• Effective 1 April 2021, Dr. Thoai Ngo assumed the role of vice president Social and Behavioral Science Research-continuing to be based in New York. (popcouncil.org)
  • Programme 2021-2027 (2021). (lu.se)
  • Almost everywhere, the prevalence of depression is twice as high among women as among men. (who.int)
  • Future increases in the prevalence of mental problems will pose serious social and economic handicaps to global development unless substantive action is taken now. (who.int)
  • HIV prevalence was shown to be greater in women (3.7 percent) than men (2.2 percent). (cdc.gov)
  • To assess the effect of a comprehensive tobacco control programme initiated in Massachusetts in 1993, and to compare the 1990 to 1999 trend in smoking prevalence to that in 41 states without tobacco control programmes, controlling for demographic shifts over time. (bmj.com)
  • We also performed a sex stratified analysis to examine whether historical differences between male and female smoking prevalence might translate into different responses to the tobacco control programme. (bmj.com)
  • The prevalence, pattern and predictors of alcohol consumption and tobacco exposure among pregnant women in Ibadan, Nigeria, were investigated. (springer.com)
  • Under the National Health Policy (NHP), the target is to reduce the prevalence of blindness to 0.25% by 2025. (vikaspedia.in)
  • This paper describes the development of a simulation model examining the potential effect of tobacco control policies in Finland on smoking prevalence and associated future premature mortality. (nih.gov)
  • With a comprehensive set of policies, smoking prevalence can be decreased by as much as 15% in the first few years, increasing to 29% by 20 years and 34% by 30 years. (nih.gov)
  • The model shows that significant inroads to reducing smoking prevalence and premature mortality can be achieved through tax increases, a high-intensity media campaign complete with programmes to encourage cessation, a comprehensive cessation treatment programme, stronger health warnings, and enforcement of youth access laws. (nih.gov)
  • Theassociationbetweenpoverty even in the absence of organized abouttheirspecificassociationwith and the prevalence of infections that screening programmes (McKinnon cancerincidenceormortalityratesin cause cancer is well established. (who.int)
  • The use of the general strike or the total withdrawal of labour from the capitalist production process holds a central place in the outlook of anarchist syndicalists and communists ((Robert Graham, Siegfried Nacht: The Social General Strike (1905) , Robert Graham's Anarchism Weblog)) and state socialists or communists. (dissidentvoice.org)
  • However, these enslaved Africans knew that denying their labour to the capitalist plantocracy through the general strike might call for the use of violence to defend their inalienable right to control their labour power. (dissidentvoice.org)
  • This Facilitators Manual is a trainer s guide for workshops run by the Ugandan Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to address gender concerns in national policy-making and development programmes. (nzdl.org)
  • Uganda has realised the vital role that women play in its development, and through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) is endeavouring to ensure that their opinions and priorities become an integral part of its national development agenda. (nzdl.org)
  • Her research interests include gender, poverty, social exclusion, labour markets and livelihoods, social protection and citizenship and much of her research is focused on South and South East Asia. (lse.ac.uk)
  • But despite efforts to address gender-specific risks, prevailing cultural and social norms disproportionately disadvantage women and create multiple constraints, including limited ownership, access to, and control of long-term assets, resources and services (for example irrigation structures such as tanks, ponds and fodder areas that can increase productivity of agricultural land), exclusion from the labour market, unpaid care work and limited access to financial services. (iied.org)
  • I grew up knowing that Labour best represented my class and my community, but the Iraq war, the racist Prevent programme, and New Labour ministers who refused to meet veiled Muslim women tested that support. (tribunemag.co.uk)
  • Yet, in a colossal misstep, the South American left failed to take the situation by the reins or to identify and work with sympathetic civil society groups on the ground such as labour, secular women and other leftists. (aljazeera.com)
  • It has also meant that mental health has received low priority in most public health agendas with consequences on budget, policy planning and service development. (who.int)
  • Measurable causes of economic burden include health and social service needs, impact on families and care givers (indirect costs) lost employment and lost productivity, crime and public safety, and premature death. (who.int)
  • Moreover, mental health problems are frequently not covered by health plans at the same level as other illnesses, creating a significant, often overwhelming, economic burden for patients and their families, ranging from loss of income to disruptions in household routine, restriction of social activities and lost opportunities. (who.int)
  • Recently collected data show that more than 40% of Member States have no clear mental health policy and more than 30% have no national mental health programme. (who.int)
  • In most cases, a complex interaction between biological, psychological and social factors contributes to the emergence of mental health and neurological problems. (who.int)
  • Strong links have been made between mental health problems with a biological base, such as depression, and changes in social behaviour, interpersonal support, personal coping and adverse social conditions such as unemployment, limited education, discrimination on the basis of sex, human rights violations and poverty. (who.int)
  • ii) 70% of health workers are trained and sensitized on micronutrients deficiency control and management by 2016. (who.int)
  • It should pay particular attention to integrating micronutrient control into the health, nutrition, education, social welfare and other relevant programmes and the broader health care programs for women and children. (who.int)
  • Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large. (pefc.org)
  • Secondly, though the life expectancy of women has overtaken that of men, gender role in the Indian society has not changed enough to prevent the discrimination against women even from food and health care rights. (hindawi.com)
  • Randomized controlled trials are providing evidence about interventions in health, education and international development, but they are only part of a suite of useful tools. (nature.com)
