Raquel Policarpio Source: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
A former surgical sister who died following a long battle with cancer has been posthumously awarded a lifetime achievement award by the chief nursing officer for England, Ruth May.
Raquel Policarpio died aged 51 last June, shortly after retiring from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where she had worked for 18 years.
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Nominated by chief nurse at the trust Karen Dawber, Ms Policarpio has now been awarded the CNO Gold Award for lifetime achievement in nursing.
Ms Dawber had put Ms Policarpio, who was originally from the Philippines, forward for the award to honour her dedication to nursing and her patients in Bradford.
New contribution from Japan helps WFP fight hunger in Myanmar’s impoverished urban townships [EN/MY]
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YANGON, MYANMAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a US$4 million contribution from the Government of Japan to support families struggling to meet their basic food needs.
The contribution will help WFP provide assistance to some 600,000 people in Yangon Region. Food rations will be delivered directly into the hands of vulnerable families as part of WFP’s new operation for 2 million people in the poorest townships of Myanmar’s urban areas. The distribution started on 13 May in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar township.
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