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Floodbase to launch cutting-edge parametric flood insurance programs for farmers in Mozambique and Malawi

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Friday, March 1, 2024
PREPARE, Capacity building, Bloomberg, Climate, Flood, United, ARC, Farmer, Risk, Climate change, International development, Johns Hopkins University, USAID, Insurance, Machine learning, Agriculture, Food security, Speech, Development, Adaptation, Parametric, Developed country

Floodbase-enabled parametric flood insurance will provide financial protection for previously uninsurable risks, ensuring that events like Cyclone Idai don't destroy the livelihoods of African farmers.

Key Points: 
  • Floodbase-enabled parametric flood insurance will provide financial protection for previously uninsurable risks, ensuring that events like Cyclone Idai don't destroy the livelihoods of African farmers.
  • An essential feature of this project is demonstrating the financial scalability and sustainability of parametric flood insurance in emerging markets.
  • "We're excited to partner with Floodbase to complement our portfolio of innovative parametric solutions to support flood-vulnerable communities in Malawi and Mozambique.
  • We have deep expertise distributing insurance products across Africa, which will help ensure the largest possible participation in these Floodbase parametric programs," said Lesley Ndlovu, ARC Ltd. CEO.

New PREPARE for THEIR Care Program Helps Make Medical Planning Easier for Friends & Family

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Communication, Palliative care, Cast All Your Cares, Friends, Human, Medicine, Grief, MD, Post-traumatic stress disorder, SAN, PREPARE, Family, ACP, Caregiver, Nursing

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PREPARE, a leading provider of evidence-based advance care planning tools, has launched a new, easy to use program to support people as they help family and friends with their medical planning and decision-making.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PREPARE, a leading provider of evidence-based advance care planning tools, has launched a new, easy to use program to support people as they help family and friends with their medical planning and decision-making.
  • The new program, PREPARE for THEIR Care , provides videos and step-by-step guides to learn how to help other people with their medical planning and how make medical decisions on someone else’s behalf.
  • Friends and family members often find themselves in the position of having to make medical decisions for other people.
  • To develop content for PREPARE for THEIR Care, PREPARE conducted 13 focus groups concerning patients’ and surrogates’ needs for ACP.

Zappos.com and M.M.LaFleur Team Up to Help Women Get Back to Work with Apparel and Interview Resources

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Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Contemporary history, Articles, Zappos, Health, COVID-19 pandemic, McKinsey & Company, Workplace, PREPARE

The COVID-19 pandemic affected the U.S. economy significantly, with a disproportionate impact on women in the workplace ( McKinsey&Co., Jul.

Key Points: 
  • The COVID-19 pandemic affected the U.S. economy significantly, with a disproportionate impact on women in the workplace ( McKinsey&Co., Jul.
  • "A key componenttoour country'seconomicrecovery from the pandemic is having greater opportunities for women to re-enter theworkforce," said Kedar Deshpande, CEO of Zappos.com.
  • "Wesee encouraging signs on our nation's road to recovery,but we still have far to go in achieving re-employment parity for women.
  • For tips on how to prepare for a Zoom interview and to find the curated M.M.LaFleur work pieces,please go to: zappos.com/e/mmlafleur-work-outfits .

Bursaries for students from European Neighbourhood Policy countries for the 2021 European Drugs Winter and Summer Schools

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Contemporary history, Health, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, EDSS, Units of time, ENP, COVID-19 pandemic, PREPARE

Professionals, academics or experts from European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries (1) will have an opportunity to participate in the European Drugs Winter and Summer Schools this year, thanks to 10 bursaries being offered through the EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) project.

Key Points: 
  • Professionals, academics or experts from European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries (1) will have an opportunity to participate in the European Drugs Winter and Summer Schools this year, thanks to 10 bursaries being offered through the EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) project.
  • The University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) and the EMCDDA are offering the two courses following the success of the European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) in 2020, taught remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The European Drugs Winter School (EDWS), taking place online from 112 March 2021, will focus on the theme of Responses to, and preparedness for, health-related threats (COVID-19 lessons learned).
  • The European Drugs Summer School (EDSS), from 28 June9 July 2021, will explore the theme of Vulnerable groups.

Press release - EU4Health: MEPs reach deal with Council on 2021-2027 EU health programme

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Employment, European Social Fund, Emergency management, PREPARE, Articles, Economy, Human activities, European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic

By making health systems more resilient, EU4Health will prepare the EU more thoroughly for major cross-border health threats.

Key Points: 
  • By making health systems more resilient, EU4Health will prepare the EU more thoroughly for major cross-border health threats.
  • This should enable the EU to face not only future epidemics, but also long-term challenges such as an ageing population and health inequalities.
  • The new European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority will be created to support a better EU-level response to cross-border health threats.
  • The Health Programme was previously under the initial EU long-term budget 2021-2027 as one element of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+).

Mopec Releases Whitepaper Examining "The Future of Mass Fatality Preparedness"

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Monday, October 19, 2020
Articles, Occupational safety and health, Pandemic, Coronavirus disease, PREPARE, COVID-19 pandemic, Preparedness, Emergency management

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the growing need for mass fatality response, Mopec a leading provider of high-quality pathology, anatomy, mortuary and necropsy equipment and productstoday released its The Future of Mass Fatality Preparedness whitepaper.

Key Points: 
  • MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the growing need for mass fatality response, Mopec a leading provider of high-quality pathology, anatomy, mortuary and necropsy equipment and productstoday released its The Future of Mass Fatality Preparedness whitepaper.
  • The report analyzes the rise of mass fatality events, the COVID-19 pandemic response and the growing need for emergency preparedness plans.
  • "There are countless lessons that can be learned from recent mass fatality events," said Jay Troger, CEO at Mopec.
  • In addition to providing the whitepaper, Mopec's experienced team of professionals is available to provide customized emergency preparedness, mass fatality response and surge capacity products and services.

TEACH-NOW, One Of The Nation's Fastest-Growing Graduate Schools Of Education, Expands To Accommodate Exponential Growth

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Articles, Global health, Pandemic, PREPARE, COVID-19 pandemic

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a national shift toward online education and a dramatic surge in applications to Moreland University.

Key Points: 
  • The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a national shift toward online education and a dramatic surge in applications to Moreland University.
  • The university has never been focused merely on content dissemination; instead, it exercises potent learning design to prepare professionals for tomorrow's world.
  • While it cut its teeth on education, Moreland University recognizes that there is now room for growth into other fields.
  • She was named one of Fast Company's "Most Creative People 2019" and Inc.magazine's "2019 Top Ten Groundbreakers."