  • The past decade has seen an explosion of interest in the use of randomized controlled experiments to test public policies, on issues from health and public safety to agriculture and education. (nature.com)
  • Many poverty-alleviation programmes focus on providing money with strings attached - only if families keep their children in school and attend health clinics, for instance - but some researchers are now advocating unconditional cash transfers. (nature.com)
  • Scholarly work that combines art and science is often health, especially the prevention and control of sexually delightful. (cdc.gov)
  • The question is whether they can be successfully incorporated into health programmes to promote physical activity. (who.int)
  • The messages were obtained from the websites of the US Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization (WHO). (who.int)
  • Social-network-based interventions improve physical activity and may be incorporated into youth-targeted health programmes. (who.int)
  • Physical activity is recognized to significantly decrease cardiovascular risks, improve lipid profile, control type 2 diabetes, prevent some types of cancer, raise bone density, improve psychological health and reduce overall mortality (4). (who.int)
  • As these years play an essential role in the development of health behaviour that continues into adulthood, it is important to develop programmes to encourage healthy weight-related behaviour for university students (5). (who.int)
  • We carried out a systematic review to understand the factors that influence the acceptability of social and health interventions among persons with lived experience of homelessness. (plos.org)
  • Lived experience of homelessness influenced attitudes toward health and social service professionals and sometimes led to reluctance to accept interventions. (plos.org)
  • Practitioners and social service providers should consider anti-oppressive approaches and provide, refer to, or advocate for health and structural interventions using the principles of trauma-informed care. (plos.org)
  • This systematic review was funded by Inner City Health Associates and Employment and Social Development Canada. (plos.org)
  • 2. Health promotion facilitates increased social and community participation in health. (who.int)
  • Health promotion contributes to programme impact through the prevention of disease, the reduction of risk factors associated with specific diseases, the fostering of lifestyles and conditions conducive to health, and increasing use of available health services. (who.int)
  • It is effected through the empowerment of individuals and communities, the changing of socio-economic conditions, mediation between different interests in society (through healthy public policies), reorientation of health services and advocacy for health. (who.int)
  • 5. The objectives of the strategy involve strengthening national capacities for health promotion, supporting priority programmes to achieve set objectives, implementing specific initiatives in order to achieve priority health objectives, increasing the recognition of health promotion as an integral component of socio-economic development and promoting the involvement of non-health public and private sectors in health development. (who.int)
  • 6. The priority interventions proposed are: advocacy, capacity building, development of country plans, incorporation of health promotion components in non-health sectors and strengthening of priority programmes using health promotion interventions. (who.int)
  • 7. The Regional Committee is invited to examine the proposed strategy and give orientations for its implementation consistent with national health policies and available resources. (who.int)
  • 1. Health promotion is a means of increasing individual and collective participation in health action and strengthening programmes through the integrative use of various methods. (who.int)
  • However, we have yet to see this reflected in global health policy. (lse.ac.uk)
  • But, as this book argues, whilst this outbreak was about women and babies, it also highlighted the lack of broader gendered considerations in global health security. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Taking Zika as its primary case but also touching on more recent experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Feminist Global Health Security asks what the policy response to disease outbreaks tell us about the role of women in global health security. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Clare Wenham ( @clarewenham ) is Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy at LSE. (lse.ac.uk)
  • She specialises in global health security, the politics and policy of pandemic preparedness and outbreak response. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Justin Parkhurst ( @justinparkhurst ) is an Associate Professor of Global Health Policy in the LSE Department of Health Policy. (lse.ac.uk)
  • He is co-director of the MSc in Health Policy, Planning, and Financing programme, and the current serving Chair of the LSE Global Health Initiative. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Dr Parkhurst's research interests lie in global health politics and policy, as well as the political nature of evidence use to inform policy decisions. (lse.ac.uk)
  • It provides support for interdisciplinary engagement and showcases LSE's ability to apply rigorous social science research to emerging global health challenges. (lse.ac.uk)
  • The Research and Development Division (RDD) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has a remit to build research capacity and conduct policy relevant research. (biomedcentral.com)
  • By being situated within the GHS, RDD has good access to directors and programme managers, within and beyond the Ministry of Health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • it was set up in 1990 to provide evidence for policy formulation and support for programme implementation because at that time academic research in Ghana was not perceived to be meeting the needs of the health care delivery system. (biomedcentral.com)
  • More than 10,000 migrant workers have learnt how to access social welfare benefits, legal protection and health care. (huffpost.com)
  • While almost all of migrants (99 per cent) have no social insurance or work-related accident insurance, women have lesser access to health care services. (huffpost.com)
  • Hau, Hoa and Huong are among 10,000 rural migrant workers who have benefited from 'We are Women', a three-year program that started in 2013, funded by UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality and implemented by the Institute for Development and Community Health. (huffpost.com)
  • The program has increased their capacity to access and use available social welfare benefits, legal protection and health care services. (huffpost.com)
