Australia could soon allow workers to ignore office calls and emails outside contracted hours
None Australia's Senate passed a new bill on Thursday giving employees the "right to disconnect" after work. • None The bill allows workers to ignore unreasonable calls and emails from their bosses once they've clocked out. • None Australia will join a host of countries that already have similar…#noneaustralia #australian #fairworkcommission #tonyburke #belgium #kenya (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kenya Widens Funding Pool With Plans for $500 Million Debt Offering in Japan
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Worldcoin to launch new Orb to make its eyeball scanning device look ‘more friendly’
The next iteration will look similar to an 'Apple product,' CEO says It’s been a little over 180 days since Worldcoin publicly launched – and its futuristic looking Orb device is getting an upgrade, Alex Blania,…#apple #worldcoin #alexblania #blania #samaltman #maxnovendstern #buenosaires #argentina #nairobi #kenya (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kenya Opens Tender Offer for Maturing Eurobonds; Yields Plummet
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Africa: Defying Tradition, Championing Rights
[UNFPA] "Is [female genital mutilation] religious?" Under a tree in the quiet village of Dalocha Woreda in Central Ethiopia region, Nuritu Sirbar, the Head of the Dalocha district Women and Children's Affairs Office, challenged community and religious leaders four years ago to justify a deeply ingrained tradition - female genital mutilation (FGM). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 7, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa East Africa Ethiopia Health and Medicine Kenya Tanzania Women and Gender Source Type: news

Kenya Moore On ‘RHOA’ Cast Shakeup; Says “Door Is Closed” On Nene Leakes Return
Kenya Moore is opening up about the cast shakeup The Real Housewives of Atlanta is undergoing amid an extended hiatus of the Bravo reality series. While making an appearance on the Tamron Hall Show to promote her Lifetime movie Abducted off the Street: The Carlesha Gaither Story, Moore was asked…#kenyamoore #realhousewives #atlanta #bravo #kandiburruss #kenyamoorehaircare #moore #rhoa #neneleakes #season12 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kenya: Health Ministry Conducts Cancer Screening, Vaccination Ahead of World Cancer Day
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health conducted a cancer vaccination and screening campaign in Kirinyaga ahead of World Cancer Day on Sunday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Noncommunicable Diseases Source Type: news

Why manufacturers like P & G are quitting Kenya
The Facts German pharmaceutical Bayer has become the latest multinational to scale down its operations in Kenya. It announced this week that it would be outsourcing its distribution, customer support, marketing and sales operations to a third-party. UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline made a…#bayer #kenya #proctergamble #kam #eastafricas #kenyans #kepsa #kenyan #cotu #nigeria (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Netflix Plots Olympics Programming Push With ‘Sprint’ First Out Of Starting Blocks
Netflix is planning its own Olympics summer. The streamer is preparing to roll out a number of Olympics-themed series ahead of Paris 2024. It kicks off its sports summer with Sprint, which it announced last year. Brandon Reigg, VP, Nonfiction Series, said, “Now with this being an Olympic year, we…#netflix #olympics #sprint #brandonreigg #nonfictionseries #everysummerolympics #jamaica #unitedkingdom #ivorycoast #kenya (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Risk for severe intimate partner violence in Nairobi's informal settlements: tailoring the danger assessment to Kenya - Wood SN, Perrin N, Akumu I, Asira B, Clough A, Glass N, Campbell J, Decker MR.
INTRODUCTION: Understanding the risk for severe intimate partner violence (IPV) can help women and providers assess danger. The validated, widely used Danger Assessment (DA) developed for this purpose has not been tested in a low- and middle-income country... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Kenya: Third Round of Polio Vaccination Targets High-Risk Counties in Northeastern Kenya
[VOA] Nairobi -- A polio vaccination campaign that was planned for November but postponed due to heavy rains and floods is finally taking place in three high risk counties in the northeastern part of Kenya. This comes after 13 cases of the so-called circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (CVDPV2) were discovered last year in the area. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Polio Source Type: news

Kenya: KMPDU Issues Strike Threat Should Govt Not Restore Comprehensive Health Cover
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentist Union (KMPDU) has given the government a one-month ultimatum to restore their comprehensive health cover failure to which they will down their tools. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Labour Source Type: news

Why West Virginia is on National Geographic's list of top travel destinations
Every year, National Geographic publishes a list of the top travel destinations and adventures. The goal is to draw attention to both off-the-radar spots and recognize increased tourist interest in particular destinations and activities. While the 2019-2020 influencer obsession with the ancient…#nationalgeographic #mexican #portugal #kenya #summerolympics #westvirginia #veronikabondarenko #appalachians #mountainstate #newriver (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kenya: Kenya's Healthcare Workers Abuse a Third of Teen Mums From Informal Settlements - Study
[The Conversation Africa] Adolescent pregnancy is a global public health concern: in 2022, about 13% of girls and young women gave birth before the age of 18. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news

Kenya: Healthcare Workers Abuse a Third of Young Mums From Informal Settlements - Study
[The Conversation Africa] Adolescent pregnancy is a global public health concern: in 2022, about 13% of girls and young women gave birth before the age of 18. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth East Africa Health and Medicine Human Rights Kenya Legal and Judicial Affairs Sustainable Development Source Type: news