The United Nations Network on Migration is committed to supporting all partners in pursuit of the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, recognizing that this cooperative framework provides an invaluable tool for ensuring inclusive, collective responses to COVI...D-19 and its impact.
To that end, this briefing is part of a series by the Network looking at different aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and how they relate to migrants and their communities. The document provides practical guidance to States and other stakeholders for an improved common understanding of safe and inclusive access to services for migrants. The brief makes the case for enhanced access to services for migrants in the context of COVID-19 preparedness, prevention, and response – and beyond.
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                                                                Disability. Assessment among Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                A “catastrophic” combination of drought and communities’ declining resilience has left an estimated 2.3 million people facing severe acute food insecurity – up from an estimate of 1.7 million people a month ago.
Communities across southern Africa have been affected by drought since late 2...018.
This year, large parts of southern and western Zambia received their lowest seasonal rainfall totals since at least 1981, the base year from which normal rainfall is benchmarked. At the same time, northern and eastern parts of the country were affected by flash floods and waterlogging, resulting in poor harvests.
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                                                                The publication of the Second Edition of the Emergency Drug Guidelines represents the culmination of the efforts of the National Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (NDTC) to publish clinical drug guidelines for common diseases seen in Fiji. These guidelines are targeted for health care professionals w...orking at hospitals and at the primary health care settings. It sets the gold standard for the use of drugs in the treatment of emergency medical conditions in Fiji. The guidelines have taken into account the drugs available in the Fiji Essential Medicines Formulary (EMF), 2006 Edition, in recommending treatment approaches. All recommended therapies are either evidencebased or universally accepted standards
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                                                                World Health Organization. (2021). Minimum technical standards and recommendations for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care for emergency medical teams. World Health Organization.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                The  second  edition  of  the  joint  WHO,  WIPO  and  WTO  
publication  “Promoting  Access  to  Medical  Technologies  
and Innovation: Intersections between public health, 
intellectual  property  and  trade”  (the  Trilateral  Study),*  
published in 2020, included a special insert mappi...ng the 
challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in relation 
to the integrated health, trade and IP policy framework set 
out in the study. The Trilateral Study and the special insert 
were designed to serve as background reference for policy-
makers  in  the  widest  sense  –  lawmakers,  government  
officials,  delegates  to  international  organizations,  non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) and researchers 
who seek a comprehensive presentation of the full range 
of  issues,  including  institutions  and  legal  concepts  with  
which they may be unfamiliar. It is also designed to serve 
as a factual resource for the three organizations’ technical 
cooperation activities.
This  update  revises  the  information  contained  in  that  
insert  in  the  light  of  more  recent  developments  as  of  
30 August 2021. Further updates will be made to reflect 
subsequent developments.
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                                                                Over the last decade, there have been numerous disasters and major emergencies that have profoundly impacted the lives of millions of people worldwide. To support these crises, national and international emergency medical teams (EMTs) are often deployed to assist disaster affected populations. EMTs ...are teams of healthcare professionals composed most frequently of doctors, nurses, psychologists and others to provide direct clinical care to people affected by disasters and conflicts and to support local health systems. In agreement with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Health Emergency Health Workforce programme, any health professional coming from another country to practice health care in a disaster setting must be part of a team that is qualified, trained, equipped, resourced, and meets minimum acceptable standards to practice.
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                                                                Available in English, French, Portuguese and Arabic
Successful  immunization  of  a  critical  mass  of  the  African  population  with one or several safe and efficacious COVID-19 vaccines.Key objectives1.  Accelerate  African  involvement  in  the  clinical  development  of  a  vaccine. 2.  Ensur...e  African  countries  can  access  a  sufficient  share  of  the  global vaccine supply.3.  Remove  barriers  to  widespread  delivery  and  uptake  of  effective  vaccines across Africa.
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                                                                How to address the global crisis in antibiotic research and development.
The report includes a comprehensive summary and critical evaluation of recent initiatives to overcome the barriers to achieve sustainable access to antibiotics. As antibiotic resistance will continue to develop as long as we  ...depend on these medicines to treat bacterial infections, a continuous supply of new effective antibiotics is needed. The report identifies five key challenges that must be solved in order to achieve sustainable access for all, and charts out options for governmental action in response to each of them.
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                                                                Nearly 260 000 people died in parts of Somalia between October 2010 and April 2012, including
133 000 children under five during the famine and food crisis in Somalia making it the worst famine in history.
A study commissioned and funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Natio...n’s food security and nutrition analysis unit for Somalia stated that the famine early warning systems clearly identified the risk of famine in South Central Somalia in 2010–2011 but timely action to prevent the onset of famine was not taken. The result was large scale
mortality, morbidity and population displacement.
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