  • They do not necessarily represent the views and policies of the World Health Organization or the Interna- tional Women's Health Coalition. (rhsupplies.org)
  • I TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 5 Research needs 34 - Clients' needs and preferences 35 Introduction 6 Health and family planning delivery systems 35 Summary of suggested actions 8 - Fertility regulation methods 36 Who should do the research Setting the stage for dialogue 10 and how 36 - Different perspectives, different language 10 Collaboration between scientists and - Who speaks for women? (rhsupplies.org)
  • Family Planning is not only limited to the control of birth but is also important for the improvement of life as a whole, for improving the social condition of a family and for better health of the mother and her children. (balrakshabharat.org)
  • In this capacity, Thoai is advancing our cutting-edge research agenda that seeks to ask and answer critical questions, and provide solutions on the most pressing health, social, economic, and environmental issues that are impacting people's lives. (popcouncil.org)
  • More recently, he began leading a global cross-Council team of researchers who are producing timely evidence to inform the COVID-19 response, and to assess the broader health, social, and economic effects of the pandemic in a number of countries. (popcouncil.org)
  • As the National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16) notes, women in the lowest wealth quintile have an average of 1.6 more children than women in the highest wealth quintile, translating to a total fertility rate of 3.2 children versus 1.5 children moving from the wealthiest to the poorest. (insightsonindia.com)
  • Family health, child survival and the number of children a woman has are closely tied to the levels of health and education. (insightsonindia.com)
  • This reveals the depth of the connections between health, education and inequality, with those having little access to health and education being caught in a cycle of poverty, leading to more and more children, and the burden that state control on number of children could impose on the weakest. (insightsonindia.com)
  • 1.5 million vulnerable people, especially children aged 0-6 and their family members, were reached through the Joint SDG Fund .by health, education, and social assistance services in over 3,000 municipalities, also including thanks to training of 20,000 professionals for direct assistance to participating families. (un.org)
  • Governments and health and social services have a duty of care without discrimination. (bmj.com)
  • Marginalisation and the "violence of stigmatisation" w10 invite victimisation and create barriers to accessing health and social care. (bmj.com)
  • WHO uses its influence to push for the support for transformational public health policy in Eswatini and the greater African region meant to benefit all Emaswati. (who.int)
  • By developing this "anchor institution" role, ICSs could build local economic and social value, in turn indirectly building health. (hsj.co.uk)
  • She is also passionate about making the world a better place for women and girls and has recently launched a national policy project to illustrate the relationship between investment in women's health and wider economic growth throughout England. (hsj.co.uk)
  • Prior to joining the NHS, Simon held senior management positions in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector working for health, medical and higher education charities for over 20 years. (hsj.co.uk)
  • This is particularly the case in the Health Care and Social Assistance sector which is at highest risk of non-fatal violence in the USA and a major problem globally. (cdc.gov)
  • Among the currently employed 20+ million workers in the Health Care and Social Assistance sector (currently the largest major sector) there are 3 million home health aides and personal care aides. (cdc.gov)
  • In contrast, many regulations that do not assume people make rational choices have been successfully applied to control alcohol, a substance - like food - of which immoderate consumption leads to serious health problems. (cdc.gov)
  • Effective policy interventions to control consumption of alcohol, another substance that, if consumed in excess, can lead to serious health consequences, focus on limiting access to alcoholic beverages by restricting where, when, and by whom they can be purchased and consumed. (cdc.gov)
  • A regional workshop was organized a higher level of joint work between the WHO in September 2012, in which the delegations of maternal and child health programmes and other priority country took part. (who.int)
  • To fairly strong, while the scores are somewhat lower in improve health literacy, practices such as identifying self- health policies for self-care and patient empowerment. (bvsalud.org)
  • They have limited access to, and control over critical resources, as a result of social, cultural and economic norms. (undp.org)
  • It assesses any changes related to gender equality - such as changes to cultural values, norms, attitudes, social behaviours and power relations, the participation and representation of women and men in all their diversity, the access and control over opportunities and resources, and shifts in policies, legislation and organisational rules. (europa.eu)
  • The present study is an endeavour in this field which would open ways to understnad the mechanism of fertility behaviour in complex web of social cultural norms of the tribes. (himanshupublications.com)
  • Promotions, increments, concessions in housing schemes and others perks to employees who adhere to population control norms, and have two or less children. (insightsonindia.com)
  • 15 Legal remedies are neither appropriate nor effective in enforcing moral norms or resolving social issues. (bmj.com)
  • While more social protection schemes are beginning to recognise gender-specific risks, cultural and social norms continue to impede women's mobility and freedom. (iied.org)
  • SO1: To provide guidance and harmonize the implementation of interventions in MN deficiency control at all levels. (who.int)
  • Community led structural interventions should have complete control on all kinds of prevention and control services. (theseoultimes.com)
  • We selected primary studies that reported on the experiences of homeless populations interacting with practitioners and service providers working in permanent supportive housing, case management, interventions for substance use, income assistance, and women- and youth-specific interventions. (plos.org)
  • Interventions The control group received routine care, which was the offer of a face to face appointment to discuss smoking and cessation and, for those who attended and set a quit date, the offer of free nicotine replacement therapy for 10 weeks provided by pharmacy services, and four, weekly support phone calls. (bmj.com)
