The GTFCC Laboratory Support for Public Health Surveillance document provides guidelines on using DNA-based molecular techniques for identifying and monitoring Vibrio cholerae strains in cholera outbreaks. It highlights the importance of genetic sequencing for tracking transmission, detecting new va...riants, and improving outbreak response. The report explains methods like PCR testing, whole genome sequencing (WGS), and multiple loci VNTR analysis (MLVA), detailing their advantages and applications. It also outlines best practices for sample collection, storage, and transportation, emphasizing collaboration between national and international laboratories to enhance cholera surveillance and control efforts.
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В настоящей публикации представлен стратегический обзор ключевых сведений документа «Доклад о рынках наркотиков в ЕС 2016: глубокий анализ». В докладе собраны наши ...знания и выводы о функционировании и структуре рынка наркотиков в более широком контексте феномена запрещенных наркотиков в ЕС. Он основан на предыдущем издании доклада от 2013 года и развивает представленные в нем темы и концепции, глубже раскрывая эту динамичную и требующую разработки стратегической политики сферу. Сочетание знаний о преступных сообществах и опыта Европола с комплексным обзором ситуации с наркотиками со стороны EMCDDA позволяет отделить важные сигналы от случайных «помех».
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The BRACED Myanmar Alliance was a three-year project aiming to ‘build the resilience of 350,000 people across Myanmar to climate extremes’. The project worked in 7 states, 8 townships and 155 communities. The main impact for project populations was intended to be ‘improved well-being and reduc...ed loss and damage despite climate shocks’, and the project sought to do this by addressing immediate hazard-related needs at community level while encouraging longer-term solutions driven and delivered by communities and subnational and national government.
Community Resilience Assessments (CRAs) were the first activities delivered as part of the project, and the list of community-identified needs became the basis from which local-level project interventions were selected. The selection typically involved an infrastructure requirement (linked to addressing a natural hazard, and sometimes shared between communities); a package of livelihood support (assets and trainings); capacity-building on climate change/resilience topics; and village savings and loans association (VSLA) support. A particular emphasis was placed on women’s empowerment, and leadership trainings and support to women’s self-help groups were provided.
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Compiled by Tin Geber for HIVOS. London, March 2018
Scientific Brief 9 July 2020
Reporting period: January 2008-December 2010
Accessed: 29.09.2019