Most importantly, UNMEER’s integrated approach is a case study in the UN’s potential to work together toward greater integration and to deliver across its institutional divisions, or silos.
Tag: health and security
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Targeting the cultural and religious factors that contribute to Pakistan’s poor vaccination rates is a more complicated process than improving the security environment.
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Since 1988, polio cases have decreased by more than 99% from an estimated 350,000 cases to 27 cases in 2016 from just three countries.
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In May the UN Security Council adopted a wide-ranging resolution designed to protect health care in conflict. On September 28, under New Zealand’s leadership, it will have a briefing and consultation on the resolution, designated 2286, including consideration of the Secretary General’s extensive recommendations for its implementation.Although Resolution 2286 was a welcomed landmark, the upcoming […]
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Like climate change, antimicrobial resistance is a slow-burning crisis whose greatest impacts may not be felt for years to come.
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The success of the global campaign against Zika may now depend on how the US strategy evolves in response to its own domestic threat.
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In what was a major breakthrough by the ICRC, MSF, and other advocates of greater protection of health services during conflict, the United Nations Security Council on May 3 convened its second meeting on the protection of humanitarian workers, specifically looking at healthcare professionals and medical facilities.
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Annie Sparrow, Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine, discusses the challenges of providing healthcare in conflict zones.
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Ilona Kickbusch, Director of the Global Health Programme at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, discusses the need for a holistic approach to tackling global public health challenges.
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In experimental studies, researchers are harnessing high-resolution satellite imagery and geographic information systems (GIS) to map, measure, and control the spread of mosquitoes that may carry Zika, dengue fever, and other harmful diseases.