The joint Gulf health work results great achievements.
Rashid Al Nuaimi, Staff Reporter
The UAE topped most of the comprehensive development indicators for the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, in the eyes of the regional and international community in terms of comprehensive health coverage, ensuring the quality of higher education, and cultural renaissance, in the latest report monitored by the Gulf Statistics Centre.
The centre issues a bulletin that includes the most prominent statistical indicators and informatics related to the policies and strategies of the GCC countries, which support the process of joint…
A conversation with UNICEF Côte d’Ivoire Representative Marc Vincent about building community resilience amid an influx of refugees from Burkina Faso.
Fanta Kone, a UNICEF staff member, with 10-month-old twins Adama and Awa, refugees from Burkina Faso, in Tougbo, in the north of Côte d’Ivoire.
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Q&A with UNICEF Representative Marc Vincent, who explains how UNICEF is helping Côte d’Ivoire manage a sudden influx of refugees from Burkina Faso — and ensure that all children, no matter where they are from, can get the health care, nutrition, education and other services they need to survive and thrive. “I do…
The government of Ontario took an extraordinary step this month when it announced that mental health literacy would be a mandatory subject for Grade 10 high school students as of September, 2024, and that students in Grades 7 and 8 would be given enhanced tools for recognizing and managing mental health issues as of this fall.
It’s a first in Canada, and its impact could be as revolutionary as the introduction of mandatory sex education classes in most provinces in the last century. As such, all the provinces should be watching as Ontario rolls out its program and start thinking…
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Minister of State-owned Enterprises (SOE) Erick Thohir was instructed to include into the permanent blacklist those found cheating in the joint state-owned enterprises’ recruitment examination.
Thohir emphasized that firm actions would be taken against those involved in all forms of cheating at the joint recruitment examination, as it runs counter to the core values of state-owned enterprises.
“I had been informed about some participants who cheated during their recruitment examination. This is unacceptable, and I press for firm actions to be taken against those who cheat and are detected by the ministry’s digital technology system,” Thohir noted…