  • During this period, emphasis was placed on controlling specific diseases through biomedical interventions. (who.int)
  • Many restrictive food-related policy-level interventions to address the obesity epidemic have been proposed but have yet to be adopted broadly, including taxes on low-nutrient foods and beverages, advertising restrictions, and restrictions on fast-food outlets. (cdc.gov)
  • The nature of effectiveness in the interventions was based on the and policy recommendations. (bvsalud.org)
  • Understanding GBV service delivery is important for policy makers, program managers, and providers to guide interventions to improve the quality of service delivery and contribute to HIV epidemic control. (cdc.gov)
  • Consists of objective assessment of a project, programme or policy at all of its stages, i.e. planning, implementation and measurement of gender mainstreaming outcomes. (europa.eu)
  • West Bengal Women Development Undertaking under the aegis of Women and Social Welfare Department, GOWB has been entrusted with the responsibility of State Level Nodal Agency for implementation of this Scheme with effect from 2006 - 2007. (wbcdwdsw.gov.in)
  • For years, South American leaders had bucked right-wing economics while making great strides in the social arena through the implementation of successful anti-poverty programmes. (aljazeera.com)
  • Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa remain at high risk for HIV, yet limited data exist on implementation of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for this group. (cdc.gov)
  • Meanwhile, the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said she would like to open a "welcome centre" for migrants who may be en route to other countries, or who may eventually decide to seek asylum in France. (ipsnews.net)
  • Design Phase II therapeutic exploratory single centre, individually randomised controlled parallel group superiority trial. (bmj.com)
  • Fluent in 5 languages she has a background as a translator for the Carter Centre during Nepal's 2013 Constitutional Elections, and remote area social work and agricultural development. (degruyter.com)
  • The moral debate on sex work is deeply divisive, often denying both a voice and the ability to make choices to the women at its centre. (bmj.com)
  • This Centre for Policy Studies report outlines how their 'Troops for Teachers' proposal could soon become reality in Greater Manchester. (cps.org.uk)
  • For more information, or to receive a hard copy of the publication, please contact Ryan Bourne at the Centre for Policy Studies (0207 222 44 88). (cps.org.uk)
  • Something can be done by Tom Burkard and AK Burki is published by the Centre for Policy Studies on Friday 2nd September 2011. (cps.org.uk)
  • 923 000 children under 5 years of age and around to the lack of adequate progress, particularly in 39 000 women of childbearing age still die every countries experiencing humanitarian emergencies, year in the Region. (who.int)
  • Groups at higher risk of developing mental disorders include people with serious or chronic physical illnesses, children and adolescents, whose upbringing has been disrupted, people living in poverty or in difficult conditions, the unemployed, female victims of violence and abuse, and neglected elderly persons. (who.int)
  • Because rural and more recently urban and peri-urban women and girls are primarily responsible for the bulk of fuelwood collection, involving walking many kilometres, they suffer from time poverty. (co.zw)
  • While poverty is commonly manifest in lack of physical assets such as income, credit and or savings, time is one asset lost to women as they carry out their daily chores of gathering biomass for energy. (co.zw)
  • A central objective of the ABBA partnerships is to influence poverty reduction and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by tackling and reducing the causes of vulnerability through improving HIV/AIDS policy-making. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Poverty alleviation programmes since independence 9. (pdfnotes.co)
  • One of the goals in its National Population Policy 2000 was to stabilize the population at a level consistent with the requirement of the national economy. (balrakshabharat.org)
  • SimSmokeFinn: how far can tobacco control policies move Finland toward tobacco-free 2040 goals? (nih.gov)
  • UN Women advices governments and regional institutions to develop gender responsive economic policies and supports capacity building of multiple actors to advocate for, formulate, and implement gender responsive economic policies. (undp.org)
  • Despite disagreements, it is hard to dispute the value of the basic goal: to ensure that governments invest their limited resources in programmes that work as advertised, and look for ways to alter or eliminate those that do not. (nature.com)
  • The goal is to ensure that governments invest in programmes that work. (nature.com)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by governments on social distancing and mobility restrictions have contributed to boosting the use of digital technology to bridge some of the physical access gaps. (fao.org)
  • For this purpose a number of programmes have been taken up by the Central and State Governments but earlier efforts have not achieved the desired results primarily because of lack of proper linkages between training, supply of raw-materials, quality control, assured market and managerial skills. (wbcdwdsw.gov.in)
  • Emerging challenges coexist with old problems, such as censorship and control over information or lack of transparency by governments and institutions, especially in countries in the Maghreb and the Middle East, but also in Europe. (iemed.org)
  • Her research poses questions of global governance, the role of WHO and World Bank, national priorities and innovative financing for pandemic control. (lse.ac.uk)
  • UNDP and ILO are providing vocational training to nearly 20,000 women and persons with disabilities affected by the pandemic. (un.org)
  • Structural inequalities compounded these vulnerabilities - such as women's and girls' disproportionate responsibility for unpaid care work, and limited or no access to social protection during the pandemic. (iied.org)
  • This review aims to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-based violence (GBV) among women in South Africa. (bvsalud.org)
  • SO7: To strengthen the MN programme through advocating for support and resource allocation, and improved coordination amongst all stakeholders. (who.int)
  • Far from traditional family support systems, low and unstable incomes, scarce benefits and social exclusion make them more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. (huffpost.com)
  • So, support rather than control works. (insightsonindia.com)
  • The use of antisocial behaviour orders by the Home Office to control prostitution has also forced women into more dangerous locations and isolated them from support services. (bmj.com)
