Roundtable Discussions

Prevention of needle stick injury

Needle stick injury poses a great risk for transmission of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and other life threatening diseases to the healthcare workers.
With a view to finding an escape route of this problem, B. Brown a German medical company organised a roundtable at a local hotel in the city, says a press release.
Speakers urged the government to formulate legislation on needle stick prevention like many other countries including the USA and European Union.

Nutrition, gender & social accountability

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) recently organised a roundtable discussion on Nutrition, Gender and Social Accountability, says a press release. The roundtable provided insights of the issues relating nutrition with entitlement and social position of the marginalised particularly women, analysed multi-stakeholder interventions, governance and accountability.