The target audience is high-level health sector and government officials, health sector managers, health and non-health sector policy-makers, public health experts, journalists, and staff of international and nongovernmental organizations. Read more.
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09/19/2018 - WHO: Summer School on Refugee and Migrant Health
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09/19/2018 - Health Emergencies: Preparing for hurricane season: Know what health workers and the general public can do before and after a tropical storm.
The number of people affected by destructive winds and heavy rains from hurricanes is growing. Hurricanes cause the destruction and collapse of infrastructure, with adverse effects on health in the form of injury, trauma, and drowning. Do you know what to do in a storm? Read and learn.
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09/18/2018 - Global health: Levels and Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2018
The latest Report from UNICEF and partners in the UN Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), shows the full scope of child and mortality rates across the world – from newborns to adolescents. Click here for more information.
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09/18/2018 - Food Security & Nutrition: Hunger is on the rise all over the world
FAO Report 2018 shows that, for the third year in a row, there has been a rise in world hunger. The absolute number of undernourished people, i.e. those facing chronic food deprivation, has increased to nearly 821 million in 2017, from around 804 million in 2016. Download full report.
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09/10/2018 - International seminar: “Threats to Democracy and the Multipolar Order”
The Perseu Abramo Foundation (FPA) will hold the international seminar "Threats to Democracy and the Multipolar Order", an initiative of Celso Amorim, with the presence of thinkers and politicians of international prestige, from September 9:00 to 17:50. The seminar will be broadcast live on FPA's YouTube channel and on its Facebook page, with simultaneous translation into Portuguese, Spanish and English. Check out the schedule.
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09/06/2018 - World Bank: Sustainable Development Goals 2018
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018 presents maps, charts, and stories related to the 17 SDGs. It discusses trends, comparisons, and measurement issues using accessible and shareable data visualizations.
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09/06/2018 - UN health official: Tobacco control, a ‘major component’ of environmental protection efforts
From deforestation to soil degradation and pollution, tobacco production and its use by consumers, is “tremendously destructive” for the environment, although control measures can help curb its negative environmental effects, including the damaging impact of climate change, the head of the UN tobacco control treaty watchdog – formally known as the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC - has told UN News. Read more.
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07/03/2018 - Environment and sustainability (UNDP): A tidal wave of plastic
13 million tonnes of plastic reach the ocean every year. See how the journey is marked by opportunities to change course. Read more.
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07/03/2018 - ISAGS-UNASUR: Universal Fiscal Policies, Financing and Health System: The Case of Uruguay
Text by Daniel Olesker, former Minister of Social Development of Uruguay. Read at the ISAGS' website.
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06/27/2018 - 4th Rets Webinar : 'The social determination of arbovirosis: health surveillance and territorial actions'
Due to the dispersal of the Zika virus and its epidemic consequences with regional transmission in 24 countries in the Americas, and to the declaration of Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO in 2015, the International Networks RETS and RINSP are promoting its 4th Rets Webinar. It will take place on July 12, 2018, at 9:30 am (Brasília time) with live broadcast at the website in portuguese and at Facebook with spanish translation.