Search Results:  Climate and Environment  (12)

  • Dengue control: three-year Indonesia trial shows promising results

    A three-year trial in Indonesia has produced encouraging results that show a significant reduction in the number of dengue cases. It involved the release Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in and around the dengue-endemic city of Yogyakarta.

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    Regions: Indonesia

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Global Women's Issues

  • Mexico’s feat against rabies through cross-sectoral collaboration is possible in other countries

    Mexico is, so far, the only country validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for having eliminated dog-mediated human rabies as a public health problem. To encourage countries that have implemented elimination programmes as recommended by WHO and the Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), international procedures have been developed jointly by WHO and OIE, following a One Health approach. The procedures involve several steps in the preparation, submission and review of a dossier.

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    Regions: Mexico

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • WHO Information Notice for Users of Medical Devices 2020/3

    Date: 7 August 2020

    Subject: Substandard/Falsified medical devices and personal protective equipment (PPE) used in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

    WHO-identifier: 2020/3, version 1

    Type of action: Advice to users of medical devices and PPE used for prevention, treatment and care for COVID-19.<

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    Regions: United Kingdom

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health

  • Amid continued progress, trachoma elimination programmes set their sights on 2030

    Almost two decades of global work has drastically reduced the number of people at risk of blindness from trachoma from 1.5 billion in 2002 to under 137 million in May 2020 – a 91% decrease. Also in 2002, there were an estimated 7.6 million people with trachomatous trichiasis (TT); by May 2020, this figure had dropped by 74% to 2 million. The 2020 figures represent decreases of 4% and 20%, respectively, since the corresponding 2019 estimates.

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    Regions: China, Iran , Nepal

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Global Women's Issues

  • New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response

    Launching today, the COVID-19 Law Lab initiative gathers and shares legal documents from over 190 countries across the world to help states establish and implement strong legal frameworks to manage the pandemic. The goal is to ensure that laws protect the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities and that they adhere to international human rights standards.

    The new Lab (at www.COVIDLawLab.org) is a joint project of United Nations D

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    Regions: United Kingdom

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Independent evaluation of global COVID-19 response announced

    WHO Director-General today announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    In remarks to WHO Member States, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Panel will be co-chaired by former Prime Minister of New Zea

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    Regions: Liberia , New Zealand

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • First UN solidarity flight departs Addis Ababa carrying vital COVID-19 medical supplies to all African nations

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    Regions: United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Environmental Health Practitioners

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    Regions: China

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Statement of the Twenty-Fourth IHR Emergency Committee

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Angola , Chad , China, Ghana , Indonesia , Iran , Kenya , Malaysia , Mozambique , Pakistan , Somalia , United Kingdom

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations

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    Regions: China

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations

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    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • COVID-19: Resources for Households ' CDC

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    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

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