Report
18 Feb 2019
This briefing gives an overview of child protection in humanitarian action, including the global interagency minimum standards for child protection. It highlights the necessary actions and available tools to ensure child protection.
Report
25 Jan 2019
This final report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD) to consider the alignment of international cooperation with national NCD plans...
Report
25 Jan 2019
This final report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD) to recommend ways and means of encouraging Member States and non-State actors...
Report
07 Jan 2019
The purpose of this publication is to provide guidance on how to integrate NCDs into the UNDAF.1 The guidance is in line with the "WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020" and other relevant global, regional and nation...
Report
07 Jan 2019
This report examines critical issues in maternal and newborn health, underscoring the need to establish a comprehensice continuum of care for mothers, newborns and children.
Report
02 Jan 2019
This document summarizes the online discussion Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity? which was held on FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum).
Report
02 Jan 2019
A study on the impact of air pollution on children. The study found that around 300 million children currently live in areas where outdoor air pollution exceeds internation guidelines by at least six times.
Report
02 Jan 2019
This report looks at the impact of rising temperatures due to climate change on the workforce. Rising heat in the workplace implies severe effects for Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and emerging economies with...
Report
28 Dec 2018
This document provides guidance to city leaders in establishing a framework for the management, control and optimization of the Smart Sustainable City environment as a laboratory for innovation and urban simulation.
Report
13 Dec 2018
This report aims to build the evidence base on children and climate change by focusing on the major climate-related risks; children’s current and future exposure to these risks; and the policies required to protect children from these risks.
Report
12 Dec 2018
This publication includes analysis and lessons on each of the 16 countries and the one sub region that took part in the Reviews. The exercise, which brought together UN and World Bank Group staff, systematically reviewed the country situation, identi...
Report
06 Dec 2018
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases and their risk factors are an increasing public health and development challenge in Uzbekistan. This report provides evidence through th...
