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Urban Transport and Health

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

Findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this document are based on infor- mation gathered by GIZ and its consultants, partners and contributors from reliable sources.

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Influencing food environments for healthy diets

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2016) C2

Food environments are usually defined as the settings with all the different types of food made available and accessible to people as they go about their daily lives. That is, the range of food in supermarkets, small retail outlets, wet markets, street food stalls, coffee shops, tea houses, s...chool canteens, restaurants, and all the other venues where people buy and eat food. These environments differ enormously depending on the context. They can be extensive and diverse, with a seemingly endless array of options and price ranges, or they can be sparse, with very few options on offer. Because they determine what food consumers can access at a given moment in time, at what price, and with what degree of convenience, food environments both constrain and prompt the consumer’s choice.Food environments are influenced by the food systems which supply them, and vice versa. Food systems encompass the entire range of activities, people and institutions involved in the production, processing, marketing, consumption and disposal of food (FAO, 2013). They include but are not limited to food supply chains. Making food systems nutrition-sensitive can contribute to addressing all forms of malnutrition, as food systems determine whether the food needed for good nutrition are available, affordable, acceptable and of adequate quantity and quality. How closely food systems and food environments are interrelated and interdependent, and the degree to which external factors affect nutrition outcomes, varies from setting to setting.Many of today’s food systems and food environments are challenged in supporting consumer choices that are consistent with healthy diets and good nutrition. Consumers are not making choices based on nutrition and health, and poor diet is now the number one risk factor for death and disability worldwide (GBD, 2015). Food systems that do not enable healthy diets are increasingly recognized as an underlying cause of malnutrition (GLOPAN, 2016), and malnutrition, irrespective of form, has a huge cost. Economic costs associated with undernutrition are estimated at $1-2 trillion per year, about 2-3% of global GDP (FAO, 2013); the global economic cost of obesity and associated diet-related non-communicable diseases is estimated at $2 trillion per year, about 2.8% of global GDP (McKinsey, 2014). Influencing food environments for promoting healthy diets is an emerging strategy to address today’s nutrition challenges. more

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Global Report on Food Crises: Joint Analysis for Better Decisions, September 2021 Update

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO; ECHO (2021) C2

English Analysis on World and 9 other countries about Food and Nutrition, Drought and Other; published on 13 Oct 2021 by ECHO, FAO and 3 other organizations

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Ecosystem services and agriculture: tradeoffs and synergies

The Royal Society Publishing (2010) C2

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B (2010) 365, 2959–2971; doi:10.1098/rstb.2010.0143. Agricultural ecosystems provide humans with food, forage, bioenergy and pharmaceuticals and are essential to human wellbeing. These systems rely on ecosystem services provided by natural ecosystems, including pollination, b... more

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What near-term climate impacts should worry us most?

Quiggin D., et al. Environment and Society Programme (2021) C2

What near-term climate impacts should worry us most? Supporting the most exposed and vulnerable societies to reduce regional and global climate risks

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Interconnected Disaster Risks

United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (2021) C2

Interconnected Disaster Risks is a new science-based report for the general public from United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security. It was first published in 2021, and is set to become an annual report.

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Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2021

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2021) C2

Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Cadre conceptuel scientifique pour la neutralité de la dégradation des terres. Un rapport de l'interface science-politique

Nations Unies (2017) CC

Le cadre conceptuel scientifique pour la neutralité de la dégradation des terres (LDN) fournit une base scientifique pour comprendre, mettre en œuvre et surveiller la LDN. Il a été conçu pour créer un pont entre la vision et la mise en œuvre pratique de la NCD, en définissant la NCD en term... more

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Ne polluez pas mon avenir ! L'impact environnemental sur la santé infantile

World Health Organisation WHO (2017) C_WHO

En 2015, 5,9 millions d'enfants de moins de cinq ans sont décédés (1). Les principales causes de mortalité infantile dans le monde sont la pneumonie, la prématurité, les complications durant l'accouchement, la septicémie néonatale, les anomalies congénitales, la diarrhée, les tra... more

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Heatwaves: A Guide for Health-based Actions

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2021) C_WHO

This publication presents a comprehensive methodology to support the Member States of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in preparing for and responding to heat-health risks in the Region of the Americas. It builds on World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization globa... more

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Consolidated Multilateral COVID-19 Socio-Economic Response & Recovery Offer for Uzbekistan

Asian Development Bank; et al. (2020) C1

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Greenhouse Gases from Agriculture

Zaman, M.; K. Kleineidam, L.Bakken, et al. (2021) CC

M. Zaman et al. (eds.), Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation Options using Nuclear and Related Techniques, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55396-8_

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Fed to Fail: The crisis of children's diets in early life - 2021 Child Nutrition Report

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF

Arabic Analysis on World about Food and Nutrition; published on 22 Sep 2021 by UNICEF. Available in different languages

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Health effects of particulate matter

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2013) C_WHO

This paper summarizes the evidence about the health effects of air pollution from particulate matter and their implications for policy-makers, with the aim of stimulating the development of more effective strategies to reduce air pollution and its health effects in the countries of eastern Europe,... more

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Ensuring health security in the African region - Emergency preparedness and response flagship programmes

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), in accordance with recommendations from various WHO committees, has developed three flagship programmes to support Member States in the African region to prepare for, detect and respond to public health emergencies. They are the re... more

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Post-Disaster Needs Assessment Guidelines. Vol. B Social Sectors-Health

World Health Organization; EU; GFDRR; et al. (2014)

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Guidelines for Integrating Nutrition into Agriculture Enterprise Mixes in Uganda

Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Fanta project (2016) C1

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WFP Nutrition Policy - Summary

World Food Programme (WFP) (2017) C1

Building on the successes and learnings of the 2012 Nutrition Policy, the new Nutrition Policy of the World Food Programme (WFP) reaffirms the organization’s commitment to addressing malnutrition as a primary channel to reach Zero Hunger. The new policy aims to contribute to the elimination of all... more

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Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

Healthy communities rely on well-functioning ecosystems. They provide clean air, fresh water, medicines and food security. They also limit disease and stabilize the climate. But biodiversity loss is happening at unprecedented rates, impacting human health worldwide, according to a new state of knowl... more

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WHO strategic action and resource requirements to end the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

WHO has a unique combination of technical public health and scientific expertise, and a global operational footprint, with field offices in more than 150 countries. In 2020, this global, technical, and operational reach meant WHO was able to support countries around the world in every aspect of COVI... more