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Lao gov't, development partners pledge cooperation to improve maternal, child health

Xinhua 25 Apr 2024

VIENTIANE, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government and development partners launched a new partnership to improve maternal and child health and nutrition by helping to strengthen Laos' health and governance systems through the CONNECT initiative.

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How missing out on immunization can impact child’s health in the long term

The Times of India 25 Apr 2024

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Bauchi Gov Directs Release of Counterpart Funding for UNICEF Intervention Activities

This Day 25 Apr 2024

Among the delegation was Nollywood Actress and UNICEF Child Health Ambassador, Ms ... Also speaking, the UNICEF Child Health Ambassador, Henshaw,  commended Mohammed for the ‘transformation’ in the ...

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Horlicks, Boost no more ‘healthy’ drinks: Hindustan Unilever rebrands beverages after directive on Cadbury Bournvita

Live Mint 25 Apr 2024

This is because the Food Safety and Standards Act does not have a 'health drinks' category.Earlier, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights said the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSS ...

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Minds Springs Health offers strategies to help children experiencing grief

Sky-Hi News 25 Apr 2024

Mind Springs Health in Granby has offered guidance on how to help children process their grief after losing someone close to them ... Those helping a child through his or her grief can reach out to Mind Springs Health.

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Child mortality reduces nationwide to 32% – Kuma-Aboagye

Business Ghana 25 Apr 2024

The Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr ... Dr. Aboagye made this announcement at the launch of the 2024 African Vaccination and Child Health Promotion Week on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, on the theme “ Healthy Childhood.

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Pappas joins Rochester Child Care Center for Earth Day celebration

Seacoast Online 25 Apr 2024

Pappas was joined by Cora-Lynn Hoppe, executive director of the Rochester Child Care Center, and Maria Finnegan, director of Climate and Health Initiative for Caregivers and Kids, as well as the center's staff and families.

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'A complete failure': The plight of 2 teens lays bare the absence of mental health care for girls

The Providence Journal 25 Apr 2024

Despite court orders, the child was receiving no mental-health counseling, schooling, or tutoring of any kind, and she had almost no contact with anyone other than her mother and hospital staff for months,” Lynch Prata said.

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Yonkers event calls attention to disparities' impact on Black maternal health

Lohud 25 Apr 2024

Black Maternal Child Health Initiative launched in Westchester County. Westchester County delivers nearly $1M in partnership with key community partners for Black Maternal Child Health ... Black maternal health was one of the day's topics.

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Oneida County raises child abuse awareness

The Oneida Daily Dispatch 25 Apr 2024

joined county officials and partnering agencies on Tuesday, April 23 to raise awareness of child abuse and support measures for its prevention ... “Child abuse is not something that can be ignored,” Oneida County Sheriff Robert M.

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COUNTY RENAMES TWO DIVISIONS IN HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT Office for Children now Division of Childcare Resources Special Child Health Services now Office for Child Development (Bergen County, NJ)

Public Technologies 25 Apr 2024

Special Child Health Services now Office for Child Development ... Child Development ... the Early Intervention Service Coordinator Unit (SCU) and the Special Child Health Services Case Management Unit (CMU).

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California Institution for Women and Gordon Philanthropies Present at the 2024 National Children of Incarcerated ...

ACCESSWIRE 25 Apr 2024

The conference brings together professionals working in child welfare, state and federal correctional facilities, education, social work, behavioral health and human services, judicial affairs, and more.

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Should schools get parents’ consent before giving kids meds? State bill would require policy

Springfield News-Sun 25 Apr 2024

“Unfortunately, the parent was not aware that the school might provide an over-the-counter medication, and the nurse did not know that the child had health complications,” Fowler Arthur said ... “Parents know their child’s medical history best.

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England is worst in the world for under-age drinking

The Times/The Sunday Times 25 Apr 2024

England is “top of the charts” globally for child alcohol use at the ages of 11 and 13 — which health chiefs warned is a “major public health threat”, damaging brain development and increasing the risk of violence and drug abuse.

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Biden's argument against Idaho abortion ban is weak. Supreme Court must uphold the law.

Usatoday 25 Apr 2024

Jackson Women's Health Organization ... The statute refers to stabilizing a woman's health and that of "her unborn child." ... In that case, Kate Cox was pregnant with a baby who had severe health complications.