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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for 2024-12-01 ( 6 items )  
Gaza: Heavy rains flood camps, raising risk of disease for 235,000 children (10)
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Nov. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: About 235,000 children forced from their homes by bombs, bullets and displacement orders in Gaza are facing increasing risk of disease as days of heavy rains flood tents and turn camps into swamps, Save the Children said. Restrictions imposed by Israeli authoritie more PR

Haiti: Escalating Violence from Armed Groups Forces Over 21,000 More Children From Their Homes in Two Weeks (10)
WESTPORT, Connecticut, Nov. 27 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: PORT-AU-PRINCE (Nov. 27, 2024)--An estimated 21,000 children in Port-au-Prince have been forced from their homes in the past two weeks due to escalating violence while armed groups recruit more children into their ranks, Save the Children said. Since November 11, 4 more PR

LEBANON: Save the Children Welcomes Ceasefire Announcement but Is Concerned by Continued Violence in Lebanon (10)
WESTPORT, Connecticut, Nov. 26 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: BEIRUT (Nov. 26, 2024)--Save the Children welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah but said that the violence must stop immediately to protect children in Lebanon. An end to fighting was agreed on Tuesday, with media reporting that a ces more PR

LIMRA: Fixed Indexed and Registered Index-Linked Annuities Post Record Sales in Third Quarter 2024 (10)
WINDSOR, Connecticut, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: Representing 45% of U.S. annuity sales, record-high fixed indexed and registered index-linked annuity (RILA) sales propelled the continued growth in the U.S. annuity market in the third quarter. Total annuity sales increased 30% year over year to $114.7 billion in the third quarter 2024, according to LIMRA's U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey, which represents 92% of the total market. In the first nine months  more PR

Northern Gaza: 130,000 children under 10 Deprived of Food and Medicine During 50 Days of Siege (10)
WESTPORT, Connecticut, Nov. 25 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: GAZA (Nov. 25, 2024)--About 130,000 children aged under 10 have been trapped for 50 days in areas in northern Gaza that are almost entirely inaccessible to aid workers and not receiving food or medical supplies despite warnings of famine, said Save the Children. [1] more PR

SUDAN: First humanitarian cargo flight with essential medical supplies for children lands in Blue Nile state after 19 months of conflict (10)
WESTPORT, Connecticut, Nov. 27 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: PORT SUDAN, (November 27, 2024) The first cargo flight carrying critical drugs and medical supplies has arrived in Blue Nile state amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, the first humanitarian flight to the region since the conflict began 19 months ago, Save the Chil more PR