Agriculture is highly exposed to climate change, as farming activities directly depend on climatic conditions. Agriculture also contributes to climate change through the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Two powerful greenhouse gases are by-products of agricultural activity:
Methan...e (CH4) – from livestock digestion processes and stored animal manure;
Nitrous oxide (N2O) – from organic and mineral nitrogen fertilisers.
However, agriculture can also contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and by sequestering carbon while maintaining food production.
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                                                                Post-traumatic symptoms in Ghanaian children. Thesis for Master of Philosophy in Peace and Conflict Studies (PECOS). This study investigated whether Ghanaian children exposed to low intensity warfare experience symptoms of PTSD as described in the DSM-IV. It also aimed to find out if there are cultu...rally-specific ways of displaying the symptoms and in dealing with the trauma. 
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                                                                Briefing Note no. 80 November 2015
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Available in Russian
A detailed overview is provided of the implementation of alcohol policies described in the 10 action areas of the European Action Plan to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol 2012–2020 (EAPA), including the current status of implementation of the five action areas of the WHO-led... SAFER initiative:
    Strengthen restrictions on alcohol availability;
    Advance and enforce drink–driving countermeasures;
    Facilitate access to screening, brief interventions and treatment;
    Enforce bans or comprehensive restrictions on alcohol advertising, sponsorship and promotion; and
    Raise prices on alcohol through excise taxes and pricing policies.
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                                                                NSW Disaster Mental Health Handbook 5
The Disaster Mental Health Manual and associated handbooks are intended as a resource for mental health staff who are seeking background information and practical guidance and resources to assist in a disaster mental health response. 
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Literature Review on TB Control in Prisons 11/18/2008
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Guía para la rehabilitación basada en la comunidad (RBC)
En el 2003, una Consulta Internacional para Revisar a Rehabilitación Basada en la Comunidad, celebrada en Helsinki, hizo un número de recomendaciones. Seguidamente, la rehabilitación basada en la comunidad se volvió a posicionar con una... propuesta de posición conjunta de la OIT, UNESCO y OMS, como una estrategia dentro del desarrollo comunal general para la rehabilitación, la equiparación de oportunidades, la reducción de la pobreza y la inclusión social de las personas con discapacidad.
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                                                                The WHO Global research agenda on health, migration and displacement identified the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate change as one of the most pressing, yet under-researched, topics.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                For humanitarian organisations to respond effectively to complex crises, they require access to up-to-date evidence-based guidance. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of updating global guidance to context-specific and evolving needs in humanitarian settings. Our study aimed to under...stand the use of evidence-based guidance in humanitarian responses during COVID-19. Primary data collected during the rapidly evolving pandemic sheds new light on evidence-use processes in humanitarian response.
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                                                                Why a 4°C warmer world must be avoided
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Available in: English, French, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Thai, Korean, Tajik, Vietnamese, Uzbek
http://www.who.int/disabilities/cbr/guidelines/en/
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Le présent  document  est  une  mise  à  jour  du  document  d’information  scientifique  publié  le  29  mars  2020  intitulé  Modes  of  transmission of virus causing COVID-19: implications for infection prevention and control (IPC) precaution recommendations et comprend  les  nouvelles  don...nées  scientifiques  disponibles  sur  la  transmission  du  SARS-COV-2,  le  virus  responsable  de  la  COVID-19.
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                                                                In Deutschland leben ca. 200.000 Geflüchtete in Aufnahmeeinrichtungen und Gemeinschaftsunterkünften (Stand:31.12.2018). Massnahmen der physischen Distanzierung sind in der Sammelunterbringung für Geflüchtete meist nicht oder nur bedingt umsetzbar: Beengte Verhältnisse, Mehrbettzimmer und gemein...schaftliche Nutzung von Küchen und Sanitäranlagen stellen Kontexte dar, die eine Ausbreitung von Infektionserkrankungen begünstigen. Zunehmend werden in diesen Settings Infektionen mit dem neuartigen Coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) bekannt. Die Ansätze zu Prävention und Management von SARS‐CoV‐2 sind regional unterschiedlich, Vorgaben fehlen bisher auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene. So werden vielerorts Aufnahmeeinrichtungen und Gemeinschaftsunterkünfte beim Auftreten einer SARS‐CoV‐2‐Infektion unter Geflüchteten kollektiv unter Quarantäne gestellt.
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                                                                recommandations à l’intention des agents de santé
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Доклад ВОЗ о глобальной табачной эпидемии, 2009 год: Создание среды, свободной от табачного дыма, – второй из серии докладов ВОЗ, в которых определяется состояние таб...ачной эпидемии и оценивается эффективность мер, принимаемых с целью положить ей конец.
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                                                                Scientific Brief 9 July 2020