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AKDN partners with the Paris Peace Forum
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His Highness joined over 30 world leaders for the opening session of the second Paris Peace Forum. Initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron, the Forum was founded on the principle that international cooperation is key to tackling global challenges and ensuring durable peace. "In my experience, the vital conditions for stability in the world today include an emphasis on local participation, the promotion of pluralism, and a strengthening of Civil Society organisations. I am pleased that AKDN is once again partnering with the Paris Peace Forum and that the Global Centre for Pluralism is also hosting an event at this year’s Forum. Pluralism is certainly a central component for peace and progress, commented His Highness.

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France: AKDN partners with the Paris Peace Forum

His Highness joined over 30 world leaders for the opening session of the second Paris Peace Forum. Initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron, the Forum was founded on the principle that international cooperation is key to tackling global challenges and ensuring durable peace. "In my experience, the vital conditions for stability in the world today include an emphasis on local participation, the promotion of pluralism, and a strengthening of Civil Society organisations. I am pleased that AKDN is once again partnering with the Paris Peace Forum and that the Global Centre for Pluralism is also hosting an event at this year’s Forum. Pluralism is certainly a central component for peace and progress, commented His Highness.
FMIC marks 9th quality improvement, patient safety convention to boost up healthcare facility
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On 9 November in Kabul, the French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) held its 9th quality improvement and patient safety convention to foster healthcare facility. FMIC has annually sponsored the quality and patient safety convention, which showcases Afghan health professionals’ high capacity for critical thinking and resolve for quality healthcare. The theme for this year’s convention was "100 years of quality" to appreciate the work of professionals for maintaining quality in their routine work and service delivery.

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Afghanistan: FMIC marks 9th quality improvement, patient safety convention to boost up healthcare facility

On 9 November in Kabul, the French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) held its 9th quality improvement and patient safety convention to foster healthcare facility. FMIC has annually sponsored the quality and patient safety convention, which showcases Afghan health professionals’ high capacity for critical thinking and resolve for quality healthcare. The theme for this year’s convention was "100 years of quality" to appreciate the work of professionals for maintaining quality in their routine work and service delivery.
Rahmon meets with His Highness the Aga Khan in Paris
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On 7 November in Paris, His Highness met with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. They discussed issues related to further expansion of cooperation between Tajikistan and AKDN. Tajik leader reportedly expressed satisfaction with the level and content of real cooperation between Tajikistan and AKDN. President Rahmon and His Highness discussed the implementation of national and strategic programmes aimed at providing energy independence of Tajikistan, bringing the country out of the transportation deadlock, constructing bridges and cross-border marketplaces in border areas of Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

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Rahmon meets with His Highness the Aga Khan in Paris

On 7 November in Paris, His Highness met with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. They discussed issues related to further expansion of cooperation between Tajikistan and AKDN. Tajik leader reportedly expressed satisfaction with the level and content of real cooperation between Tajikistan and AKDN. President Rahmon and His Highness discussed the implementation of national and strategic programmes aimed at providing energy independence of Tajikistan, bringing the country out of the transportation deadlock, constructing bridges and cross-border marketplaces in border areas of Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
Tips given on health sector improvement
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More emphasis in capacity building for enhancing primary health care provision is needed as a way for saving lives through early diagnosis and reducing cost for treatment, health experts in Tanzania assert. According to the Aga Khan Health Service, East Africa Regional Chief Executive Officer, Sulaiman Shahabuddin, research has shown that half of the health problems which occur today can be solved if early diagnosis of diseases like cancer can be done by primary care practitioners. He was speaking during the French Health Care Day in Dar es Salaam on 6 November.

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Tanzania: Tips given on health sector improvement

More emphasis in capacity building for enhancing primary health care provision is needed as a way for saving lives through early diagnosis and reducing cost for treatment, health experts in Tanzania assert. According to the Aga Khan Health Service, East Africa Regional Chief Executive Officer, Sulaiman Shahabuddin, research has shown that half of the health problems which occur today can be solved if early diagnosis of diseases like cancer can be done by primary care practitioners. He was speaking during the French Health Care Day in Dar es Salaam on 6 November.
How architects are designing buildings for Bangladesh’s tropical monsoon climate
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Communities of the Ganges delta in Bangladesh have lived between land and water for centuries. Flooding will become even more frequent as the effects of climate change intensify. Good design is essential if this challenge is to be addressed. Winner of the AKAA in 2016, Architect Marina Tabassum’s practice in Dhaka, has used low-cost, sustainable substances in its designs. The Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, built in 2012, sits on a raised plinth to protect it from floodwater. Peter Clegg, a British architecture firm, took a different approach when building the Aga Khan Academy. The academy is elevated from the ground. It features attenuation areas, five feet below ground level, which allow water to drain away, perforated brick facades to deal with heat and humidity and shaded paths and verandahs which allows the use of air-conditioning to be limited to classrooms.

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How architects are designing buildings for Bangladesh’s tropical monsoon climate

Communities of the Ganges delta in Bangladesh have lived between land and water for centuries. Flooding will become even more frequent as the effects of climate change intensify. Good design is essential if this challenge is to be addressed. Winner of the AKAA in 2016, Architect Marina Tabassum’s practice in Dhaka, has used low-cost, sustainable substances in its designs. The Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, built in 2012, sits on a raised plinth to protect it from floodwater. Peter Clegg, a British architecture firm, took a different approach when building the Aga Khan Academy. The academy is elevated from the ground. It features attenuation areas, five feet below ground level, which allow water to drain away, perforated brick facades to deal with heat and humidity and shaded paths and verandahs which allows the use of air-conditioning to be limited to classrooms.