Sentences with phrase «health ministers from»

The WHO brought together health ministers from 11 West African countries on 2 - 3 July in Ghana to thrash out a strategy.

In January 2004 health ministers from the countries where polio remains a danger — Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, India, Niger, and Nigeria — pledged to help wipe out the disease by January 2005.

Health ministers from the World Health Organization's (WHO's) 193 member states will next week debate when to destroy the two last known remaining stocks of the virus that causes smallpox, a scourge that was eradicated in 1980.

Not exact matches

Spanish Health Minister Dolors Montserrat, who originates from Catalonia, delivered a brief statement at the rally on Sunday: «Today is a very important day for all the Catalans and today we are going to put a stop to the independence, and we will... And we want to build for the Catalans and with all the rest of the Spanish people, this grand nation and this great democracy all together.»

Earlier in the week, health and labour leaders wrote a letter urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to pull Morneau from the national pharmacare file over comments he made the morning after his budget announced the council's formation.

The advisory council is being led by former Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins, who resigned from his post in the provincial legislature the day before the federal budget.

«Comments of the type that have been recently made that are designed to place blame on Mr. Whitmarsh for the events in 2012 must cease and desist,» it said, noting such comments had come from Clark, Lake, Dyble and current health deputy minister Stephen Brown.

Eventually, MacDiarmid lost her Vancouver - Fairview seat in the 2013 election, and Whitmarsh was removed from his position as deputy health minister.

At a federal - provincial finance ministers» meeting in December 2012, the Finance Minister announced that, starting in 2017 - 18, the rate of growth in the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) would be reduced from 6 per cent per year to grow in line with a three - year moving average in nominal GDP, with a funding guarantee to grow by at least three per cent per year.

Minister Liepert's promotion from Energy to Finance is surprising considering that only last week he was openly defying Premier Redford on the need for a health care inquiry.

In December 2011, Minister Flaherty unilaterally announced to the provinces that the annual Canada Health Transfer escalator would be cut from 6 per cent per year to a moving average of growth in nominal gross domestic product, or would grow by at least 3 per cent per year.

These ministers, from across Canada, will be instrumental in guiding the direction of the Canadian economy and will make decisions that have a direct impact on the health and vitality of the Greater Vancouver business community.

Despite promises from Premier Christy Clark and Health Minister Terry Lake that the report would be released to the public, the government has hidden significant portions of the report and failed to make it available to the public online.

I think the other issue is that a lot of Christian ministers suffer from mental health problems but feel unable to share those with their congregation or even more privately.»

The death toll from the July 3 suicide bombing in Baghdad is currently at 324 people and could continue to rise, according to Iraq's health minister.

This includes speakers from A.A. and the local mental health clinic, and a regular statement in the church's newsletter regarding the availability of counseling by the minister.

The mental health values to these persons include participation with congenial friends in achieving worthy goals (producing a channel of information and inspiration) and the reward of well - deserved appreciation from church members and minister.

Mental health concerns should motivate a layman to encourage his minister to do those things which are consistent with his mental health — a regular «preacher's sabbath» away from the telephone, at least a month's vacation for recharging his emotional and intellectual batteries, sufficient money and freedom to enjoy the legitimate recreational resources of the area, and enough privacy to protect the minister and his family from excessive living - in - a-goldfish-bowl pressure.

From a mental health standpoint being a teacher of teachers is one of the minister's most important roles (see Chap.

If I interpret the prospectus of the CMC correctly, the objective of the CMC namely to «impart to men and women an education of the highest order in the art and science of medicine and to equip them in the spirit of Christ for service In the relief of suffering and promotion of health», that is, the idea of a combination of training in professional skills, moulding the technically trained in a culture of human values and motivation, equipping them to utilize technology to serve «with compassion and concern for the whole person», the people especially the weaker sections of society, and giving spiritual reinforcement of that culture by the «spirit of Christ» and the motto «Not to be Ministered unto but to Minister» derived from him, goes back in tradition to the founder herself (Prospectus MBBS Course p. 5).

At first, the widow was probably merely the beneficiary of the church, one of the needy whom it supported from its common fund; but she soon became, where her strength and health permitted, one of its regular ministers.

New Health Minister Greg Hunt has immediately come under pressure from the doctors» lobby to lift the amount they receive from the governme...

Industry players have called on WA Deputy Premier and Health Minister, the Honorable Roger Cook, to adopt a more consultative approach to his office's dealings with industry after all non-alcoholic beverages companies were barred from participating in the State's highly anticipated, inaugural Preventative Health Summit which is due to take place on Friday.

«In the words of the Minister's office, it is difficult to «share ideas from experts and the community about ways to improve the health of Western Australians» and «encourage broader thinking and community engagement» when so many key players have been omitted from this important discussion,» said Mr Geoff Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Beverages Council.

