World Ocean Day is celebrated every year on June 8th. Action focus for 2018: preventing plastic pollution and encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean. Background: The concept of a ‘World Oceans Day’ was first proposed in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro as a way to celebrate our world’s shared ocean and... Continue Reading →
Women related issues, development and management of Social Sector or Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources In News: Ireland has said an overwhelming yes to a woman’s right to safe abortion — unthinkable in this largely Catholic country even a decade ago. The Irish voted overwhelmingly to repeal the Eighth amendment to the country’s constitution, which... Continue Reading →
Wisdoms Editorial: Achieving universal health coverage in India Bacground: The World Health Organization (WHO) Health Assembly set the target of “Health for All” in May 1977. These were to be achieved by the end of 2000. Subsequently, in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals were formulated by the UN with the target for achievement set for 2015. This was followed... Continue Reading →
Article of The Hindu Bacground: The Right to food is a well-established principle of international human rights law. It has evolved to include an obligation for state parties to respect, protect, and fulfil their citizens’ right to food security. Our current understanding of food security includes the four dimensions of access, availability, utilisation and stability. As a state party to... Continue Reading →
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