As of 12June 2020, there are 667confirmed COVID-19 casesin the OPT (565 of which are recovered cases), and 48% of which (320 cases) are in East Jerusalem and its suburbs. Additionally, there have been 5 reported COVID-19 deaths (1 in the West Bank, 1 in Gaza and 3 in East Jerusalem)
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Every five minutes a child dies as the result of violence, according to a ground-breaking report from Unicef UK. The report reveals that the vast majority of children are killed outside warzones and that physical, sexual and emotional abuse is widespread with millions of children unsafe in their hom...es, schools and communities. Some 345 children could die from violence each day in the next year, unless governments act.
The report also finds that:
(1) Children who are victims of violence have brain activity similar to soldiers exposed to combat;
(2) A third of children who are victims of violence are likely to develop long-lasting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder;
(3) Those living in poverty are more likely to be victims of violence, wherever they live in the world;
(4) Over 7% of child deaths due to violence each day are the result of interpersonal violence, rather than conflict.
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                                                                Department of Behavioural Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria 
Global Mental Health (2015), 2, e5, page 1 of 12. doi:10.1017/gmh.2015.8; 
Received 29 January 2015; Revised 8 April 2015; Accepted 15 April 2015
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                The focus of the current quarterly edition of Eurohealth (from the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies) is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and contains the following articles:
•       Strengthening implementation of AMR national action plans
•       Fostering clinical developmen...t and commercialisation of novel antibiotics
•       Tackling AMR in the community
•       Quantifying the benefits of vaccines in combating AMR
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                                                                Global AIDS Update 2018
Closing Gaps
Breaking Barriers
Righting injustices
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Mapping Report - Catalonia (Spain).
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2014, 3:42
http://www.idpjournal.com/content/3/1/42
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a global and gendered crisis that is compounding existing inequalities and disproportionately affecting girls and women. Emerging evidence from the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 shows school closures, disruptions in essential services and rising... poverty contributed to girls’ increased risk of female genital mutilation (FGM). School closures limited the monitoring and reporting of cases of FGM. Rising household monetary poverty may have contributed to families adopting negative coping mechanisms, including having girls undergo FGM as a precursor to marriage to reduce household costs. A report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates 2 million additional cases of FGM by 2030 due to the pandemic.
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                                                                The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health recognises that climate change 
is an existential threat to the health and wellbeing of children and young people. 
In October 2020, we joined national health and academic alliances to declare 
climate change an emergency requiring accelerated col...laborative actions. This 
position statement summarises our recommendations and activity about 
mitigation and adaptation against the impact of climate change on children and 
young people around the world.
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