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The Commonwealth Secretariat and the World Health Organization (WHO) sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their cooperation on a range of public health issues such as vaccine equity, access to quality health services and building a resilient and healthy environment.

Read the original article here: https://www.who.int/news/item/07-02-2022-commonwealth-and-who-to-strengthen-cooperation-on-health-including-access-to-vaccines

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) bags a ‘significant’ order to construct hi-tech IT parks at eight locations (2 packages at 4 locations each) across Bangladesh. The Indian EXIM Bank will be funding the project. It is the first IT and office space order that L&T has secured in Bangladesh.

Read the original article here: https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/larsen-toubro-s-construction-arm-bags-significant-order-in-bangladesh-122020900860_1.html

Endangered sharks can be still vulnerable even in the marine protected area (MPA). The first long-term monitoring studies of reef sharks within MPA tracked the number of Caribbean reef sharks at Glover’s Reef Atoll and documented a population decline between 2009-2019. The whole study eventually led to new legislation which prohibits shark fishing 2 miles around Glover’s Reef Atoll, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, and Turneffe Atoll.

Read the original article here: https://news.fiu.edu/2022/belize-extends-protection-for-sharks-after-fiu-research-documents-population-decline