacy — so it can become more of a community leader. "The public face of The Pittsburgh Foundation has been youthful, curious, positive, optimistic and exuberant — a kind…
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National Health Insurance a priority, says minister
Source: Mail & Guardian Online
Original Source JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Implementing the National Health Insurance (NHI) was one of the department's priorities between 2009 and 2014, deputy Health Minister Dr Molefi Sefularo said. He was addressing the annual conference of the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) at Sun City on…
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