FICCI Flo Kolkata Chapter organised Transforming Lives - an enlightening session on Hepatology
Kolkata, Feb 19 (UNI) FICCI Flo Kolkata chapter has organised Transforming Lives, an informational and in-depth session on the human liver with Dr Rajiv Jalan, Prof. of Hepatology at University College London, and a world-renowned hepatologist.
During the session, he asked the viewers to “think about your liver as your Ji (your best friend), and take care of it”. He also talked about two drugs being developed by his company, which are in the second phase of testing and will be rolled out soon, for liver-centric diseases.
Introducing Dr Rajiv Jalan and Dr Rupali Basu, MD & CEO of Woodland Multispeciality Hospital, Ms Sunira Chamaria, Chairperson, FICCI Flo Kolkata chapter, said, “Liver is not given the importance it deserves.”
MORE than 4,500 people, including nearly 2,800 children, have been helped by a food box scheme launched during the first lockdown. Boxes of Hope, run by volunteers at Gorse Hill Baptist Church, has delivered more than 1,300 boxes of food, toys and toiletries since June. And the team is planning to carry on handing out Boxes of Hope for as long as it can because it expects the town to be affected by job losses. Co-ordinator Heather Prictor said: “When we started we didn’t know how many it would be. It’s been really interesting but we didn’t really give a thought that we would still be going.
Martin Gilbert-backed Alquity debuts global impact fund
Alquity Global Impact soft opens
The strategy will analyse corporate ESG metrics, as well as companies contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
London-based investment boutique Alquity has launched its first global impact fund, investing in listed companies producing products and services that have a positive sustainability, societal and environmental impact.
Alquity Global Impact launched at the end of January with a soft opening , seeded with around $5m, with early investors charged fees on preferential terms during an initial launch period to 31 March.
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The Reverend Leslie Siu is vicar of All Saints Church, Wickham Market and St Peter and St Paul, Pettistree
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The East of England Co-op s #EastTogether campaign, in partnership with Archant, explores the positive impacts of community action in the region. Charles Bliss spoke to the Reverend Leslie Siu about how Box of Hope provides nutritional and spiritual nourishment during the pandemic.
Food poverty is among the most salient issues in the public conversation, as Marcus Rashford’s free school meals campaign exposed the hunger crisis affecting millions of families across the UK.
Data from The Food Foundation shows that 14pc of UK families have experienced moderate or severe food insecurity since April 2020, accounting for four million people including 2.3 million children.
Socially-inclusive Responses to Climate Change Impacts on WASH - Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia, Case Study December 2020
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This case study is based on applied research carried out in August 2019 by ISF-UTS and YPII in Manggarai district, Flores Island, Indonesia.
Manggarai is one of the two regions where YPII is working to deliver the WASH and Beyond – Transforming Lives in Eastern Indonesia project to improve the health, gender equality and wellbeing of Indonesian communities through inclusive and sustainable WASH. Approximately 88% of the population in Manggarai has sanitation access: one-third of the population with access shares sanitation facilities, one-third has semi-permanent improved toilets and one-third has permanent improved toilets in their homes, while 7583 (12%) is without sanitation access and households practise open defecation.