On average across 34 countries, more than half of all adults surveyed (56%) say climate change has already had a severe effect in the area where they live. More than seven in ten (71%), including a majority in every single country, expect climate change will have a severe effect in their area over t...he next 10 years. One-third (35%) expect to be displaced from their home as a result of climate change in the next 25 years.
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En este apartado se presentan a modo de resumen las principales
conclusiones de este estudio realizado a 360 empresas paraguayas sobre el
impacto económico de la crisis provocada por la COVID-19.
Impacto del coronavirus en las familias paraguayas
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted the informal women workers due to lockdowns, curfews, school closures, and all other containment measures- most of which missed the feminist lens in their formulation, enforcement, and reporting. All recovery efforts, therefore, ought to delibera...tely consider the informal sector.
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The NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) conducts research to improve observations, understanding, modeling and predictions of weather, water and climate extremes, and their related impacts.
В системі соціального захисту України спостерігається складна ситуація, яка пов’язана із необхідністю надати допомоги внутрішньо переміщеним особам (ВПО) та одн...часно забезпечувати виплату інших видів соціальної допомоги та пенсій. Повномасштабне вторгнення в країну призвело до масової втрати робочих місць. За даними Міжнародної організації праці, близько 44 відсотків робочих місць можуть бути втрачені, в той час як, згідно із статистичними даними, дохід від заробітної плати в країні становить 60 відсотків від доходу домогосподарств.
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The main finding is that health services have been partially or completely disrupted in many countries. More than half (53%) of the countries surveyed have partially or completely disrupted services for hypertension treatment; 49% for treatment for diabetes and diabetes-related complications; 42% fo...r cancer treatment, and 31% for cardiovascular emergencies.
Rehabilitation services have been disrupted in almost two-thirds (63%) of countries, even though rehabilitation is key to a healthy recovery following severe illness from COVID-19.
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Die Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN) ist eine internationale gemeinnützige Organisation mit dem Ziel, ernährungsbedingte Todesfälle weltweit zu eliminieren. Indem wir Ernährung zu einem zentralen Bestandteil der Gesundheitsversorgung machen und Gesundheitsfachkräfte in die Bemühungen... um eine gesunde und nachhaltige Ernährungsumgebung einbeziehen, treiben wir die Ernährungsumstellung voran, die zur Eindämmung der drei größten globalen Gesundheitskrisen – chronische Erkrankungen, Klimawandel und steigendes Pandemierisiko – erforderlich ist. Erfahren Sie im Folgenden mehr über unsere Arbeit.
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On November 9, the Russian military announced a full retreat of all their forces from the right bank of Dnipro River; by November 11, 41 settlements, including Kherson city, were de-occupied by Ukrainian forces. Civilians who live in these areas have endured months of combat and occupation. Services... have been interrupted or severely disrupted due to damage or destruction of facilities and infrastructure through combat actions, looting of the majority of the valuable assets by the retreating Russian troops, and dispersion of the people rendering said services.
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The brief concludes that sustaining the continuity of EHS requires policies that ensure a whole-society and systems strengthening approach. This involves increased health care investment, community engagement, disease control regulations, and multisector approaches to improve resilience, EHS quality..., and equity.
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January 2021. Save the Children urges governments and donors to take five urgent steps to ensure that children who were in school prior to COVID-19 closures can safely return:
Financial support for the world’s poorest families, so they can send their children to school and keep them healthy;
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Catch-up classes for students who re-enter the formal education system;
Water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools, to make them COVID-19 safe for students, teachers and their families;
National back to school communications campaigns to inform communities that it is safe for children to return;
Effective training for teachers to keep everyone safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Guidance | Preparedness - Response and early recovery - Recovery and reconstruction
According to the Report, cascading and interlinked crises are putting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in grave danger, along with humanity’s very own survival. The Report highlights the severity and magnitude of the challenges before us. The confluence of crises, dominated by COVID-19,... climate change, and conflicts, are creating spin-off impacts on food and nutrition, health, education, the environment, and peace and security, and affecting all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Report details the reversal of years of progress in eradicating poverty and hunger, improving health and education, providing basic services, and much more. It also points out areas that need urgent action in order to rescue the SDGs and deliver meaningful progress for people and the planet by 2030.
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Updated March 2018 | Accessed Online March 2018