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Mobile health teams provide Ethiopia’s nomads with a lifeline
Every month, health professionals from Chifra District, in Afar, Ethiopia, load their vehicle with supplies for the nomadic pastoralist communities who live in the remotest kebeles (smallest administrative unit in Ethiopia), where infrastructure and access to basic services are scarce. “I am happy to serve my community and always try my best to …
Technology was a lifeline in lockdown, but it’s become a leash. We all need a digital detox
That initial enthusiasm, says Burke, has turned to weariness. Using technology is “kind of addictive, and it’s pleasurable for us, but I think a lot of us have gorged on it so much. I hear from a lot of people who are sick of Zoom calls and just want to actually have an experience properly …
Yemen aid lifeline near ‘breaking point’: UN food agency – Yemen
Humanitarian aid projects to war-torn Yemen are reaching breaking point, and some $870 million is needed to continue giving life-saving assistance to millions of vulnerable people for the next six months, the World Food Programme (WFP), warned on Tuesday. The appeal for a fresh cash injection comes after more than five years of fighting in …
Group Works With Area Restaurants To Make Sure Late-Night Health Care Workers Have A Meal Lifeline – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There have been generous food deliveries to hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic. But one group is focusing its effort on those in New York who may not be getting to enjoy the donations — those who work the late night shift, CBS2’s Jenna DeAngelis reported. CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC “The past six weeks …
Teletherapy Is A Lifeline For Isolated Patients In Emotional Pain : Shots
An ill woman enters Elmhurst Hospital Center in the Queens borough of New York City this week. Locked away from families, hospitalized patients these days feel particularly isolated emotionally as well as physically, psychiatrists say. Teletherapy can help bridge the gap and ease that pain. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images …
Horton thrown world swim titles lifeline
A lifeline has been thrown to Australian Mack Horton after the Olympic champion was handed entry to two individual events at this month’s world swimming titles despite failing to qualify. Horton only made the 27-strong Dolphins squad for the July 12-28 world aquatic championships in South Korea thanks to the discretionary powers of head coach …
