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Atlantic’s efforts to improve public health and primary health care in Viet Nam are benefiting the country’s 80 million people, according to this new report.  The scope of work has resulted in replicable models of care in urban centres and rural provinces. While less than…

By Ronan McGreeveyThe number of people with dementia in Ireland is expected to triple over the next 30 years and will be a “huge burden” on the state without a long-term strategy, the Minister for Health James Reilly has warned.Currently, an estimated 41,000 Irish people…

2011 Winners Work to Create Jobs, Fight Climate Change, Help Immigrants in the U.S. and Improve the Lives of Orphans, Women and Children in China, Latin AmericaSAN FRANCISCO – Civic Ventures today announced the 2011 winners of its Purpose Prize.Five social entrepreneurs over 60 will receive…

BILL CORCORAN in Cape TownThe South African government has introduced a Bill that will give pension and healthcare rights to the 56,000 registered veterans of the struggle against apartheid, but critics say the scheme does not go far enoughIT IS 25 YEARS since Trevor Ngengemane…

This report by the Irish Human Rights Commission maps the current situation of human rights education in Ireland across a range of sectors; identifies where there are gaps and opportunities; and makes recommendations for the development of a National Action Plan for Human Rights Education…

As the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation’s founding donor,The Atlantic Philanthropies placed a great deal of faith in Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to create a world-class Institute that focuses its research to make a real and sustainable difference to people’s lives.Throughout the past decade, while…

Dr. Thembelihle Phakathi is a rarity, a 24-year-old doctor from rural South Africa, who cares for children in rural communities. Harkening back to her childhood in Ingwavuma, she explains: “We did not even have a health clinic, just a mobile van that visited once a…

In Northern Ireland, 40% of households rely on social security as their main source of income – and the number of people of pensionable age is projected to increase significantly from 266,000 in 2002 to 313,000 by 2017. However, as many as 35% of older…

In Viet Nam, the shift in the burden of diseases from the infectious causes to chronic and behaviour-based illnesses requires effective health communication to be an essential component of public health interventions. Traditional information, education and communication campaigns developed by the government continue to be…

More than 15 per cent of Texas’ 22 million people live below the poverty line – most of them in rural areas. Texas is one of 16 states that require county governments to provide a majority of funding for indigent legal defence services. Each county…