5 Approaches to a Brighter, Healthier Future for Zimbabwe's Women and Girls
5 Approaches to a Brighter, Healthier Future for Zimbabwe's Women and Girls
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Senior global technical director for HIVcbalesJune 21, 2023June 21, 2023 12:00 PMI often have this image in my mind: a young girl I saw the last time I went to my village. It ’s late morning and she’s carrying a bucket of water on her head, having just drawn it from the village well. She’s just nine or ten years old, but I know it will not be long before she, or another girl she knows, will be forced into womanhood.In Zimbabwe, 34% of girls are married before the age of 18. The school holidays are not due for another month, s...
Source: IntraHealth International - June 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news
This Father's Day gift keeps giving every day
John McClellan is a friend and former colleague of mine who exemplifies excellence as a classroom teacher. He gave up his lunches to provide extra help to students. He spent countless hours constructing ways to spark a passion for mathematics and even created a scholarship to help offset the cost…#johnmcclellan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
N.C. A & T, Merck to establish a biotech training center at Gateway Research Park in Greensboro
Merck will outfit the 4,025-square-foot facility with equipment and classroom spaces, including a process laboratory, for enhanced biotechnology academics and training. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - June 8, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Lillian Johnson Source Type: news
‘Voe and You’ classroom solutions in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you can help some female Gerudos get accustomed to talking to men in the “Voe and You” class. There’s no reward for doing this, apart from seeing some pretty funny interactions. This notably is the use for the flower garland in Kakariko Village, but…#gerudos #voeandyou #kakarikovillage #gerudoshelter #ashai #gerudo #majora #pritana #buyanoblepursuit #rijuofgerudotown (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical students aren't showing up to class. What does that mean for future docs?
Most first- and second-year medical students don't attend lectures. A student and a professor suggest it's a good time to think a lot about medical education, starting with "flipping the classroom."(Image credit: Tom Fowlks/Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - June 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexander P. Philips Source Type: news
Climate Curriculum: Change Starts in Classrooms
As we look at the impact on education, post-pandemic, we ’ve sought out the student’s point of view. Michelle So, a junior from Temple City, CA, shared her experiences. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Myava Mitchell, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
Randi Weingarten only taught for 3 years. She's getting 15 years of public pension anyway
Randi Weingarten has spent only a small portion of her career in the classroom despite leading the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest national teachers union in the United States. Trained as a lawyer, Weingarten taught full-time for just three years and was a substitute…#randiweingarten #freedomfoundation #sandrafeldman #perfreedomfoundation #maxfordnelsen #uft #aft #newyorkcity #trs #publicpensionanyway (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wright State chair of department of nursing hopes to reach students beyond the classroom
The higher education sector of the Dayton region has seen a lot of activity recently, from new programs to new appointments. Wright State University is no exception; earlier this year, the university announced Melissa Wilson would serve as the new chair of the department of nursing. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 23, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Blythe Alspaugh Source Type: news
Experiment and simulation study of emergency evacuation during violent attack in classrooms - Ding N, Ma Y, Dong D, Wang Y.
In recent years, as a disaster, terrorist attacks have occurred throughout the world. However, emergency evacuation behaviors during these incidents were not clear, and the traditional emergency plans were not suitable for such incidents. In this paper, ev... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Classrooms to become frontline in battle against vaping
Schools will be given briefing packs on the dangers of vaping by the government. They will warn youngsters of the addictiveness of nicotine and show that their brains may be more sensitive. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Teacher preparedness for medical emergencies in Belgian classrooms: studying objective and subjective first-aid knowledge - Vermonden M, Dehaerne L, Toelen J, De Coninck D.
About one in seven accidents involving children occurs at school. Roughly 70% of these accidents involve children under the age of 12 years. Thus, primary school teachers may be confronted with accidents where first aid could improve the outcome. Despite t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Elementary classroom views of nature are associated with lower child externalizing behavior problems - Pearson AL, Brown CD, Reuben A, Nicholls N, Pfeiffer KA, Clevenger KA.
Exposure to nature views has been associated with diverse mental health and cognitive capacity benefits. Yet, much of this evidence was derived in adult samples and typically only involves residential views of nature. FINDINGS from studies with chi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
A Campus Outrage That We Should Let Pass
The outrageous, humiliating removal by security of Prof. Scott Gerber from his Ohio Northern University classroom while teaching, and the subsequent threat of immediate firing, apparently over nonwoke views condemned by ONU’s diversity jihadists, is shocking (“DEI Brings Kafka to My Law School,”…#scottgerber #onu #mylawschool (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Drug overdoses now killing equivalent of classroom of high schoolers every WEEK
Thousands of children have been felled by heroin's highly potent cousin fentanyl over the past two decades as the synthetic opioid ravages communities large and small. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
France is in a stand-off against Emmanuel Macron ’s pension reform
A strike, launched on March 7th and in its third day as The Economist went to press on March 9th, will “bring the economy to its knees”, declared one union leader. With nearly 1.3m protesters on the streets across France on day one, a third of classrooms shut, and sporadic illegal power cuts, the…#economist #emmanuelmacron #olivierdussopt #socialistparty #elisabethborne #nationalassembly #republicans #hardball (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
