Advocacy report March 2011
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New and updated information.
Adverse health effects of hot weather and heat-waves are largely preventable. Prevention requires a portfolio of actions at different levels:from health system preparedness, coordinated with meteorological early warning systems, to timely public ... and medical advice andimprovements to housing and urban planning. This publication offers detailed information for various target audiences, and on medicaladvice and treatment practices
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A collaborative project of World Health Organization and
Lifting The Burden
A step towards implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) related to personal mobility.