  • WHO WHO has provided technical and financial support for the introduction and roll out the HPV vaccine amongst girls aged 9-14 years in response to prevention of cervical cancer which is the leading cancer in the country in women aged 15-44 years. (who.int)
  • Social protection programmes that recognise the different risks faced by women and men have proven effective in increasing food security and productivity , helping to support the livelihoods of India's rural poor. (iied.org)
  • While these areas heavily overlap, most programmes do not unpack gender, intersectionality and intra-household dynamics and so fail to assess the support that women and other disadvantaged groups need to manage climate-related shocks and other risks. (iied.org)
  • We work to ensure that domestic and gender based violence against women and girls, is not tolerated and that the right services are in place to support survivors. (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
  • We work with our members to ensure that they have policies and procedures that are gender informed and support survivors of domestic abuse and their families. (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
  • Our work also ensures that members have the appropriate policies and procedures in place to support their own employees effectively. (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
  • This scheme emphasizes economic empowerment of socially marginalized women with special emphasis on those who are vulnerable to immoral trafficking. (wbcdwdsw.gov.in)
  • WOMEN AND CHILDREN ISSUES 4.1 Women issues and empowerment 4.1.1. (pdfnotes.co)
  • The figures confirm that these experiences rarely operate in isolation: sexual harassment and violence frequently occurs as part of a continuum which disproportionately affects women. (bristol.ac.uk)
  • Alcohol and tobacco control policy and programmes to prevent the use among pregnant and reproductive-age women in Nigeria should be implemented primarily during antenatal care. (springer.com)
  • The model is developed using the SimSmoke simulation model of tobacco control policy, previously developed for other nations. (nih.gov)
  • The model uses population, smoking rates, and tobacco control policy data for Finland. (nih.gov)
  • 6 The welfare of these women must always be our primary concern, and the first priority in harm reduction 4 14 is the removal of prostitution from criminal law. (bmj.com)
  • The Ministry should advocate and sensitize all stakeholders notably agriculture and other line ministries, institutions, development partners and industry on the national strategy on Micronutrient Deficiency Control and Management. (who.int)
  • There is a crucial need to secure equal rights for women with regard to land tenure, access to resources and markets, skills development and value chains. (pefc.org)
  • Chile is often cited, not only for its "growth with equity" development model, but also for "having created an efficient system for controlling movements of capital. (socialwatch.org)
  • But the market-centred model and policies that orient macro-economic development tend to reproduce the deficiencies rather than overcome them. (socialwatch.org)
  • and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. (undp.org)
  • Although access to more modern energy alternatives will not necessarily lead to greater equality in gender roles, it can at least relieve some of the most burdensome and unhealthy aspects of their daily lives and expand the development options available to women, their families and their communities," notes the policy brief. (co.zw)
  • The programme posits that incorporation of gender perspectives in energy projects, policy and planning is critical in ensuring the effectiveness of not just energy programmes and policies, but of all development activities that involve energy use. (co.zw)
  • Balancing the Scales - Facilitators' manual (Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development - Uganda, 1999, 50 p. (nzdl.org)
  • The management of national policies and development programmes is inextricably linked to gender concerns. (nzdl.org)
  • Without taking account of women s roles in national development programmes, their access to resources and control over development initiatives, a country s development cannot move forward. (nzdl.org)
  • This training programme was born from Uganda s commitment to a gender-responsive development agenda, as outlined in the country s Constitution and its National Gender Policy, and from the MGLSD s commitment to breaking through age-old gender barriers. (nzdl.org)
  • In the crucial time such as this one, when development programmes are largely focussed on rural and weaker sections of the population, it is hoped that this study would certainly be of help in formulating the policy for developing a strategy of fertility control programme in the tribal areas and it would also be a contribution towards building a sociological theory of tribal fertility. (himanshupublications.com)
  • This assistance mainly aims at providing skill development training to rural & urban women & girls for employment generation leading to income generation. (wbcdwdsw.gov.in)
  • The Office of West Bengal Women Development Undertaking (A Govt. (wbcdwdsw.gov.in)
  • Converging different facilities available with the Local Government for all round development of the women & girls. (wbcdwdsw.gov.in)
  • In devising a scientific solution to the problem, Song and his colleagues (especially Yu) turned to the cybernetic techniques of optimal control whose use Song had pioneered in the development of missile guidance systems. (blogspot.com)
  • In this paper we share our experience of researching orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) to illustrate how the Research and Development Division (RDD) in Ghana has used an intersectoral approach to engagement with HIV policy actors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Harriet received her PhD in medical anthropology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, her MA in development studies from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, and her BA in sociology and social administration from Makerere University, Uganda. (popcouncil.org)
  • Since 2019, Simon has led the development of Dorset County Hospital's social value programme and its role as an anchor institution. (hsj.co.uk)
  • In the financial year 2013/14, 35 interns who participated in the young professional development programme were employed. (pmg.org.za)
  • Americancountries,significantlyre- ressisdueparticularlytothescant show a positive association between duced social inequalities were ob- grossdomesticproduct(GDP)orHu- development in social protection served from 2002 to 2013, as indi- man Development Index (HDI) and (UNDP, 2016). (who.int)
