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09/18/2018 - Global health: Levels and Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2018
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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 - 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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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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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.
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06/06/2018 - Artigo: Distribution of nursing workforce in the Region of the Americas
The text describes the distribution of the nursing workforce in countries of the Region of the Americas and relates the number of human resources in nursing with maternal mortality rates. Authors: Authors: Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani, Maria Cristina Hoyos, Maynara Fernanda Carvalho Barreto, Katie Sives and Fernando Antonio Menezes da Silva. Published in: Pan American Journal of Public Health. (Spanish)
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06/05/2018 - Free and open courses (UNITAR): Integrated Planning for Climate Change and Biodiversity
This self-paced course, jointly delivered by UNITAR and IUCN, promotes a dynamic learning approach through interactive lessons and multimedia contents. Participants will understand the nexus between biodiversity, climate change and land-use plans; discover the rights and roles of different stakeholders in the planning and decision-making process; and consider ways to collaborate across national borders.