Health
24 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 September 2012: The UN reported a decline in development aid for the first time in many years, highlighting a gap of US$167 billion between development aid targets and actual commitments, in the 2012 report of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Gap Task Force, which is titled “The Global Partnership for Development: Making Rhetoric a Reality.”
The report, written by experts from around 50 UN and other intergovernmental entities, analyzes progress regarding international commitments in...
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...
05 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 August 2012: A booklet issued by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on the Community Water Initiative (CWI) discusses: CWI approaches; results and impacts; replication, upscaling and sustainability; the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) – effective delivery mechanism; partnerships; and beyond 2012.
The booklet, titled “CWI – Adaptive Community Water Initiative: Delivering Water and Sanitation to Poor Communities,” underscores that the approaches of the CWI are...
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/ ]
29 Aug 2012
This meeting will consider the theme “Water and Waste Management in the Caribbean: Real Strategies and Solutions”. The eighth GWP-C Caribbean High Level Session (HLS) Ministerial Forum will take place in conjunction with this meeting, from 4-5 October 2012. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/21st-annual-caribbean-water-and-wastewater-association-cwwa-conference-and-exhibition/ ]
