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The role of police enforcement in public health emergencies The COVID-19 pandemic, which has lasted for nearly 3 years, has killed millions of people worldwide. Globally, during this public health emergency of international concern, the police have played an important role in maintaining social stability and preventing the crisis from further escalating during lockdowns.1 They also partnered with local centres for disease control and prevention (CDC) to track citizens’ information to prevent the virus from spreading and conducted crisis communication to keep people away from misinformation. The Lancet

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Study: The role of police enforcement in public health emergencies

Tue, 2023-04-04 04:06 — mike kraft

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The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather. The nation's weather chief and other experts say the U.S. gets hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on Earth. Those include tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, blizzards and the like. The reason is geography. Two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, mountains, the jet stream and jutting peninsulas all combine to brew up severe storms. But nasty weather by itself isn't a disaster. What makes nature's bad hand a disaster is humans.

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Analysis: Why The US leads the world in weather catastrophes

Mon, 2023-04-03 21:57 — mike kraft

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Second high-level interregional meeting on the health of refugees and migrants Amid the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in the Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye over a month ago, as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine now past its one-year mark, 3 WHO regional offices this week brought together governments, civil society and health partners in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the second high-level meeting on the health of refugees and migrants – a timely gathering to ensure that refugees and migrants have access to health care across the migration route during emergencies and beyond. Hosted by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, along with WHO’s African and European regions, with support from WHO’s Health and Migration Programme, the objective of this meeting is to move forward the implementation of strategic priorities agreed at last year’s high-level meeting on refugee and migrant health in Türkiye, through i

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Second high-level interregional meeting on the health of refugees and migrants

Tue, 2023-03-21 12:18 — FNUOvviyaa

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Five cities recognized for public health achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit Partnership for Healthy Cities award recipients include Montevideo, Uruguay for food policy; Mexico City, Mexico for road safety; Vancouver, Canada for surveillance; Athens, Greece for overdose prevention, and Bengaluru, India for tobacco control.The first-of-its-kind Summit was convened in London by Bloomberg Philanthropies, World Health Organization, Vital Strategies, and Mayor Sadiq Khan of London.Today, during the inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in London, five global cities were recognized for their achievements in preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries.

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Five cities recognized for public health achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit

Sun, 2023-03-19 12:48 — FNUOvviyaa

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All countries 'dangerously unprepared' for future pandemics, says IFRC The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) say in a report published on Monday, calling on countries to update their preparedness plans by year-end. Reuters Reuters

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All countries 'dangerously unprepared' for future pandemics, warns IFRC

Mon, 2023-01-30 21:15 — mike kraft

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As climate warms, a China planner advocates "sponge cities" BEIJING (AP) — To cushion the impact of extreme weather due to climate change, a Chinese landscape architect has been making the case for China and other countries to create so-called “sponge cities.” AP NEWS

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A Chinese landscape architect advocates "sponge cities" to help counter climate change and flooding.

Thu, 2022-11-24 01:54 — mike kraft

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Explainer: How the World Health Organization might fight future pandemics Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics are underway at the World Health Organization (WHO), with a target date of May 2024 for a legally binding agreement to be adopted by the U.N. health agency's 194 member countries. Emma Farge Reuters

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Efforts to improve how the World Health Organization might fight future pandemics

Fri, 2022-11-18 22:11 — mike kraft

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The eco-friendly homes that didn’t lose power after Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico Story at a glance Thousands of people in Puerto Rico are still without electricity and clean water after Hurricane Fiona struck the island on Sunday. The hurricane reached the island’s … Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech The Hill

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Puerto Rico: The eco-friendly homes that didn’t lose power after Hurricane Fiona

Thu, 2022-09-22 21:45 — mike kraft

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GAVI financing to allow for immediate funds for next pandemic Global vaccine alliance GAVI has set up financial instruments that will allow the group to immediately access pledged donor funding if it needs to buy vaccines for future pandemics, Chief Executive Seth Berkley told Reuters. Michael Erman Reuters

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GAVI financing to allow for immediate funds to counter next pandemic

Tue, 2022-09-20 20:38 — mike kraft

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