Since climate change and its repercussions are attracting the attention of the World Health Organisation, it is preparing to set up a task force to recommend steps to reduce the potential burden of diseases due to the phenomenon.
They take drugs. They are sexually active. They are involved in violence. They are girls who are associated with gangs, and the perception from schools, state agencies and even families is that they are beyond help.
World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April, and this weekend, countries around the world are hosting events to mark the occasion.
Since climate change and its repercussions are attracting the attention of the World Health Organisation, it is preparing to set up a task force to recommend steps to reduce the potential burden of diseases due to the phenomenon.
Adapting to the global climate change impacts outlined in the IPCC’s Working Group 2 Report, “Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability”, will require new evaluation tools to help choose the best way forward, according to the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), an international network of environmental scientists.
A WHO background document will be used to help guide discussions and stir debate. The paper profiles eight issues linked to international health security, together with key points to focus the debate:
For all the current emphasis on standardized testing and teaching requirements, the quality of elementary school instruction is mediocre at best, according to a study from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development study published in the March 30 issue of Science magazine.
The city of London has launched an innovative service, funded by ESA, which delivers air pollution alerts and health advice via SMS text messages to those who suffer from asthma and other conditions vulnerable to poor air quality.
As more and more people are turning to the Internet to find information, important science Web sites are in danger of becoming buried in the sheer avalanche of facts now available online. Key science sites are failing to register in the top 30 Google search results.
Severe pollution from the Far East is almost certainly affecting the weather near you, says a Texas A&M University researcher who has studied the problem and has published a landmark paper on the topic in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.