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Business: Insurance

Find Out Where To Check Car Insurance Costs And Save Money

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“Getting car insurance will help you save lots of money. But first, you must know where to get online quotes from”, said Russell Rabichev, Marketing Director of Internet Marketing Company.


LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)

Ever since car insurance quotes have become available online, drivers have gladly used them. Their main purpose is to provide full coverage over the current car insurance market in a targeted area. This is why any reliable website will ask first for the ZIP code.

For more info and free car insurance quotes, visit https://www.autoinsurancequotesave.com/where-can-you-verify-car-insurance-prices/


  • Car insurance companies have their own insurance websites. These websites promote each company’s current offers. But also, they provide more info about the company’s history, activity, pricing and awards. In order to obtain a quote, the online visitor must complete an online questionnaire. When getting quotes via an insurer’s website, the questionnaire will be customized for that specific insurer. This means that questionnaires for different companies are likely to be different, containing more or less questions.

  • Drivers can also get quotes from aggregator websites. Brokerage websites cooperate with several insurance companies. When a user completes the questionnaire, he will get back results from multiple companies. This eliminates the need of repeating the task of completing the questionnaire multiple times.

  • Additionally, a person can get quotes from either car blogs or the local Department of Insurance. The website of local Department of Insurance is likely to contain info about the companies available and basic rates. It may also contain complaint ratios.

Autoinsurancequotesave.com is an online provider of life, home, health, and auto insurance quotes. This website is unique because it does not simply stick to one kind of insurance provider, but brings the clients the best deals from many different online insurance carriers. In this way, clients have access to offers from multiple carriers all in one place: this website. On this site, customers have access to quotes for insurance plans from various agencies, such as local or nationwide agencies, brand names insurance companies, etc.

For more information, please visit http://www.autoinsurancequotesave.com

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Honeywell to Offer Avionics Technical Publication Libraries on the world’s leading aircraft information platform.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. and BRISBANE, Calif. (PRWEB)

ATP®, a leading provider of information services and software solutions for the aviation industry, announced today it has entered into an expanded partnership agreement with Honeywell, a leading provider of industry solutions that include aerospace, building technologies, safety and productivity solutions, and performance materials, globally.

With this partnership, ATP will be expanding the existing Honeywell technical publications available through their ATP Aviation Hub single source portal to include Honeywell’s collection of Avionics libraries. This will allow owner/operators and entitled management companies to manage and access their current technical and regulatory information for airframes, Honeywell engines, avionics, and other aircraft components. The addition of Honeywell’s Avionics Libraries further expands the overall content available through ATP Libraries, the aviation industry’s leading source for comprehensive technical publications and applicable regulatory information, that includes Airworthiness Directives (Ads).

“ATP is delighted to have signed an expanded partnership with Honeywell Aerospace and we look forward to building upon the success of our current relationship and our confidence in future opportunities together,” said Rick Noble, CEO of ATP. “With this partnership, ATP’s unique single-source platform for technical information, through the ATP Aviation Hub, makes it even easier for our network of over 45,000 users in 137 countries to access Honeywell information, continued Mr. Noble.” “The Honeywell Avionics Libraries allow users to locate information using the Hub’s intelligent and powerful search capabilities across the most channels and devices in the industry – including mobile, web, desktop, and more.”

ATP customers can begin taking advantage of this partnership immediately, by speaking with their ATP sales representative.

About Honeywell

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 technology company that delivers industry specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally. Honeywell Aerospace products and services are found on virtually every commercial, defense and space aircraft. The Aerospace business unit builds aircraft engines, cockpit and cabin electronics, wireless connectivity systems, mechanical components and more. It’s hardware and software solutions create more fuel-efficient aircraft, more direct and on-time flights and safer skies and airports.

For more information, visit http://www.honeywell.com or follow us at @Honeywell_Aero

About ATP

ATP is a global information services and software company focused on maximizing the value of aircraft and aviation operations by providing a suite of reference content, airworthiness, diagnostics and reliability services that optimize aircraft availability and operational compliance. The company is the leader in managing and analyzing content for maintenance operations and compliance, by adding value through smarter reference content and diagnostics, integrating that information into tools to drive improved decision making and productivity, and providing advisory services to deliver efficient operations. ATP has deep roots in the general aviation, automotive, technology, aerospace, and defence industries and has deployed solutions worldwide to support multiple Fortune 100 companies. As a global company, ATP has more than 6,700 customers in 137 countries, with almost 50 years of experience in the information services and software industries.