  • Inequitable RA test uptake may lead to case under-ascertainment, affecting resource allocation, effective control strategy development, in turn impacting COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, and could indicate relative engagement with response initiatives. (bvsalud.org)
  • Development cooperation has been a central policy theme since the Treaty of Rome in 1957, thus constituting a significant sphere of the EU's foreign affairs. (lu.se)
  • To implement its programmes, the EU collaborates with a wide range of development actors across the world. (lu.se)
  • SERNAM (National Women's Service) has implemented diverse programmes and its actions on the sectoral level have favoured the creation of other programmes in various ministries and municipalities. (socialwatch.org)
  • Quite the contrary, the congress at which he discovered the new approach was infused with a spirit of scientific certainty, progress and messianic fervour about the potential of control science to solve the world's problems. (blogspot.com)
  • IIED carried out focus group discussions with rural women across three states in India participating in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) - the world's largest public works-based social protection programme. (iied.org)
  • For the last nine years, Harriet has served as country director of the Council's Kenya office where she conducts and oversees research that contributes to shaping local, regional, and global policies and programs. (popcouncil.org)
  • Women's knowledge of forests and trees is often discounted in forest decisions, and their role in forest-related value chains tends to be poorly supported by policy-makers and extension services. (pefc.org)
  • This hub brings together a curated collection of content on SDG 5 and provides an invaluable resource for scholars, policy and decision makers. (springernature.com)
  • This policy brief is intended to inform decision-makers of nine transformational actions to sustain dryland production systems under the impact of climate change. (fao.org)
  • Although this training programme has been designed for the top managers and policy-makers in Uganda, its potential scope is much broader. (nzdl.org)
  • I am sure , the study would undoubtedly be proved a caralyst among those who have keen interest in the dynamics of tribal population in general and for the policy makers of the Country in Particular. (himanshupublications.com)
  • Our experience has shown that if the context within which researchers, policy makers and stakeholders work were better understood, the links between them were improved and research were communicated more effectively, then better policy making which links across different sectors may follow. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Since inception of the RDD the close involvement of policy makers and programme persons in research has become more prominent. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Because all these complications result from preventable behaviour, the WHO and several regulatory bodies have stated that no amount of alcohol is safe in pregnancy, and pregnant women or women intending to get pregnant should abstain from alcohol [ 2 , 6 , 8 ]. (springer.com)
  • In juxtaposition to this, we critique the current policy response and practice in schools to disruptions in classrooms as manifestations of undesirable behaviour which must be managed. (socresonline.org.uk)
  • This means that abusers engaging in patterns of coercive and controlling behaviour (behaviour that has taken place on two or more occasions) can now be punished by law. (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
  • In addition we work alongside Criminal Justice, Community Justice and the Judiciary to create programmes for perpetrators in order to allow them to address their behaviour. (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
  • Enter the randomized controlled trial, in which changes are measured in a selection of individuals or groups who have been randomly assigned to receive an intervention - or not. (nature.com)
  • Aims: To measure the effect of a WhatsApp-based intervention for promoting physical activity among female college students in Abha, Saudi Arabia. (who.int)
  • Compared with the control group, mean metabolic equivalents/week of the intervention group improved significantly. (who.int)
  • these women did not want their data to be used, leaving 306 intervention and 303 control group participants in the intention to treat analysis. (bmj.com)
  • Intervention (CINDI) programme, 1986, NSI - surveys 1996 and 2001. (who.int)
  • The Government of Rwanda (GoR), the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and ICAP at Columbia University released new data from the Rwanda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (RPHIA) that demonstrate Rwanda's remarkable progress toward epidemic control - particularly in achieving high levels of linkage to treatment and viral load suppression among people living with HIV. (cdc.gov)
  • RPHIA also showed that 76 percent of adults living with HIV achieved viral load suppression - a widely regarded measure of effective HIV treatment in a population - surpassing the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) target of 73 percent by 2020. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr Gangakhedkar, an eminent clinician and epidemiologist, has been intensely involved in devising guidelines for HIV management, as well as policy making for HIV/AIDS control programmes at the national level. (theseoultimes.com)
  • This approach has been applied to research activities within the Addressing the Balance of Burden in AIDS (ABBA) Research Programme Consortium to tackle the challenges facing HIV affected orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Addressing the Balance of Burden in AIDS (ABBA) is a DFID funded project aiming to improve HIV/AIDS policy making in Africa http://www.abbarpc.org . (biomedcentral.com)
  • We describe GBV clinical service delivery in 15 countries supported by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • RPHIA was implemented by ICAP in collaboration with GoR entities and is part of the larger Population-based HIV Impact Assessment project (PHIA) - a multi-country effort to measure the reach and impact of national HIV programs and policies using household-based surveys. (cdc.gov)
  • The gender dimension of energy, mostly overlooked in national, regional and international policies, is that women carry an onerous burden of producing, distributing and using of energy, especially in poor communities. (co.zw)
  • This is most evident in a lack of relevant skills and training, increasing time burden to cater for tourists, frustrations felt by residents during peak season, the impact of inbound migration, lack of community control and most importantly, the impact of waste and water pollution. (degruyter.com)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot attest to the accuracy of a non-federal website. (cdc.gov)