The Legislative and Governance Forum on Gene Technology, chaired by Commonwealth Assistant Health Minister, Dr David Gillespie, comprises Ministers with portfolio responsibility for gene technology from each state and territory, from portfolios including health, primary industries, or science and innovHealth Minister, Dr David Gillespie, comprises Ministers with portfolio responsibility for gene technology from each state and territory, from portfolios including health, primary industries, or science and innovhealth, primary industries, or science and innovation.

The Guardian understands that when staff refused because they were under orders from the ministerial forum rather than the minister, Furnival went to the Department of Health's senior executive ranks to intervene.

Furnival was once chairman of APA and chief economist for Cadbury, but Nash has insisted there is no conflict of interest because he «receives no income» from a «shareholding» in his wife's lobbying firm and the firm has promised not to lobby her or the health minister, Peter Dutton.

«If there is a reason for something to go from low - risk to high - risk then the health ministers get together and change the requirements for that and increase the surveillance that they ask the Department of Agriculture then to undertake,» he said.

Baby Milk Action and all our IBFAN colleagues were saddened to hear the news that Timothy Stamps — Zimbabwean minister for health from 1986 to 2002 and a long time outspoken supporter of breastfeeding and the International Code at the World Heahealth from 1986 to 2002 and a long time outspoken supporter of breastfeeding and the International Code at the World HealthHealth...

Nick Clegg Mental health speech — response from Rethink Mental Illness In response to a speech by the Deputy Prime Minister on improving mental health care, Paul Jenkins, CEO of the charity Rethink Mental Illness said: «I welcome the fact that The Deputy Prime Minister is bringing attention to these important issues and he clearly has a personal commitment to improving the lives if people with mental illness.

The former health minister was the first MP to stand down in protest at Sir Christopher Kelly's proposal to prevent politicians from employing family members.

«This powerful intervention from doctors and health professionals underlines the compelling case for protecting children from smoking in cars,» Labour shadow public health minister Luciana Berger said.

A report from the health committee published today said ministers had to face «uncomfortable questions» if they are to improve health and wellbeing.

Wednesday Questions - Applying lessons learned from the privatisation of British Rail to any plans for increased private investment in the UK's motorway and trunk road network, Marking the 200th anniversary of the assassination of Spencer Percival, Prime Minister, on 11 May 2012, Plans for post-legislative scrutiny of the Health and Social Care Act 2011 Legislation - Parliament Square (Management) Bill

Although no reasons were given, the letter said the directive was from the Health Minister who has subsequently appointed Dr. Anaba's predecessor, Emmanuel Kwabla Srofenyoh.

He is married to Scottish Minister for Public Health, Shona Robison MSP with a young daughter, Morag Louise, and lives in the constituency where he was elected as MP for Dundee East on 5 May 2005, taking the seat from Labour.

The Health mix - up arose from the original padding, with the Health minister, it recalled, spectacularly disowning his ministry's estimates.

The sector Minister, Nana Oye Lithur said, this new field of health care has the potential to end the suffering of millions of couple in Ghana suffering from infertility.

Already, according to the deputy Minister of Health, Hon. Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu, who also doubles as the Member of Parliament for Bibiani - Anhwiaso - Bekwai, government has paid GH cents 500 million out of the GH cents 1.2 billion NHIS debt inherited from the Mahama government.

In an exchange over the government's controversial health reforms during Prime Minister's Questions last Wednesday, David Cameron cited «a supportive GP... who hails from Doncaster» - Ed Miliband's constituency.

There was also a signal to sacked ministers with the recall for the popular and able Alistair Burt, rather harshly removed from the Foreign Office last year and now back at the Department of Health.

She added that the minister had earlier directed health personnel from Federal Medical Centre Makurdi to provide treatment to flood victims at no cost.

I am now the benefactor of hourly phone calls from [former health secretary Alan] Milburn and [former transport minister Stephen] Byers.

Wabba said that the Minister of State for Health was contradicting the decision of the FEC on whistle blowers with removal of the names of 200 workers who sympathised with the organised Labour from the payroll.

His comments echo those made by NHS Confederation chief executive Gill Morgan yesterday, where she told a conference of health managers that ministers must give local leaders the autonomy to implement change from the bottom up.

The deputy prime minister recently tried to move on from the debate over NHS reform by convincing Shirley Williams, a vocal critic in the Lords, to back a series of amendments restraining private involvement in the health service.

He was Shadow Minister for Environment from 2000, Shadow Minister for Health and Children from 2003 during the Conservative Party's time in opposition.

Shadow health minister Lord Hunt also defied his party over the issue last month, backing an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill which would give voters the chance to either rubber stamp the final Brexit deal or reverse the UK's exit from the EU.

12.18 pm: In response to a question from Margaret Hodge the Prime Minister promises to talk to the Health Secretary about speeding up the Cancer Drugs Fund.

The figures, obtained by Mr Pritchard in a written ministerial answer from public health minister Dawn Primarolo, show 54 women terminated their eighth or more pregnancy in 2006.