Health
16 Mar 2012
The biennial ordinary meeting of the principal body overseeing UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) work on the population-development nexus will be held under the theme "Population, Territory and Development". The meeting will discuss, inter alia: population, territory and sustainable development in the Caribbean; reproductive health, adolescent fertility and territory; indigenous peoples, territory and sustainable development; and territory and public policy. The...
29 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 February 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) convened a workshop that aimed to assist Pacific Island countries and territories in strengthening the production of valuable crops, through better management of pests and diseases.
The woorkshop, which convened from 19-24 February 2012, in Sigatoka, Fiji, also marked the launch of a joint SPC, Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), University of Queensland, and The World Vegetable Centre project aimed...
29 Feb 2012
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2012 is being organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP). It will focus on sustainable development trends and information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives in some key focus areas of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), such as health, education,...
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 February 2012: The World Health Organization (WHO) held a regional meeting to assist Western Pacific countries in their efforts to eliminate leprosy and strengthen their capacity to control the disease.
The meeting brought together national leprosy control managers from countries of the Western Pacific region that are not yet meeting the WHO leprosy elimination target of less than one case per 10,000 of population, namely the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands...
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31 Jan 2012
The sustainable development of small island developing States is intricately connected to the good health of their populace. Countries with small populations and/or limited skilled workforces are particularly vulnerable to the burden of disease due to the impact on the level of productivity and the toll on the social sector. The health services available to SIDS have a vital role to play in sustainable development by reducing the disease burden. As highlighted in the MSI, cooperation and...