  • 3 Data were provided on CD-ROM by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (bmj.com)
  • ACCLPP] Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Reflecting on recent IIED research examining the impact of COVID-19 on women in India, Tracy Kajumba and Ritu Bharadwaj explain why gender and intersectionality must be embedded in social protection programmes. (iied.org)
  • Recovery plans need robust mechanisms that strengthen social protection systems by making them fair, inclusive and resilient, and able to address gender equality and intersectionality issues. (iied.org)
  • Gender-based violence (GBV) is a complex issue deeply rooted in social structures, making its eradication challenging. (cdc.gov)
  • SO3: To develop capacity of other key program personnel from other sectors on micronutrient deficiency control. (who.int)
  • Kevin Pottie, David Ponka and Claire Kendall are principal investigators in an ongoing project to develop Canadian evidence-based guidelines for providing social programs and healthcare services to people who are homeless and vulnerably housed. (plos.org)
  • iii) 10% of key program personnel trained/sensitized on MN deficiency control and management annually. (who.int)
  • Through provision for effective communication and consultation with local communities in regards to sustainable forest management, PEFC certification provides a forum that better enables women to participate in forest decisions. (pefc.org)
  • The Executive Education Programme at IFMR GSB also offers Certificate Programmes in Data Science, Blockchain Management and Leadership and Fintech. (wikipedia.org)
  • Management of Visual impairment: The programme is now geared to take care of all categories of visual impairment including low vision cases. (vikaspedia.in)
  • Apart from cataract, now the focus of the programme is on treatment and management of other eye diseases like glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, vitreo retinal diseases, Corneal blindness and childhood blindness. (vikaspedia.in)
  • Without an effective management system that enhances the ability of communities and Park management to control the impact of tourism, the situation is very likely to worsen in the future. (degruyter.com)
  • Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP. (europa.eu)
  • Properly developed and deployed sustainable energy technologies would not only improve livelihoods but mitigate against climate change impacts on the poor in general and rural women in particular. (co.zw)
  • Another bold step, according to him, was the national investment for prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT) programme for the mainstream population in 1999, when the Indian government started to invest its own money rather than depend on international donors. (theseoultimes.com)
  • The two manuals, published by the Ministry in June 1999, form the key resource for a series of workshops aimed at developing the gender analysis, policy-making and planning skills of Permanent Secretaries, Directors, Heads of Department and other senior government officers. (nzdl.org)
  • Creating scope for alternative source of employment to women & girls in tribal areas, closed tea gardens, hills, islands and slums without any overlapping of similar programme. (wbcdwdsw.gov.in)
  • The programme does so by conducting empirical research, providing analysis of media narratives and discourses, as well as producing recommendations for reporting, advocacy and policy-making. (iemed.org)
  • The programme also serves as a platform for dialogue and exchange of experiences and good practices between media practitioners and communities through peer-to-peer exchanges, capacity-enhancing activities, and local advocacy actions, as well as workshops and conferences. (iemed.org)
  • PEFC certification promotes gender equality and the role of women in forestry through a variety of requirements and processes. (pefc.org)
  • EIGE's evidence from a 2022 survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities. (europa.eu)
  • Gender-sensitive communication ensures that women and men - and those who do not conform to the binary gender system - are treated as persons of equal importance and dignity. (europa.eu)
  • Springer Nature publishes primary research, policy and opinion pieces on the myriad of manifestations of gender inequality, placing us uniquely in a position to disseminate information, facilitate communication and enable change. (springernature.com)
  • We're shining a spotlight and accelerating the conversation around gender equality - here's a look at the inspirational women who are paving the way for the future in the scientific community. (springernature.com)
  • Mainstreaming gender in energy policies and programming is good social policy and would enhance the efficiency of energy policies," argues the UNDP. (co.zw)
  • This agenda will continue to prioritize the Council's focus on equity and gender equality to transform the lives, livelihoods, and life chances of the poorest and most marginalized populations, particularly women and girls around the world. (popcouncil.org)
  • Some women also reported incidences of child marriages and gender-based violence increasing during COVID-19, but these were rarely acknowledged by the village councils. (iied.org)
  • California, which had a comprehensive tobacco control programme during this period, was excluded to enable appropriate comparison between Massachusetts and the states without substantial tobacco control programmes for most of the period. (bmj.com)
  • However, compared with men, rural women are frequently disadvantaged - for a variety of interrelated cultural, social, economic and institutional reasons - in their access to and control over forest resources and in the economic opportunities available to them. (pefc.org)
  • 5.a Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws. (pefc.org)
  • Migrant women workers like Hau and Hoa, making meagre income in the informal economy, lack access to basic social protections. (huffpost.com)
  • Many policy measures to control the obesity epidemic assume that people consciously and rationally choose what and how much they eat and therefore focus on providing information and more access to healthier foods. (cdc.gov)
  • Other community-wide policies more readily adopted include increasing access to fruits and vegetables and menu labeling, both of which assume that people will make better choices with more access and relevant information. (cdc.gov)
  • DAFF introduced an external bursary scheme in 2004 along side the career awareness programme as a measure to recruit young people at an early age to follow a career in one of the identified scarce and critical skills in agric, forestry and fisheries. (pmg.org.za)
