WHO
06 Sep 2012
Organized by the University of Fiji, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Fiji Ministry of Health, this meeting will provide international climate change and health experts the opportunity to exchange information and ideas and discuss adaptation strategies. The meeting's theme is "Improving health through adaptation – strengthening health systems to protect Pacific Island communities from the health impacts of climate change". [ for...
31 Aug 2012
Inter-American Water Day (IAWD) takes place annually on the first Saturday of October to raise awareness about the importance of water for health and sustainable development. Created in 1992, IAWD was jointly conceived by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS) and the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA). [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/inter-american-water-day/ ]
08 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 June 2012: The Project Board of the Global Pilot Project on Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health carried out by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) held its first meeting of national project managers.
The meeting took place from 18-19 May 2012, in Bonn, Germany, was hosted by WHO-EURO, and coincided with the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference held at the same venue. It brought together representatives...
27 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
24 March 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) commemorated World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on 24 March, under the theme of “Stop TB in my lifetime.” In the Pacific, 16,107 TB cases were diagnosed in 2010, 14,531 in Papua New Guinea and 1,576 in other Pacific Islands countries (PICs).
According to SPC, despite good treatment success rates, TB continues to burden PICs. World TB Day 2012 calls for a world free of TB and encourages community advocating for better vaccines, more...
17 Mar 2012
The ninth in the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) "Road to Rio+20" weekly seminar series will focus on "The voices and experience of the Caribbean Islands towards Rio+20". This seminar will also be webcast. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/the-road-to-rio20-the-voices-and-experiences-of-the-caribbean-islands-towards-rio20/ ]
