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United Nations (2022) C2

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

Tags: processes, SDGs, monitoring, rights, healthy lifestyle, education, poverty, hunger, water, COVID-19, Impact, Climate Change, conflict,

Source: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2022/

Antimicrobials supplied in community pharmacies in eastern Europe and central Asia in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC

During the COVID-19 health crisis, community pharmacists had an enhanced role in supporting health-care systems that were overburdened by managing seriously ill patients. This study was undertaken to determine the patterns of community supply of antiviral and antibacterial agents from community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected countries in eastern Europe and central Asia. Nine countries – Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – participated in this cross-sectional study

Tags: COVID-19, antimicrobial drugs, eastern europe, central asia, pharmacy,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

How to finance sustainable development: Recovery from the effects of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

UN United Nations (2022) C1

Global asymmetries influence policies for recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nearly 30 years after the Earth Summit and the global adoption of an international development agenda, in practical terms the environmental pillar of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has not been taken into consideration in recovery policies in the region. This has created major problems in terms of the medium- and long-term direction of regional economies

Tags: socio-economic impact, covid-9, Latin America, recovery,

Source: https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

A comprehensive view of global deaths directly and indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The monitoring of excess mortality provides us with a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of COVID-19 beyond the number of COVID-19 deaths reported by countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) is tracking global excess mortality as the pandemic evolves over time to reveal a picture of its full impact and burden on countries, health systems and individuals

Tags: resource platform, online, excess mortality, COVID-19, Impact, health systems,

Source: https://www.who.int/data/stories/global-

Consolidated report of country success stories in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB services

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

20 April 2022. The response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to adversely affect essential TB services in many countries. A first report of case studies was published in 2021 comprising 23 examples of innovative interventions implemented by countries to effectively respond to disruptions of TB services caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This second, consolidated report incorporates new case studies, as well as updates to previously reported case studie

Tags: covid-9, Impact, Mitigation, TB treatment, TB care services,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

Amnesty International (2022) C1

mnesty International’s annual report on the state of the world’s human rights in 2021, published in March 2022, shows that promises to “build back better” after the Covid-19 pandemic were little more than lip service. Hopes of global cooperation withered in the face of vaccine hoarding and corporate greed. Governments suppressed independent and critical voices, with some even using the pandemic as a pretext to shrink further the civic space. New and unresolved conflicts erupted or persisted. Those forced to flee were subjected to a litany of abuses, including pushbacks by countries in the Global North. But hopes for a better post-pandemic world were kept alive by courageous individuals, social movements and civil society organizations. The report is available in different language

Tags: Human rights, Impact, COVID-19, violence, Sexual Violence, inequalities, Migration, Refugees, pushbacks,

Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/resear

Preparing for and responding to global health emergencies

Cochrane Convenes (2022) C1

Learnings from the COVID-19 evidence response and recommendations for the future. Reflections and recommendations from the evidence synthesis community.

Tags: COVID-19, Lessons learned, preparedness, outbreak response,

Source: https://convenes.cochrane.org/sites/conv

Pandemic and Poverty: COVID-19 Impact on the World’s Poor

World Relief (2022) CC

World Relief published a new report revealing the immense impact of COVID-19 on the world's poor. This report is one of the most comprehensive of its kind, corresponding to the two-year anniversary of when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic

Tags: poverty, Impact, socio-economic impact, COVID-19, Women, Children, Food Security, Agriculture,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21

OVID-19 Excess Mortality Collaborators (2022) CC

Mortality statistics are fundamental to public health decision making. Mortality varies by time and location, and its measurement is affected by well known biases that have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims to estimate excess mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic in 191 countries and territories, and 252 subnational units for selected countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Dec 31, 2021. The Lancet. 10 March 2022. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02796-3

Tags: mortality, excess mortality, COVID-19,

Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lance

WHO’s Science in 5 Episode #65: Medical Waste

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Are you aware of the medical waste generated during the pandemic? How does it impact your health and what can you do to reduce it? WHO’s Dr Margaret Montgomery explains in Science in 5.

