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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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 Belarus. This report provides evidence that NCDs red...
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06 Dec 2018
This report explores how local changes to create healthy food and physical activity environments have the power to influence neighboring communities and regional, state, and federal policy.
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03 Dec 2018
This report provides a summary of cost-effectiveness studies conducted on programmes for the prevention of type 2 diabetes, in order to support evidence-based policy that will most effectively reduce the human and economic burden of type 2 diabetes....
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03 Dec 2018
This report highlights the findings of a 2016 global survey on the perspective of people with diabetes and health professionals on Access to Medicines and Supplies for People with Diabetes.
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03 Dec 2018
This report facilitates evidenced-based decision making and encourages collaboration between different sectors by presenting a clear summary of the problem of measuring heart disease in people with diabetes, as well as real-world solutions. The prima...
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03 Dec 2018
This report, aims to outline the interconnections between climate change and diabetes; establish the co-benefits of combating two global risks in an integrated policy agenda; and inform the global discussion on health and sustainable development.
