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WHO announces upcoming polio vaccination campaign in Gaza

Aug 30, 2024

New York [US], August 30: Rik Peeperkorn, the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative for the occupied Palestinian territories, has announced that a two-phase polio vaccination campaign will commence in Gaza on September 1.
Speaking to reporters in New York today, Peeperkorn detailed that the Palestinian Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the WHO, UNICEF, and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), will administer two doses of a new oral polio vaccine (type 2) to over 640,000 children under the age of ten during each phase of the campaign.
Source: Emirates News Agency

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Hexaware and Abluva Join Forces to Deliver Secure Agentic AI Solutions for the Life Sciences Industry

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/ Iselin (New Jersey) [US], July 10: Hexaware Technologies, a global provider of IT services and solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Abluva, an innovator in agentic AI security, to address security challenges posed by autonomous AI agents in the Life Sciences industry. This collaboration brings together Hexaware's deep domain expertise and Abluva's groundbreaking Secure Intelligence Plane to help organizations in the sector deploy generative AI (GenAI) safely and in compliance with industry regulations. As Life Sciences organizations increasingly adopt agentic AI to enhance research, clinical trials, patient data management, and commercial operations, the partnership ensures that AI agents operate in a secure, governed, and auditable environment--without hindering innovation. Delivering Governed and Secure Generative AI Agents for Life Sciences Innovation.

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