For more information, visit http://www.atp.com or follow us at @ATPknowledge

For more information, please contact:

Alicia Carbo-Guha

Director of Marketing

ATP CaseBank

+1 (905) 364-3641

acarbo-guha@casebank.com

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New Study Probes Into People Who Believe in Ghosts

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People who believe in ghosts are more open to the existence of other supernatural phenomena.

People who believe in ghosts are not afraid to entertain the possibility of other supernatural phenomena.

When we contemplate the vastness of our universe, it seems mathematically improbable that we are the only sentient beings that exist in the universe.


MONTREAL (PRWEB)

Halloween is the perfect excuse for adults to broaden their imaginations and entertain the improbable, the mysterious, and the unknown, and become someone or something else (well, Halloween and Comic Con). Suddenly, undead creatures and phantoms come crawling out of the darkness. Zombies, witches, and vampires come to life. For some people, however, the world of the paranormal isn’t one of imagination and fiction. In a newly released study conducted by the researchers at Queendom.com, certain people take the supernatural very seriously.

Researchers examined data collected from 13,940 people who believe ghosts. It turns out that their beliefs extend far beyond the supernatural. According to Queendom’s study, here’s what else they believe in:

DESTINY/FATE

  • 83% believe that certain people are meant to cross our paths.

  • 71% believe that if two people are meant to be together, they will be.

  • 71% believe that certain people are destined for greatness.

  • 77% believe in karma, and that what goes around comes around.

  • 65% believe in soulmates.

  • 56% believe in past lives.

  • 51% believe in reincarnation.

  • 44% believe that horoscopes are accurate.

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

  • 79% believe in God or other divine entity.

  • 72% believe in angels.

  • 54% believe in the devil.

  • 63% believe in heaven.

  • 53% believe in hell.

  • 76% believe in miracles.

  • 80% believe in life after death.

  • 67% believe that divine beings can, and have, appeared to bring messages.

  • 55% believe faith healing.

PARANORMAL/ PSYCHIC PHENOMENA

  • 77% believe in prophecies and/or premonitions.

  • 71% believe that the dead can get in touch with the living through a medium or in dreams.

  • 66% believe that some spirits cannot rest until unfinished business is taken care of.

  • 63% believe in telepathy.

  • 58% believe in witches.

  • 58% believe that certain people are gifted with the ability to read minds.

EXTRATERRESTRIALS

  • 68% believe there is life on other planets.

  • 48% believe that aliens have already visited, while 47% that the government is hiding proof of this.

Interestingly, not many believers nor non-believers in ghosts entertain superstitious beliefs. Among the list of superstitions, fear of negative thoughts causing a tragedy, and a fear of “jinxing” something were the most common. Those who do not believe in the existence of ghosts were dismissive of most other paranormal and supernatural phenomena, with the exception of a marginal belief in God (35%), karma (32%), miracles (31%) and, most prominently, life on other planets (45%).

“Many people have an inexplicable draw to the paranormal,” explains Dr. Jerabek, president of PsychTests, the parent company of Queendom. “The idea that everything is energy, and thus can be influenced by intention or thought, is deeply compelling. Faith in reincarnation helps us come to terms with our own mortality and fear of death. Belief in cosmic interconnectedness helps us feel less lonely. When we contemplate the vastness of our universe, it seems mathematically improbable that we are the only sentient beings that exist in the universe. The fact is, as we begin to explore the world beyond our own, whether it’s with space shuttles into other galaxies or EVP recorders in a haunted building, we pave the way for new discoveries. Some people may think it foolish to entertain the prospect of aliens or ghosts, but consider this: Space flight was considered impossible. The existence of black holes was only a theory. Komodo Dragons, Goblin Sharks, and Giant Squids were thought to be fictional creatures. Things that once appeared impossible no longer seem farfetched. What we know is just the tip of the iceberg of the vast wisdom available to us … all we need to do is use science to search for the truth, keep an open mind, refuse to accept dogma of any kind … and maybe, just maybe, have a little faith.”

Want to assess your paranormal beliefs? Check out our Paranormal Beliefs Test at https://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=710

To learn more about psychological testing, download this free eBook: http://hrtests.archprofile.com/personality-tests-in-hr

About PsychTests AIM Inc.

