Day: June 17, 2021
‘Protect children from waste’
EFFECTIVE and binding action is urgently required to protect millions of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide whose health is jeopardised by the informal processing of discarded electrical or electronic […]
40,000 doses for workers
MORE than 40,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have been given to frontline workers around the country, a health official says. According to Dr Garry Nou of the Covid-19 National […]
WHO doctor explains why children are not prioritised with vaccine
Why does the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommend at this time that vaccinating children is not a priority? When would their vaccination be prioritised? How is safety of these vaccines […]
Managing stressful situations at work
Managing common stressful situations at work If you feel stressed by a certain problem at work, you might not be alone in this. Anyone can experience some of these common […]
Use human rights approach when providing mental health care, says doctor
GLOBALLY, the majority of mental health care continues to be provided in psychiatric hospitals and human rights abuses and coercive practices remain all too common. But providing community-based mental health […]
11bil doses needed to end pandemic: WHO boss
THE number of new cases of Covid-19 reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declined for seven weeks in a row, which is the longest sequence of weekly declines […]
Retired pastor Yawijah overcomes all
By ELIAS LARI DEDICATING one’s life to serve God’s kingdom can be a hard decision to make: Ask Wesleyan Church Reverend Yawijah Tuguyah, 94. But the retired president of the […]
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People suffer If the MPs refuse to work with the governor in a province, development will be affected and the people, who matter the most, suffer. The 2022 general election […]
WITNESS
SEDIMENT building up at Angabanga River in Kairuku, Central. Locals are claiming that tailings from a mine upstream is causing this.
Pope gives message for poor
POPE Francis has highlighted the need for conversion in his message for the World Day of the Poor. The theme is “The poor you will always have with you” taken […]