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Some individuals are already planning to write down NEBOSH Certificate/Diploma Examination in 2022. This 2022 NEBOSH Examination Dates is that will help you in your preparation.   NOTE: Learners required to sit down an examination should register through their Learning Partner.   NEBOSH CERTIFICATES EXAMINATION DATES FOR 2022   NEBOSH Common Certificates – models NG/IG1 and NGC/IGC1 Models NG1 and IG1 are a part of National and International General Certificate (2018 specification). Models NGC1 and IGC1 are a part of the 2014 specification for the National and International General Certificate. They’re additionally required models for the next {qualifications}; Unit Examination date Outcomes notification date NG/IG1, NGC1/IGC1 (English solely)…

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Pregnant women with COVID-19 are extra probably to have complications with pregnancy and birth in contrast to these with out, in accordance to analysis publishing November 30th in the open-access journal PLOS Medication. The research appears at hospitalization for births in France in the course of the first six months of the pandemic and means that vaccination could also be helpful to defend women and their infants, significantly for women at a better risk of creating extreme COVID-19 infections. Few research have checked out associations between COVID-19 and pregnancy outcomes, significantly in the course of the first wave in early 2020. Sylvie…

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Agenda 111, as christened by the Government, is an ambitious plan to bridge the health infrastructure deficit in the country. It was mooted last year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, which laid naked the need for Ghana to improve, expand and distribute equitably, health facilities across the country to better handle epidemics of such proportions As envisioned by the Government, 101 hospitals would be constructed in districts without health facilities, six hospitals would be constructed in the newly created area, and two specialist hospitals would be put up in the middle and Northern belts of the country. At…

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The need and value of personal protective equipment and worker safety have surged over the past two years. More than ever, it’s imperative that organizations ensure they mitigate the risk of workplace hazards for their staff as well as their business’s sustainability. In 2015, approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace injuries and diseases – such as burns, lacerations, cuts and fractures as well as latex and chemical allergies – were reported by private-industry employers in the United States.1 The earlier year in the European Union, close to 3.2 million nonfatal incidents were recorded.2 Besides severe effects on the individual, these types…

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Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA is initiating a rulemaking to develop a heat illness standard. For decades, federal OSHA has enforced occupational heat illness hazards through the Occupational Safety and Health Act’s General Duty Clause. OSHA has recently updated its Heat Illness Prevention Campaign materials to recognize both indoor and outdoor heat hazards, as well as the importance of protecting new and returning workers from hazardous heat. As OSHA continues to shift its enforcement focus to heat, it has begun the process to issue a heat illness standard. On October 27, 2021, OSHA issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) for…

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The Minister for Health, Hon Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, yesterday inaugurated governing boards of two agencies under his Ministry. They were the governing boards of Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH), and the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA). The CCTH board is chaired by Nana Ehunabobrim Prah Agyensaim, while Dr Sammy Kwame Ohene is the Chairman of the FDA board. Source link

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This plastic-covered safety padlock is designed to be utterly insulated in opposition to electrical shock, nonmagnetic and nonsparking. Excellent for temperamental environments and confined-space functions, the strong aluminum physique is encased by a coloured plastic cowl for straightforward identification. To additional enhance visibility and identification, lockout stickers can be found in English, Spanish and French. ABUS USA Product data is supplied by producers. This publication has not independently examined producers’ merchandise and can’t assume duty for the validity of product claims. Source link

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The German authorities has handed over 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to the federal government of Ghana to assist the continued nationwide COVID-19 vaccination marketing campaign. The donation from the German authorities follows the announcement by Chancellor Angela Merkel to President Akuffo-Addo in the course of the Compact with Africa Summit in Berlin on August 27, 2021. Deputy Minister for Well being, Hon. Alhaji Mahama Asei Seini, who obtained the vaccines from the German Ambassador to Ghana, H. E. Daniel Krull, expressed the nation’s gratitude to Germany for the assist to the health sector, particularly in the course…

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The Authorities of Ghana has obtained 532,320 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the Governments of Germany, Denmark, Norway and Iceland via the COVAX facility to support within the continuation of Ghana’s COVID19 vaccination programme. In a welcome assertion, Mr McAsey mentioned UNICEF stays dedicated to the truthful and equitable distribution of vaccines to be certain that nobody is left behind within the vaccination train. He additionally recommended the 4 nations for his or her collective help of COVAX. Talking on the battle towards COVID19, H.E. Tom Norring, Ambassador of Denmark to Ghana, defined the necessity to vaccinate all Ghanaians with…

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The Minister of Well being, Hon. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has inaugurated the governing board of the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital. The 11-member governing board, which is chaired by Dr. David Ansah Dwamena, contains Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, Mr Jerry Ahmed Shaib, Dr. Radha Maria Odua Hackman, Dr. Micheal Owusu, Mr. Albert Wiredu Arkoh. Different members of the board are Mrs. Hannah Akua Oparebea Acquah, Prof. Margeret Yaa Lartey, Rev. Prof. Patrick Ferdinand Okay. Ayeh-Kumi, Mr. Charles Nana Ofori and Mr. Samuel Adjei Odame. In his welcome tackle, Hon. Agyeman-Manu thanked the nominees for accepting to serve on the board to assist in…

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