PsychTests AIM Inc. originally appeared on the internet scene in 1996. Since its inception, it has become a pre-eminent provider of psychological assessment products and services to human resource personnel, therapists, academics, researchers and a host of other professionals around the world. PsychTests AIM Inc. staff is comprised of a dedicated team of psychologists, test developers, researchers, statisticians, writers, and artificial intelligence experts (see ARCHProfile.com). The company’s research division, Plumeus Inc., is supported in part by Research and Development Tax Credit awarded by Industry Canada.

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Med-IQ partners with JDRF on T1D education

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BALTIMORE (PRWEB)

Med-IQ, Inc., the leading provider of clinical and risk management education, consulting services, and quality improvement solutions, announced that it has partnered with JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, to provide a comprehensive educational initiative on T1D for clinicians, Type 1 Diabetes: The State of Affairs.

In the United States, approximately 1.25 million individuals have T1D, which includes about 200,000 youth and more than 1 million adults. Among these individuals, only 17% of youth and 21% of adults are reaching their HbA1c goals.

“We are excited to partner with Med-IQ to bring this education to clinicians,” said Sydney Yovic, Chief of Staff at JDRF. “This education supports JDRF’s mission to help improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat T1D and its complications.”

Type 1 Diabetes: The State of Affairs focuses on the comprehensive care of T1D and incorporates a multifaceted approach that includes the following components:

  • Webcasts—This webcast series focuses on providing the latest information in T1D management, including diabetes technologies, adjunctive therapies, and psychosocial care, to help improve patient engagement and outcomes.

  • Live workshops—Designed for primary care clinicians, this live workshop series provides an interactive forum led by expert faculty and examines real-life case examples. Upcoming workshops will be held on October 25th in San Francisco, CA, and Hartford, CT, and November 15th in Tampa, FL.

  • E-brief resources—These short resources address diabetes distress, patient assessment, and solutions for reducing and managing symptoms.

“Technological advances and new therapies continue to emerge. With the incidence of T1D expected to increase to 5 million people by 2050, it is imperative that primary care clinicians, pharmacists, and certified diabetes educators stay up-to-date on all aspects. This educational series is a great step, and we are proud to work with JDRF on this important initiative.” –Allison Gardner, Vice President of Education Strategy and Content

This activity is funded in part by JDRF and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk, Inc.

About Med-IQ

Med-IQ empowers individuals at every level of the healthcare delivery system with the knowledge they need to continuously improve provider performance and patient outcomes. Med-IQ has delivered unique educational experiences and services across the country and around the world, has been extensively published, and is proud to be one of the most award-winning accredited medical education providers in the United States.

About JDRF

JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat T1D and its complications. To accomplish this, JDRF has invested more than $2.2 billion in research funding since our inception. We are an organization built on a grassroots model of people connecting in their local communities, collaborating regionally for efficiency and broader fundraising impact, and uniting on a national stage to pool resources, passion, and energy. We collaborate with academic institutions, policymakers, and corporate and industry partners to develop and deliver a pipeline of innovative therapies to people living with T1D. Our staff and volunteers throughout the United States and our six international affiliates are dedicated to advocacy, community engagement, and our vision of a world without T1D. For more information, please visit jdrf.org or follow us on Twitter: @JDRF.

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Avoid these 5 mistakes when selling your junk car

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Avoid these common mistakes before selling your car to a salvage yard


BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PRWEB)

So, you’ve decided that it is time to sell your junk car. Whether you are selling because your junk car is a total loss or end of life vehicle, or you’ve just decided that the time is right, when you go to sell your junk car make sure that you avoid these 5 common mistakes.

1) Make sure you have the title. Buyers of junk cars are not legally allowed to buy the car from anyone other than its legal owner. For help replacing your title visit the service area page at Rusty’s Auto Salvage to view a copy of the title replacement document for your state and click the image to go to the correct state DMV office near you.

2) Collect all of your personal belongings from your junk car. This can include any customized or stock stereo equipment as well as emergency roadside items such as jumper cables, snow chains, and tire irons. Don’t forget to go through the glove compartment, side door compartments and center console as well.

3) Know the value of your junk car. Different junk car removal companies will have different pricing models, so make sure that you take the time to find the one that offers you the fairest price. Some things that may influence their offers are current scrap metal prices, your junk car’s make and model, cosmetic damage, and whether or not it runs, so make sure you do your research.

