Nepal is the world’s third most polluted country. Air pollution shortens average Nepalese life expectancy by 4.1 years, relative to what it would be if the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline of 5 μg/m3 was met.1 The highest concentrations of air pollution are observed in Nepal’s southwes...tern districts, which share their borders with the highly-polluted Indo-Gangetic Plain of India. Here, residents stand to lose nearly 7 years of life expectancy.
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Chikungunya: WHO fact sheet on Chikungunya providing key facts and information on scope of the problem, who is at risk, prevention, WHO response.
According to the previous NHSSP 2014 - 2020, the long-term health sector objective is “the provision of adequate, effective and affordable health care for all Gambians.” The overall ob-jective for the previous plan 2014-20 was “to reduce inequalities in health care services and reverse the dow...nward trend in health-related outcome indicators.”
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Economic conditions in Syria are projected to continue to be mired by prolonged armed conflict, turmoil in Lebanon and Turkey, COVID-19, and the war in Ukraine. Subject to extraordinarily high uncertainty, we project that Syria’s real GDP will contract by 2.6 percent in 2022 (to US$ 15.5 billion i...n constant 2015 prices) after declining by 2.1 percent in 2021. Risks to the growth outlook are significant and tilted to the downside.
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World Report on the risk of cholera outbreak in Syria due to deteriorated drinking water systems as side effect of war.
Published:September 24, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01836-0
The document focuses on providing access to clean water and educating people about cholera, including its causes, symptoms, and prevention. It discusses the impact of cholera outbreaks, particularly in the Middle East, and highlights the importance of sanitation, hygiene, and proper water treatment ...to prevent the spread of the disease. The text also emphasizes the need for public awareness campaigns and emergency response efforts to mitigate cholera’s effects on vulnerable communities.
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