To date, more than 17, 000 health extension workers have been trained on inserting Implanon and an estimated 1.7 million women have benefited from this initiative.
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Babatunde Osotimehin: One good example of that is Ethiopia, where about 38, 000 health extension workers are leading the effort to bring long-acting modern family planning methods closer to communities, especially to isolated and rural ones.
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There are now very few extension workers.
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By knowing the size and shape of their fields, farmers can then use correct amounts of fertilizer and plan for future soil improvements. eDairy in Sri Lanka also allows farmers to send text messages to a network of veterinarians and extension workers requesting services.
In their former contract, which ended after a yearlong extension in early 2011, workers were paid overtime on weekends, McElroen said.
Now he is calling for an extension of unemployment benefits for older workers.
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For Latinos, the passage of this bill would result in 25 million Hispanic workers benefiting from the extension of the payroll tax cut, and 250, 000 Hispanic-owned small businesses receiving immediate tax cut benefits, among other highlights.
On Feb. 21, it announced it was cutting 10 percent of its remaining 1, 100 manufacturing workers because of the late extension.
If we allow our transportation law to expire without an extension, almost 1 million construction and other workers will lose their jobs over the coming year.
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If they send us an extension and expansion of the payroll tax cut for American workers, for everybody who gets a paycheck, we will say, fantastic.
Before the agreement, sharp differences had emerged in Congress over the trade bill, with Democrats insisting that there should be additional benefits for workers who lose their jobs because of the extension of free trade.
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