4) Make sure that the company you agree to do business with includes the pick-up of your junk car at no extra cost to you- most reputable companies include in their service model.

5) Finally, remember to remove your license plate and cancel your insurance after you finalize the sale (congratulations!)

The easiest way to avoid all these mistakes is to use the web to find one of the new online junk car buyers. They will find a junkyard or salvage yard near you or they may put your car up for sale at an auction. Either way a good junk car buying service can get you top dollar for your car and remove the hassle of getting everything ready and making sure all the paperwork is right.

Rusty’s Auto Salvage is a junk car buying with national reach. They can find a junkyard or auction house in your area and get you the best price possible for your call. Visit the site at https://www.rustysautosalvage.com or call directly at: 866-439-8401.

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Business: Executives

KW Realtor Stephanie Halley Helping Kids in Need Keep Warm and Boost Self-Confidence

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Every $20 goes towards 1 brand-new coat for a child in need. If you are unable to attend the event, please donate on my fundraising page for Operation Warm.


OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (PRWEB)

Halley will be collecting funds for Operation Warm, whose mission is to provide brand-new winter coats to children in need, at the client appreciation event. The pumpkin patch event takes place at Johnson Farms Plants and Pumpkins, 17701 Holmes Road, Belton, MO, on Saturday, October 12, from 10 a.m. to noon (look for a separate entrance for The Halley Real Estate guests).

“Every $20 goes towards 1 brand-new coat for a child in need,” said Halley. “If you are unable to attend the event, please donate on my fundraising page for Operation Warm, http://www.operationwarm.org/halleyrealestate. ”

Operation Warm works year-round to create colorful winter coats made just for kids. Since 1998, Operation Warm has provided warmth, confidence and hope by manufacturing and distributing winter coats to over 3 million children in need throughout the U.S. By actually manufacturing the coats it distributes, Operation Warm is able to efficiently control logistics, costs and inventory.

Stephanie Halley enjoys working with a broad range of buyers and sellers, from first-time buyers to clients that are wanting to downsize. She also helps clients that are looking for “fixer-upper” homes.

About Stephanie Halley, Halley Real Estate Team, Keller Williams

Stephanie Halley is licensed in Kansas and Missouri. She loves meeting people and helping them find their dream home. Stephanie works with both buyers and sellers in Kansas and Missouri. For more information, please call 913-244-9642, or visit https://www.halleyrealestate.com/. The office is located at 6850 College Blvd., Overland Park, KS 66211.

About Operation Warm

Operation Warm is a national nonprofit that creates brand-new, high-quality coats and gives them away to children in need. Every child, regardless of their economic situation, deserves a brand new coat. We partner with compassionate individuals and organizations across North America to give the gift of warmth, confidence and hope. Operation Warm believes a brand new coat is more than a coat, promoting self-esteem, school attendance and outdoor play. For more information, please visit http://www.operationwarm.org.

For media inquiries, please call THE NALA at 805.650.6121, ext. 361.

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Hell’s Kitchen Sweat Crawl Takes Over Five Fitness Studios; Offers Opportunity To Test Drive Five Group Exercise Classes Available On New York’s West Side

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NEW YORK (PRWEB)

Five New York fitness studios have teamed up to create the first ever Hell’s Kitchen Sweat Crawl, a fitness event where participants will have the opportunity to tour and sample a variety of the top group exercise classes offered on the West Side of Manhattan. Held on Saturday, October 19th from 1pm – 4pm and produced by Club Pilates on W. 57th St., the Hell’s Kitchen Sweat Crawl will feature 25-minute workout classes at Club Pilates, Central Rock Gym, EVF Performance, ILoveKickboxing and Row House studios, followed by a happy hour ‘cool down’ to be held at Ousia, including a complimentary brew and happy hour specials offered by Founders Brewing Co.

Tickets for the Hell’s Kitchen Sweat Crawl are on sale now, with a portion of all proceeds benefiting the Movemeant Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to making fitness accessible, fun and empowering for women. Participants will also enjoy healthy refreshments, snacks and products from sponsors including, Chlorophyll Water, Bada Bean Snacks, Clio Snacks, DripDrop, Founders Brewing Co., La Colombe Coffee Roasters, and Sabon NYC, in addition to exclusive day-of discount offers from participating studios.

