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Displaying 75 of about 308 resultsIndigenous people living in reserves not yet formally recognized by Brazil's government say they do not feel part of the country's indigenous "priority" vaccination push.
Indigenous leaders say communities are not getting priority vaccines
Doctors worry about excluding urban indigenous people from priority shots
Indigenous COVID-19 deaths significa…
By Robert Muggah, Lecturer, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and Richard Florida, Professor, University of Toronto
Having ravaged some of the world’s wealthiest cities, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading into the megacities of developing countries. Sprawling urban areas in Brazil, Nigeria and Ba…
By Daniel Tregidgo, Luke Parry and Patricia Carignano Torres
To slow the spread of COVID-19, a third of the global population is in lockdown. While major cities are swamped with cases, isolated ocean islands are among the last places on the planet free from the disease. Isolation, it seems, helps during a pandemic.
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This report shares inspiring stories of epidemics that didn’t happen, or whose impact was lessened, because of careful planning and swift strategic action. These epidemics that didn’t happen show us how the trajectory of an epidemic can be fundamentally altered when a country invests in and prioritizes preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks and r…
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This paper captures, identifies , and describes the patterns of longitudinal risk communication from public health communicating agencies on Twitter during the first 60 days of the response to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. They collected 138,546 tweets from 696 targeted accounts from February 1 to March 31,2020, employing…
This factsheet presents findings from an analysis of 14 Latin American countries (Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay) to document their National Public Investment Systems' (SNIP) response to the pandemic, as well as to draw recommendations and les…
Dust from all over the world is landing in the Sierra Nevada mountains carrying microbes that are toxic to both plants and humans.
Research from UC Riverside shows higher concentrations of the dust are landing at lower elevations, where people are more likely to be hiking.
“Pathogenic dust is becoming more of a threat as the Earth gets drier and…
This paper summarises the Argonne National Laboratory research team’s efforts in conducting these assessments to support local public health interventions in the City of Chicago, and the potential applications for communities throughout the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented extraordinary challenges to every community across the globe. Yet…
Background
The annual Cross Border Workshop is designed to address emerging public health threats, including pandemic influenza preparedness and tracking infectious disease. The theme for the 2012 workshop is “Seismic Events: Health Impacts, Consequences and Preparedness” where the emphasis is on cross border collaboration and cooperative approaches. T…
From 13-26 June 2010, 30-40 young scholars will be convened to the Institute for an the 'Climate change and its impacts: resilience and adaptation to changes in precipitation' to take place at Brown University.
This Institute will focus on changes in the amount and variability of precipitation that will occur globally in coming decades. Major themes…
This webinar will explore whether community resilience established during COVID-19 can be a new local and national resilience capability.
During COVID-19 communities around the globe have proved to be an invaluable resilience capability. We have witnessed community responses on a scale and diversity that was previously unthinkable with invisible acts o…
Avoidable Deaths Network is holding a global webinar on the topic of Disaster Risk Governance, on 12 October 2020, the eve of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. This webinar will last 2 hours and 45 minutes and will start at 12:00 PM, Monday, 12 October (GMT+1).
Speakers from UNDP, African Union, International Planned Parenth…
This webinar marks the 1st anniversary of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, launched at the UN Climate Summit in September 2019 by the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. It will explore the implications of COVID-19 for building resilient infrastructure and the key learnings that can be applied in the future.
The Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction Network, the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization cordially invite you to a webinar on indigenous communities and Disaster Risk Reduction.
Panellists
Dr Ciro Ugarte, Pan American Health Organization
Jessica Leston, MPH, MD, Clinical Programs Director, Northwest Portl…