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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity?

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).&nbsp;

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets+2

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Clear the air for children

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.&nbsp;

ReportEnvironment, climate change and healthMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution+1

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Climate Change and Labor: Impacts of Heat in the Workplace

Report

02 Jan 2019

&nbsp;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...

ReportEnvironment, climate change and health

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Using competition law to promote access to medicines and related health technologies in low- and middle-income countries

Briefs & Fact Sheets

02 Jan 2019

The issue brief highlights key aspects of using competition law to promote access to health technologies from UNDP’s landmark publication “Using Competition Law to Promote Access to Health Technologies: A guidebook for low- and middle-income coun...

Briefs & Fact SheetsAccess to essential medicines and services

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Development Planning and Tobacco Control: Integrating the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control into UN and National Development Planning Instruments

Guide

02 Jan 2019

In response to the high-level political calls to action and decisions taken by ECOSOC and the COP, UNDP and the Convention Secretariat have jointly produced this report to capture emerging lessons learned from practical experience and to provide reco...

GuideTobacco use

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UN Women

Making the SDGs count for women and girls with disabilities

Briefs & Fact Sheets

28 Dec 2018

This brief underlines the need to mainstream disability into all efforts to achieve gender equality and women's empowerment (SDG 5); highlights key issues for ending poverty (SDG 1) and ensuring healthy lives (SDG 3) for women and girls with disabili...

Briefs & Fact SheetsDisability and rehabilitationGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of health+1

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Prevalence of Obesity: A Public Health Problem Poorly Understood

Article

28 Dec 2018

This review article discusses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) in support of a total diet approach to achieving diet and health goals, especially as they relate to the obesity epidemic. However, some scientists and organizations have identi...

ArticleNutrition and food safetyPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+1

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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Shaping smarter and more sustainable cities - Striving for sustainable development goals

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.

ReportEnvironment, climate change and health

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Unless we act now: The impact of climate change on children

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.

ReportEnvironment, climate change and healthMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Transitioning from the MDGs to the SDGs

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

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

The Challenges of Climate Change: Children on the front line

Publication

06 Dec 2018

This book brings together the knowledge and opinions of 40 contributors - scientists, development workers, and experts in health, nutrition and children’s rights - in an attempt to build up a clear picture of what climate change means for the child...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

SDG 11 Synthesis Report

Publication

06 Dec 2018

This synthesis report is the first publication showing the progress, challenges and opportunities of global monitoring of this Sustainable Development Goal. This report complements the 2018 Secretary-General’s Progress Report on SDGs which shows pr...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution

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