“The Hell’s Kitchen Sweat Crawl combines class types of all levels to offer participants an opportunity to test drive a variety of fitness classes offered on the West Side, all while supporting a good cause,” said Jason Cavallo, franchise owner of Club Pilates W. 57th St. “Many people know about our studios, but may be hesitant to break out of their normal fitness routines. I wanted to create a social experience to encourage and empower more people to explore a variety of fitness methods, while experiencing more of what New York’s West Side has to offer and having a bit of fun along the way.”

Registered Hell’s Kitchen Sweat Crawl participants will meet at Club Pilates located at 601 West 57th St. to complete the registration process, before hitting each of the following studio classes:


  • Club Pilates (601 W 57th St.): A variety of more than 7 types of Reformer-based group Pilates classes, which will strengthen and lengthen the entire body. Flow from the Reformer, to the EXO Chair, to the springboard with TRX and more – experience the benefits of classical Pilates with a contemporary twist.

  • Central Rock Gym (21 West End Ave.): Join us for a session of Bouldering, a style of climbing with big dynamic movements providing a full-body workout with no need for prior experience.

  • EVF Performance (555 W 59th St.): A modern strength and conditioning facility that offers two main programs: signature EVF 360 HIIT class and EVF CrossFit. Both programs are guided from distinguished coaches, and offer a high intensity, full-body workout created to get you fitter and stronger for sport and everyday life.

  • ILoveKickboxing(847 11th Ave.): This high-intensity and strength conditioning workout will build lean muscle, burn more fat, and shape your body to meet your goals. The workout is designed for maximum results, the harder you punch, the more calories you burn.

  • Row House (559 W 59th St): A low-impact, high energy workout designed to build muscle, torch calories, and strengthen your core in an efficient amount of time and a fun way. Row House delivers the perfect balance of aerobic endurance and muscular strength to build you up, not tear you down.

“The Hell’s Kitchen Sweat Crawl unites five very different fitness studios in a collaborative effort to celebrate, as well as give consumers an opportunity to experience, the diversity of the fitness industry in a fun, social and charitable way,” concluded Cavallo.

To register for the Hell’s Kitchen Sweat Crawl, simply inquire at participating studio locations, or click here.

About Club Pilates:

Founded in 2007, Club Pilates is a boutique fitness studio that specializes in Reformer-based strength-training classes for anyone, at any age or fitness level. Based in Irvine, CA, the company is experiencing rapid growth and expects to have 650 locations open by the end of the year. Club Pilates is the first studio to create a 500-hour Teacher Training Program designed to thoroughly and safely teach group Pilates apparatus classes along with TRX, TriggerPoint, and Barre. Club Pilates is ranked as the Fastest Growing Fitness Franchise in Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 and 500 two years running and Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2019 Franchise 500 for the third year running. To learn more about the Pilates franchise opportunity, visit http://www.clubpilatesfranchise.com.

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Xulon Press Presents Readers with a New, Godly Perspective of Themselves

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This book is an invitation to discover the good things that are ours in Christ Jesus


CLAYTON, N.C. (PRWEB)

Author Philip Dahn invites readers to see themselves through God’s eyes in Abundantly and Outrageously Blessed: The Power of Seeing Yourself as God Sees You ($14.49, paperback, 9781545616840; $6.99, e-book, 9781545618813). He recognizes that many of us do not view ourselves the way God views us and he encourages readers to see their true image.

“This book is an invitation to discover the good things that are ours in Christ Jesus, and to embrace the truth that in Him we are abundantly and outrageously blessed,” said Dahn.

Philip Dahn has been a student of the Word for more than forty years and a Bible teacher for nearly thirty years. He has traveled widely in the United States, teaching the truths of the Word of God. He currently resides in the greater Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina.

Xulon Press, a division of Salem Media Group, is the world’s largest Christian self-publisher, with more than 15,000 titles published to date. Abundantly and Outrageously Blessed is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.

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Society: Social Services

American Case Management Association Celebrates National Case Management Week and ACM Recognition Day

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (PRWEB)

American Case Management Association (ACMA) is celebrating National Case Management Week starting October 13, 2019, to recognize the dedication, compassion and quality patient outcomes achieved by case management professionals across the country.

