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8 Min Read UK shuts down vital health programme to tackle tropical diseases Aid cuts mean 20,000 to 30,000 more deaths from VL, says WHO KACHELIBA, Kenya / DHAKA, July 07 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A t first, 5-year-old Msto Pushen’s family thought his fever and malaise could be remedied by giving him some local herbs. When that didn’t work, they carried him on foot from their village in western Kenya some hours across the semi-arid scrub to a clinic where he was handed malaria pills and sent home. But as the weeks passed, the boy’s condition worsened: his weight dropped by almost a third, his belly ballooned, and he became so weak he could barely stand. ....
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Table of Contents COVID Racial Disparities Loom Large in Rural Counties An assisted living employee in Mississippi receives a COVID-19 vaccine from a Walgreens pharmacist in January. As federal and state government officials ramp up vaccination efforts, White people outpace people of color in getting vaccinated. Rogelio V. Solis The Associated Press CLARKSDALE, Miss. In the early days of the pandemic, Greenwood, Mississippi, native Jackie Hawkins, a long-time rural public policy expert, expected that rural people of color would be hurt at higher rates than their urban and White counterparts. As the pandemic set in, fear and hesitancy settled into Black communities relatively quickly, she said, because of the lack of information around the coronavirus, and because of years of fraught relationships with health care providers. ....
January 20, 2021 BrightFarms, a leading supplier of locally grown packaged salads, recently announced that Jackie Hawkins has been promoted to director of food safety & quality. She will report directly to Josh Norbury, BrightFarms’ senior vice president of operations. Jackie Hawkins Hawkins will oversee all aspects of food safety and quality assurance as the company continues its rapid growth into new markets. Her responsibilities will include the development and execution of BrightFarms’ food-safety protocols across five facilities, as well as the coordination of customer, regulatory and third-party audits. “Under Jackie’s leadership, BrightFarms is delivering the safest and freshest leafy greens to the nation’s largest retailers.” said Josh Norbury, senior vice president of operations. “She has built an industry-leading food safety program for the indoor production of leafy greens, and our rigorous protocols have set the standard for other compan ....