Reviewing the health impact and effectiveness of urban green space interventions

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 11.05.2017

WHO

Leading up to the Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health to be held 13 to 15 June in Ostrava, Czech Republic, WHO has launched a new report aiming to fill the knowledge gap on the benefits of urban green spaces. The report provides the results of an evidence review and an assessment of local case studies on urban green space interventions.

A number of international agreements have committed to enhancing and supporting the establishment of green spaces in urban settings, as these are considered to provide a range of benefits to the urban population. Yet, little is known about the most effective ways to deliver urban interventions on green spaces and how to maximize the environmental, social and health benefits of such spaces.

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Access to medicines: Making market forces serve the poor

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 11.05.2017

WHO

Nearly 2 billion people have no access to basic medicines, causing a cascade of preventable misery and suffering. Since the landmark agreement on the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, WHO and its partners have launched a number of initiatives that are making market forces serve the poor. The WHO prequalification programme is now firmly established as a mechanism for improving access to safe, effective and quality-assured products.

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Светски ден на физичката активност – 10 МАЈ

Извор: Институт за јавно здравје на Р. Македонија - 10.05.2017

Да ја намалиме стапката на смртност од физичка неактивност!

Што е физичка активност?

Под физичката активност се подразбира секое телесно движење предизвикано од скелетните мускули со кое се троши енергија.

Терминот  “физичка активност” не треба да се меша со “вежба”. Вежба, е поткатегорија  на физичка активност која се планира, и е структурирана, повторлива и намерна, а со цел да се подобри или одржи една или повеќе компоненти на физичката кондиција. Физичка активност вклучува вежбање, како и други активности кои вклучуваат телесно движење и се прави како дел од игра, работа, активен превоз, домашни и рекреативни активности.

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Reducing the SDG reporting burden: WHO/Europe’s initiative presented at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 09.05.2017

UNECE

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development underscores the importance of “quality, accessible, timely and reliable disaggregated data … to help with the measurement of progress and to ensure that no one is left behind” (Paragraph 48). Improving the collection, coordination, analysis and dissemination of data and building statistical capacities for monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remain significant challenges for all countries in the WHO European Region and beyond.

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International Marriage Brokers & Mail Order Brides: Analysing the Need for Regulation - European Parliament

Извор: WUNRN – 09.05.2017

This Study was requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality and commissioned, overseen and published by the Policy Department for Citizen’s Rights and Constitutional Affairs.

Direct Link to Full 132-Page 2016 Report

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United Nations Global Road Safety Week – #SlowDown to save lives

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 08.05.2017

WHO

Speed contributes to around one third of all fatal road traffic crashes in high-income countries, and up to half in low- and middle-income countries. In the WHO European Region, nearly 85 000 people died from road crashes in 2013; of these, 39% were vulnerable road users (pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists). Road traffic injuries are the leading killer among children and young people aged 5–29 years. The United Nations (UN) Global Road Safety Week, on 8–14 May 2017, seeks to increase understanding of the dangers of speed and to spur action on measures to address it, thereby saving lives on the roads. More than half of the countries in the Region have signed on to take part in the initiative.

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Road traffic injuries

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 08.05.2017

Fact sheet
Updated May 2017

Key facts

• About 1.25 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes.

• Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among people aged between 15 and 29 years.

• 90% of the world's fatalities on the roads occur in low- and middle-income countries, even though these countries have approximately 54% of the world's vehicles.

• Nearly half of those dying on the world’s roads are “vulnerable road users”: pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists.

• Road traffic crashes cost most countries 3% of their gross domestic product.

• Without sustained action, road traffic crashes are predicted to become the seventh leading cause of death by 2030.

• The newly adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has set an ambitious target of halving the global number of deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by 2020.

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Speed management key to safe, liveable cities

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 05.05.2017

WHO/R. González Lara

5 May 2017 – Around 1.25 million people die every year on the world’s roads. A new report from WHO suggests that excessive speed contributes to 1 in 3 road traffic deaths worldwide, and that road traffic crashes are the number one cause of death among young people aged 15–29 years. Measures to address speed prevent road traffic deaths and injuries, make populations healthier, and cities more sustainable.

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Глобална кампања на Светската здравствена организацијa: Хигиена на рацете

Извор: Институт за јавно здравје на Р. Македонија - 04.05.2017

Спасете живот!

Чистете ги рацете и спречете го ширењето на бактериите отпорни на антибиотици!

Без акција денес, нема да има лек утре

Хигиената на рацете е едноставно и ефективно решение на намалување на ширењето на инфекции и мултирезистентни бактерии и заштита на пациентите од интрахоспитални инфекции. Секој здравствен работник како и секое лице кое е директно или индиректо вклучено во грижата за болните, мора да обрнува внимание на хигиената на рацете и правилно да ја практикува.

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Hand hygiene a key defence in Europe’s fight against antibiotic resistance

Извор: Светска здравствена организација  - 04.05.2017

Russian Nurses Association

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and resistance to antibiotics in particular, continues to grow in the WHO European Region and hundreds of thousands of patients die or are considerably affected each year by health care-associated infections (HAI) and diseases caused by germs that are resistant to antimicrobial medicines.

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CEE Bulletin on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights No 05 (164) 2017

Извор: ASTRA Network – 04.05.2017

Table of contents:

• Burning Issue

• Regional Updates

• Global Updates

• Youth

• Upcoming Events

• Funding Opportunity

• Take part in a survey!

• Member of the Month: Papardes Zieds

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WHO to begin pilot prequalification of biosimilars for cancer treatment

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 04.05.2017

EPA/H. Villalobos

4 May 2017 – This year WHO will launch a pilot project for prequalifying biosimilar medicines, a step towards making expensive treatments for cancer more accessible. Manufacturers will be invited to apply for prequalification of two products in the WHO Essential Medicines List: rituximab, used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and trastuzumab, used to treat breast cancer.

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