Case management is a collaborative process, providing a unique and vital link between patients, providers and payers to improve health outcomes across the care continuum for care transitions. The case management discipline is made up of nurses, social workers, physicians, educators and hospital administrators who work in a variety of health care settings.

This year’s theme is Case Management: Setting New Standards for Care. “National Case Management Week is not just a celebration,” said ACMA President Angie Roberson, MSN, RN, ACM-RN, Director of Case Management at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System in South Carolina. “It is an awareness campaign to recognize the hard work and dedication of a special group of professionals that come from a variety of disciplines to negotiate, advocate, and support patients as they navigate a complex continuum of care in the 21st century.”

In conjunction with National Case Management Week, Wednesday, October 16, is Accredited Case Manager (ACM) Recognition Day. This day is in honor of case managers who have chosen to validate their competency by achieving the nationally-recognized ACM certification. This achievement authenticates a case manager’s knowledge and expertise by requiring passage of both a competency exam and a clinical simulation test. Certification demonstrates a commitment to the profession and industry best practices.

During National Case Management Week, ACMA encourages all health care organizations to recognize and support the practice of case management by promoting case management’s role in the delivery of health care. Throughout the week, local education, recognition and awareness events will be held across the country.

To learn more about National Case Management Week or to find a local ACMA chapter, visit acmaweb.org.

About ACMA:

Founded in 1999, the American Case Management Association (ACMA) is a national, non-profit, professional membership association, which strives to provide resources, solutions, and support for Case Management and Transitions of Care professionals. ACMA is comprised of more than 9,000 members nationwide, including nurses, social workers, physicians and other professionals affiliated with case management. Through a variety of educational conferences and networking events at both the state and national level, ACMA provides its members with numerous opportunities to develop their skills, grow in their profession and learn from the experiences and practices of fellow members. For more information, visit http://www.acmaweb.org/ncmw.

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Access ‘W’ Initiative Announces Plans for Health Month … Targets 2 Million Women and Families

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L-R: Njideka Esomeju, Regional Sales Director, Lagos 1, Access bank Plc; Aituaje Iruobe (aka Waje ) Music Artist; Ayona Trimnell, Coordinator, ‘W’ Initiative, Access Bank Plc; and Ada Udechukwu, Head

Activities planned during the period include free health screening, health talk by specialists, fitness classes, fund raising to support these causes etc. The Health Month will wrap up with an advocacy walk tagged “Walk for Women’s Health on October 26th, 2019


LAGOS, Nigeria (PRWEB)

The ‘W’ Initiative, a flagship women empowerment programme from Access Bank Plc, has announced plans for its 2019 ‘W’ Health Month. The plans are aimed at improving community awareness on health issues that affect women and their families by bridging the knowledge gap, providing access to health checks and encouraging healthy lifestyle habits.

Slated to run all through the month of October, the ‘W’ Health Month will focus on key areas such as infertility, endometriosis, vesicovaginal fistula (VVF), cancer, maternal and neo-natal mortality.

Speaking on the campaign, Victor Etuokwu, the Executive Director Retail Banking, Access Bank Plc, said, “Globally, the month of October is dedicated to raising awareness for Breast Cancer, a major health issue affecting mainly women however, as an Institution with focus on women, we are expanding the scope to shine the spotlight on 5 salient health issues affecting women and their families. The 2017 African Research and Population Centers, estimated 40,000 maternal deaths in Nigeria, making the country the second largest contributor to maternal mortality worldwide. There is need for us to change the story one woman at a time and we at Access Bank have been moving the needle in our own way through our flagship product, the Maternal Health Service Support (MHSS).

Activities planned during the period include free health screenings, health talks by specialists, fitness classes, fundraising to support these causes, etc. The Health Month will wrap up with an advocacy walk tagged: ‘Walk for Women’s Health’ on October 26th, 2019,” he added.

Established in 2014, the ‘W’ Initiative, a flagship women empowerment programme from Access Bank Plc offers both financial and lifestyle needs. Under the Initiative, participating women and their families have access to a wide range of privileges including access to credit facilities to meet business and healthcare needs, the ‘W’ community which provides insights on family matters, health, career, lifestyle and finance. This is in addition to special offerings for the home, such as discounts and freebies on health, beauty and fitness.

Health screenings will be held every Tuesday in October at designed partner locations across the country. Click to see screening locations: https://thewcommunity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screening.jpg.

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