MoWCD to host Chintan Shivir in Udaipur over welfare of women, children
The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) is set to host a three-day Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, Rajasthan, from January 10-12.
Italy has donated 4.5 million euros ($5 million) towards efforts to vaccinate every child under the age of five in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has announced.
Pakistan and Afghanistan were the only two countries that reported polio cases this year.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has matched Italy’s contribution, doubling its impact to 9 million euros ($10 million), said the initiative, a public-private partnership led by national governments.
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Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano underlined the country’s commitment to a polio-free world.
“Italy is proud to support this immunization initiative which will not only rid the world of this devastating disease but improve children’s health and bring health returns and productivity gains for communities and countries’ economies,” he said.
Alfano held a meeting on Tuesday with Melinda Gates, co-president of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, at the foreign ministry in Rome.
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The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) is set to host a three-day Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, Rajasthan, from January 10-12.
Zambia's health authorities have reported the country's fourth case of monkeypox, also known as mpox.
More than nine million children are out of school across Ethiopia due to man-made and natural disasters, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed.
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