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IDEATE 2023: Advocates for Foundational and Lifecycle Interventions to Emp
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): Speaking at the 12th edition of IDEATE 2023, a Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation initiative in partnership with FICCI and UNICEF as knowledge partner, Vipin Kumar, Additional Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Educ
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Sudan army sends delegation to Saudi Arabia for ceasefire talks
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The delegation departed for Jeddah on Friday evening. The development came after both the army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they will only discuss humanitarian ceasefires and not hold negotiations on ending the conflict in Sudan.
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UNICEF report warns of declining confidence in childhood vaccines, with 44
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The public perception of the importance of vaccines for children declined during the COVID-19 pandemic in 52 out of 55 countries studied, UNICEF warned on Thursday.
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India is one of the countries with highest vaccine confidence: UNICEF repo
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Based on new data collected by The Vaccine Confidence Project (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and published by UNICEF, the report reveals that popular perception of the importance of vaccines for children held firm or improved only in China, India and Mexico out of 55 cou
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There is lot to learn from India: UNICEF health advisor on Covid program
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"The country was able to deploy not only the COVID vaccine to a huge number of people but also to use technology to augment that deployment and to be able to better deploy services and track the vaccine deployment," she said. And the reason why India was so successful is that there was al
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Mandaviya visits Jan Aushadhi Kendra at Goa's Panjim with delegates from G
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Second meeting of G-20 Health Working Group held in Goa from April 17-19, 2023, is being attended by participants from the G-20 member countries, invited countries and international organisations.
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Commemorative event held in New Delhi to mark 29th anniversary of Rwandan
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI/GPRC): A commemorative event was held in New Delhi to mark the 29th anniversary of the horrific genocide against the Tutsi community in Rwanda in 1994. The event was organized by the High Commission of the Republic of Rwanda in India, New Delhi, under the joi
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Will work together with UP govt in future: UNICEF official
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
She said that UNICEF is ready to provide technical and academic support to the Uttar Pradesh government for new programs in the near future.
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Pakistan: Sindh children deprived of education as 20,000 public schools de
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Public education -- particularly among poorer sections -- has hardly been a priority with governments. UNICEF reckons that Pakistan has the world's second-highest number of out-of-school children.
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UNICEF's Dubai Supply Hub at the centre of the earthquake response
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Due to favourable geographic proximity, Dubai's International Humanitarian City (IHC) has been a key location for pre-positioning and dispatching UNICEF's emergency supplies.
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Bhutan: Wangsel Institute, Khotokha Primary School win National Innovation
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
According to an official from the Education and Skills Development ministry, the objective of the challenge is to encourage adolescents and young people to apply the skills and knowledge learned through the Adolescent Skills and Employability (ASE) Bhutan Project, Bhutan Live reported.
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Unexploded war remnants claimed lives of over 700 children in Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the unexplored shells and other war remains have been constantly taking the lives of children in the crisis-hit country.
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