The role of state universities in the knowledge hub in Sri Lanka
The Island.lk (subscription)
The maternal, child and infant mortality rates declined, the primary health care system expanded and delivered services to all parts of the country, life expectancy increased and the mortality rate declined. The concomitant expansion of education as a ...

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The Guardian
Jeremy Hunt insists health budget is safe
The Guardian
In another innovation the chancellor, George Osborne, and the Liberal Democrat Treasury chief secretary, Danny Alexander, are planning to set out overall numbers on how annually managed expenditure, especially welfare budgets, will be constrained. Such ...

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PolicyMic
Education Reform: Both Good Teaching and Civil Rights Matter - PolicyMic
PolicyMic
These are big questions, and education reform is a big issue. It isn't, and it can't be, a separable issue from the broader questions of social justice, immigration, prisons, poverty, and health care. It isn't, as reform advocates have often claimed ...

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Dongoro-Ba Health Centre, Water Project Inaugurated
AllAfrica.com
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Mr Bala Garba Jahumpa noted that the construction of the modern and magnificent health facility in the said village is the cornerstone of the 22nd July Revolution. ... Mr ...

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For Canada's Poor, Working Can Be a Disincentive
Huffington Post Canada
It would be great if slashing poverty rates and improving outcomes in health and education were as easy as introducing something like a new streamlined government cash payment, as proposed by proponents of a guaranteed annual income or negative income ...

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Cebu candidates present plans for Mega Cebu during 2nd Candidates Forum
Philippine Information Agency
Acting governor Agnes Magpale, on the other hand, intends to focus on the development of the women sector, children, and family welfare. Magpale is currently ... Re-electionist Duke Frasco said that for five and a half years, his main focus was on his ...

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The Case Against Cronies: Libertarians Must Stand Up to Corporate Greed
The Atlantic
If you regularly read Reason magazine or receive Club for Growth emails, you're pretty familiar with the litany of corporate welfare and crony capitalism. ... Obama administration issued new IRS rules in early 2010, analysts at UBS said the regulations ...

Global insight: Mayday distress of Europe's anti-austerity left
Financial Times
For good measure, it calls for “a social protection floor with universal access to health care, income support, subsistence security and portability of all workers' social rights”. The next big test for Europe's centre-left, and its anti-austerity ...

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The Purple Seven
Inquirer.net
But aside from supporting the RH Law, Dr. Esperanza Cabral, Purple Vote main convenor and a former health and social welfare secretary, said the Senate aspirants endorsed by it should also “hold a good position” on social justice issues, and have a ...

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health system needs a good workout
The Australian
The Grattan Institute recently estimated health expenditure was rising nearly twice as fast as spending on education or social welfare, consuming about 20 per cent of our total taxes. While the report is ... Australian Institute of Health and Welfare ...

Ammon News
1000 Jordanian figures reject "confederacy scheme" attack on Syria
Ammon News
It blasted that the regime's failure led to an "unprecedented" increase in poverty and unemployment, and a deterioration of basic services such as education, healthcare, and social welfare. "Rampant corruption, in all aspects, led to dismantling the ...

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Social Security to Aged, Disabled and Homeless
Press Information Bureau (press release)
Social Security to Aged, Disabled and Homeless. The Government has enacted the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents ... It provides for education, rehabilitation, employment, non-discrimination and social security for persons with disabilities. The ...

Have your say
Winnipeg Free Press
The article talks about RRSP and Canada Pension Plan contributions as if they were socialist welfare handouts to seniors. But we paid into all of those programs and ... As for health care, we seniors have paid our share of these costs and are still ...

Public Opposes Lowering Marriage Age
AllAfrica.com
He added that in a social context, even though at 18 one is grown up, that person has not attained maturity to manage life's challenges, especially in marriage. "This is basically ... It is also about bearing children and caring for them," Ruboneka ...

Health notes
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center will host an eight-week training program in West Orange for Essex, Hudson or Union residents interested in becoming a hospice volunteer. The program will start on Thursday, May 9 .... The initial forms ...

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Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Greets Labour Fraternity on the Eve of International ...
Press Information Bureau (press release)
Impact of RSBY is visible in improvement in access to healthcare, health infrastructure being set up in remote areas by the private sector, Public Sector hospitals competing and improving performance to gain access to flexible funds and incentives ...

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Ghana Government Signs the Death Warrant of Children
GhanaWeb
... is apparently bent on defiling this fundamental divine instruction by turning a blind eye to the plights of children, which include domestic abuse, poverty, famine, malnourishment, poor health-care, lack of decent education, rape and other sexual ...

Australian PM declares “grave” budget crisis as cuts prepared
World Socialist Web Site
The NDIS is a pro-market, voucher scheme of disability care—promoting privatised services and reducing long-term expenditure—but it is expected to involve significant initial government spending. The suggestion of a new levy ... These outlets have ...

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Australian university union seeks to divert anger over Labor's cuts
World Socialist Web Site
The NTEU has no difference with Labor's underlying program of radically restructuring education, along with health care and welfare, to satisfy the demands of the corporate and financial elites. While saying it objects to the ... The market-driven ...

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Trumpeting of radical animal rights group only proves detrimental to elephants
Dailyuw
In response to criticism from local media and Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants (FOWPZE), a radical animal rights group fighting to remove the elephants from the zoo, the meeting assessed the health and social well-being of the elephants, as well ...