Among the 11 children s funds in the solution-oriented mutual fund category, ICICI Pru Child Care Fund-Gift Plan has stood out with impressive returns of 44%. Following closely behind are SBI Magnum Children s Benefit Fund-Investment Plan and Aditya Birla SL Bal Bhavishya Yojna, which have delivered returns of 39.35% and 35.25%, respectively.
The Vinsave Child Development Centre is volunteering its services to the children and parents in shelters who have been displaced by the eruptions of the soufriere volcano. In a release, the organization said it began its volunteer work in the shelter at Thomas Saunders Secondary School and will eventually include other shelters. The Ministry of Education Early Childhood Unit has supported Vinsave in this effort with support from UNICEF, Barbados. …
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To reduce the number of deaths caused by the delay in access to healthcare services, the federal government has announced plans to introduce the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System.
This will provide prompt and efficient emergency medical services to the people, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said at the dissemination of the Nigeria Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Adolescent and Elderly Health Plus Nutrition (RMNCAEH+N), 2021 Annual Operation Plan in Abuja on Tuesday.
Currently in Nigeria, ambulance services are executed by individual hospitals (public and private) as well as organisations and agencies.
According to Mr Ehanire, elimination of delays in access to healthcare can indeed reduce the high mortality rates recorded in the country.