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Public Health Officials Move To Protect Native Americans Against Measles Outbreak
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Native American tribes and health organizations are responding to concerns about low measles vaccination rates and patients’ difficulty getting care as an outbreak of the disease spreads around the country.
They’re hosting mobile vaccine clinics, running social media campaigns, making sure health providers are vaccinated, reaching out to the parents of unvaccinated children, and hosting online training sessions.
The push to ensure Native American communities are protected from the virus comes as the U.S. is experiencing its worst measles outbreak since 1992. The South Dakota health department announced in early June that the first case in the state was an adult from the Rapid City area.
Cassandra Palmier and her son, Makaito Cuny, have benefited from this outreach. Palmier jumped at the opportunity to get her 5-year-old vaccinated after learning that a mobile clinic...
BSPR Will Soon Digitalize Public Service Completely – Arabi
Top Stories Tamfitronics Dr Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi, DG Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR)BSPR Will Soon Digitalize Public Service Completely – ArabiDirector General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPSR, Mr. Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi, has expressed strong confidence in the federal public service attaining full digitalization soon.This is because their Bureau has received a marching order from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to make the public service paperless in the next five years, he said.He spoke while presenting his address of welcome yesterday at the 2024 Nigeria GovTech Conferences and Awards, in Abuja.Governors of Niger, Edo, Kaduna and Lagos States, together with the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Galaxy Backbone, the Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC, and the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, were among the personalities and institutions honoured with various awards at the ceremony.Read...
A Strategic Union: Public Bank to Acquire a Controlling Stake in LPI and the Teh Family Refines their Equity Position in Public Bank Berhad
Top Stories Tamfitronics KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10, 2024 - (ACN Newswire) -Public Bank Berhad (“Public Bank”) had on 10 October 2024 entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”) with the Estate of the Late Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow (“Estate”) and Consolidated Teh Holdings Sdn. Bhd. (“Example”) to acquire in aggregate 175,896,000 ordinary shares in LPI Capital Bhd (“LPI”), representing approximately 44.15% equity interest in LPI, for a total cash consideration of RM1.72 billion (“Proposed Acquisition”).LPI, a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia, has been in operations for over 60 years and is mainly involved in the underwriting of general insurance. It currently has 21 branches throughout Malaysia, 1 branch in Singapore and also operates in Cambodia through an associate company.Speaking at the press conference after the...
When Public/Civil Servants Speak Truth to Power By Prof. Tunji Olaopa
Politics tamfitronics AdvertisementIn this piece, I want to beam a critical light on the significance and role of the public/civil servant within the power dynamics of governance in the Nigerian government. My fundamental concern derives from the central imperative in public administration—the politics-administration dichotomy—that insists that the politicians and the administrators have distinct responsibilities which must be adhered to form a functional state. This is one foundational principle that is so useful for the attainment of good governance. However, its utility must be conditioned by contextual peculiarities in the governance and administrative reality of where the dichotomy is expected to work. I have been an ardent institutional reformer for many years,...
