To connect with parents, UNICEF is working with Benin's Ministry of Health on an innovative, community-based programme to prevent child illnesses related to malnutrition.
"The paper outlines our engagement with the Benin Ministry of Health in which we worked to choose among some key redesign options of their vaccine supply chain," said Dr Shawn Brown, Technical Lead of the HERMES team and first author.
Carine Nadal at the Gaia Foundation, which works with local NGO Grabe-Benin to protect forests in Benin, says Chadare's proposal is positive in that it highlights the importance of locally produced food, but she is concerned that plant knowledge isn't misused, particularly by pharmaceutical companies.
Since the HIV epidemic emerged in Benin, men and women involved in sex work were the most affected by the epidemic accounting for the majority of HIV infections in the country.
Making school fee abolition work in West and Central Africa Cotonou, Benin, 29 June 2009 - Four years after the launching of the School Fee Abolition Initiative (SFAI), four countries of West and Central Africa assess the situation, and share their experiences.
UNICEF is also helping to nurture a number of innovations in the region, such as Ghana's "Alert School" certification model, Nigeria's use of the National Youth Service Corps, Benin's youth health outreach and Sierra Leone's work with the Interfaith Council.
UNICEF school kits support children returning to classrooms in flood-ravaged Benin KPOTO, Benin, 4 November 2010 – As floodwaters slowly recede in Benin, the magnitude of the tragedy is being revealed.
The Benin-born sculptor and filmmaker is best known for his work in Out of Africa, a 1992 show in the UK's Saatchi Gallery, where he displayed faux masks made from found objects.
Financial support for this study was provided by the Benin Ministry of Health.
Though I had a new contact from a friend of mine who works with one of the global basic delivery Company here in BENIN REPUBLIC that will deliver your cheque at your door step with a cheeper rate, which the company said that it will cost you the sum of ($95) us dollars, so you have to register with them now.
