October2016
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UNDP starts SDG Knowledge Exchange in Bangkok
Oct 24, 2016News Hour: More than 150 delegates and development experts from 36 countries in Asia and the Pacific convened today in Bangkok to share expertise and ideas on how to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into... -
Sixth ministerial conference on environment and health
Oct 24, 2016News Hour: The Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health will bring together health and environment ministers and high-level representatives of Member States in the WHO European Region, partner organizations, academia and civil society. Member States... -
What are social determinants of health?
Oct 24, 2016News Hour: The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and... -
Social determinants of health
Oct 24, 2016News Hour: The social determinants of health (SDH) are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. These... -
Central Asian countries identify $94 Billion energy investment needs to 2023
Oct 24, 2016News Hour: Central Asian countries have identified power investment needs of about $94 billion to 2023, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB)-commissioned study presented at an energy forum today in Islamabad. Further, the financing gap... -
Health prepares for the 22nd session of the Conference of Parties (COP22) to UNFCCC
Oct 24, 2016News Hour: The world now has a global climate treaty that will become a public health treaty as countries take action. As stated in the Paris Agreement, “the right to health”, will be central to the... -
World Pneumonia Day 2016
Oct 24, 2016News Hour: Anyone can get pneumonia. It’s commonly a complication of a respiratory infection—especially the flu—but there are more than 30 different causes of the illness. Older adults, children and people with chronic disease, including COPD... -
ADB to boost incomes in Liupanshan, Ningxia, by improving rural roads
Oct 24, 2016News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million loan for a rural road project that will boost local incomes and cut poverty in Liupanshan, Ningxia—one of the poorest areas of the People’s... -
Food security of 800,000 haitians seriously threatened after hurricane
Oct 24, 2016News Hour: Some 1,4 million Haitians require food assistance in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, which wrought widespread devastation on supplies and crops across large swaths of the island nation. More than half – 800,000 people... -
World Bank raises 2017 oil price forecast
Oct 24, 2016News Hour: The World Bank is raising its 2017 forecast for crude oil prices to $55 per barrel from $53 per barrel as members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) prepare to limit...