Tags: waste, Waste management, COVID-19,

Source: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases

	The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 NEW United Nations (2022) C2 View PDF(21) Download (31) Add to my MEDBOX 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 Tags: processes, SDGs, monitoring, rights, healthy lifestyle, education, poverty, hunger, water, COVID-19, Impact, Climate Change, conflict, Source: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2022/
	Antimicrobials supplied in community pharmacies in eastern Europe and central Asia in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC View PDF(5) Download (5) Add to my MEDBOX During the COVID-19 health crisis, community pharmacists had an enhanced role in supporting health-care systems that were overburdened by managing seriously ill patients. This study was undertaken to determine the patterns of community supply of antiviral and antibacterial agents from community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected countries in eastern Europe and central Asia. Nine countries – Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – participated in this cross-sectional study Tags: COVID-19, antimicrobial drugs, eastern europe, central asia, pharmacy, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	How to finance sustainable development: Recovery from the effects of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean UN United Nations (2022) C1 View PDF(4) Download (4) Add to my MEDBOX Global asymmetries influence policies for recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nearly 30 years after the Earth Summit and the global adoption of an international development agenda, in practical terms the environmental pillar of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has not been taken into consideration in recovery policies in the region. This has created major problems in terms of the medium- and long-term direction of regional economies Tags: socio-economic impact, covid-9, Latin America, recovery, Source: https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/
	Global excess deaths associated with COVID-19, January 2020 - December 2021 World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO Open external link (47) Add to my MEDBOX A comprehensive view of global deaths directly and indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The monitoring of excess mortality provides us with a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of COVID-19 beyond the number of COVID-19 deaths reported by countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) is tracking global excess mortality as the pandemic evolves over time to reveal a picture of its full impact and burden on countries, health systems and individuals Tags: resource platform, online, excess mortality, COVID-19, Impact, health systems, Source: https://www.who.int/data/stories/global-
	Consolidated report of country success stories in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB services World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(5) Download (5) Add to my MEDBOX 20 April 2022. The response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to adversely affect essential TB services in many countries. A first report of case studies was published in 2021 comprising 23 examples of innovative interventions implemented by countries to effectively respond to disruptions of TB services caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This second, consolidated report incorporates new case studies, as well as updates to previously reported case studie Tags: covid-9, Impact, Mitigation, TB treatment, TB care services, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The state of the world's human rights Amnesty International (2022) C1 Open external link (284) Add to my MEDBOX mnesty International’s annual report on the state of the world’s human rights in 2021, published in March 2022, shows that promises to “build back better” after the Covid-19 pandemic were little more than lip service. Hopes of global cooperation withered in the face of vaccine hoarding and corporate greed. Governments suppressed independent and critical voices, with some even using the pandemic as a pretext to shrink further the civic space. New and unresolved conflicts erupted or persisted. Those forced to flee were subjected to a litany of abuses, including pushbacks by countries in the Global North. But hopes for a better post-pandemic world were kept alive by courageous individuals, social movements and civil society organizations. The report is available in different language Tags: Human rights, Impact, COVID-19, violence, Sexual Violence, inequalities, Migration, Refugees, pushbacks, Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/resear
	Preparing for and responding to global health emergencies Cochrane Convenes (2022) C1 View PDF(13) Download (18) Add to my MEDBOX Learnings from the COVID-19 evidence response and recommendations for the future. Reflections and recommendations from the evidence synthesis community. Tags: COVID-19, Lessons learned, preparedness, outbreak response, Source: https://convenes.cochrane.org/sites/conv
	Pandemic and Poverty: COVID-19 Impact on the World’s Poor World Relief (2022) CC View PDF(14) Download (29) Add to my MEDBOX World Relief published a new report revealing the immense impact of COVID-19 on the world's poor. This report is one of the most comprehensive of its kind, corresponding to the two-year anniversary of when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic Tags: poverty, Impact, socio-economic impact, COVID-19, Women, Children, Food Security, Agriculture, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21 OVID-19 Excess Mortality Collaborators (2022) CC Open external link (132) Add to my MEDBOX Mortality statistics are fundamental to public health decision making. Mortality varies by time and location, and its measurement is affected by well known biases that have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims to estimate excess mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic in 191 countries and territories, and 252 subnational units for selected countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Dec 31, 2021. The Lancet. 10 March 2022. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02796-3 Tags: mortality, excess mortality, COVID-19, Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lance
	WHO’s Science in 5 Episode #65: Medical Waste World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO Open external link (112) Add to my MEDBOX Are you aware of the medical waste generated during the pandemic? How does it impact your health and what can you do to reduce it? WHO’s Dr Margaret Montgomery explains in Science in 5. Tags: waste, Waste management, COVID-19, Source: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases

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