  • 4. The strategy proposed aims at supporting Member States to foster actions that enhance physical, social and emotional well-being and contribute to the prevention of leading causes of disease, disability and death. (who.int)
  • The programme "Media, Democracy and Diversity" stimulates the initiatives, which aim to increase awareness and knowledge of communication professionals about those threats, as well as to build skills and capacities of this and other groups impacted by therein, to be able to recognise, report and act against those challenges adequately. (iemed.org)
  • traffic victims, potential traffic victims, sex workers and women in moral danger be given priority and if necessary the upper age limit for such category of women be relaxed up to 45 years. (wbcdwdsw.gov.in)
  • The programme has since come a long way and currently it has been re-positioned to not only achieve population stabilization but also to reduce maternal, infant and child mortality and morbidity. (balrakshabharat.org)
  • The weight and presence of transnational capital in the Chilean economy has kept growing, however, and the decisions and interests of those who control this capital are becoming more powerful in determining not only the economic, but also the social, political and cultural structure and dynamics of Chile. (socialwatch.org)
  • Women in West and Central Africa represent the most deprived group of the population in spite of their paramount social and economic role. (undp.org)
  • and their ability to influence the direction of social change to create a more just social and economic order, nationally and internationally (FAO, 2017). (fao.org)
  • Developing skill leading to generating of income of the women & girls in crisis situation and from the under privileged section of the society ensuring economic participation of women and transgender in the family. (wbcdwdsw.gov.in)
  • The survival and well-being of mothers and their children is not only important in their own right but are also central to solving broader economic, social and developmental challenges. (balrakshabharat.org)
  • India can use its large working population to fuel fast economic growth if the right programmes and policies are put in place, said a 2018 paper by the UNFPA. (insightsonindia.com)
  • I focus on the dynamics of intimacy and social interaction amongst young adults in urban Maputo to critically reflect on how to write about Africa in contemporary times. (africanarguments.org)
  • In fact the ever encreasing population has compelled the social scientists and the demographers to understand the dynamics of population problem of the tribal community. (himanshupublications.com)
  • Distribution of free spectacles to old persons suffering from presbyopia to enable them for undertaking near work as a new initiative under the programme. (vikaspedia.in)
  • I depart from a general question about a phenomenon that people recognise all over the globe: How do people reconcile moral principles and ethics of social institutions such as courtship, dating, marriage or any other similar institution with the desire, feeling or wanting to pursue sexual liaisons while maintaining stability in their lives? (africanarguments.org)
  • Further challenges include accelerated technological changes in the field of communication, the multiplication of social networks, the rise of hate narratives or discrimination against groups and minorities, the reconversion of the business model of the written press and precariousness of the work of journalists, the multiplication of social networks, the growing polarisation, and the atomisation of audiences. (iemed.org)
  • In this context, the publication on 8th February of cross-party working group recommendations to strengthen Parliament's response to harassment, bullying and sexual harassment at Westminster(ii), and the setting up of working groups to beef up grievance policies and drive cultural change, are to be welcomed. (bristol.ac.uk)
  • Swawlamban is a State sponsored scheme for socially distressed women and girls including transgender , trafficked victims , sex workers and women in moral danger of the age group of 18-35 years through which vocational training is imparted in collaboration with NGOs. (wbcdwdsw.gov.in)
  • Testing of certain categories, where anonymity would be impracticable if there was to be benefit (although confidentiality could be preserved), was also desirable (e.g. pregnant women, prostitutes), and some other categories where risk might be high by reason of the occupation (e.g. some surgeons or air-line pilots although the relevance of testing in such cases was disputed). (ditchley.com)
  • This structure has been facilitating collaboration through research cycles for 20 years, from agenda setting to discussions on policy relevance. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Alcohol consumption and tobacco exposure of 1745 pregnant women were assessed during enrollment by self-reports using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. (springer.com)
  • The most esteemed accolade of healthcare excellence in the UK, the HSJ Awards provide the largest annual benchmarking and recognition programme for the healthcare sector with a vision to look into sharing best practice and improving patient outcomes. (hsj.co.uk)
  • Tom Burkard is the co-author of the Sound Foundations reading and spelling programmes, which are rapidly gaining recognition as the most cost-effective means of preventing reading failure. (cps.org.uk)
  • Rural women are heavily involved in forest work, but frequently disadvantaged. (pefc.org)
  • But in the messy space occupied by social scientists, it is not always easy to determine which programmes work, which do not, and why. (nature.com)
  • In the West, the Club of Rome work had provoked an outcry from social scientists concerned about the application of cybernetics' mechanistic models to the solution of human problems. (blogspot.com)
  • Contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site. (huffpost.com)
  • I moved to Hanoi to find work," shares Hau, a 37-year-old migrant woman from Hai Duong province in northern Viet Nam. (huffpost.com)
  • This has provoked an overdue debate, but the same stereotyping, prejudices, myths, and a failure to appreciate the complexity and diversity of sex work and its social contexts persist. (bmj.com)
  • 13 It is state oppression, constraints of autonomy, and the resulting abuse and exploitation of marginalised women (whatever their occupation) that are the real moral issues, as those who work and care for these women know all to well. (bmj.com)
  • The fear of contracting COVID-19 created additional work for women and girls as they were responsible for maintaining household hygiene and for keeping children and relatives safe. (iied.org)
  • the majority are women, low-wage workers and increasingly racial/ethnic minorities and immigrants who typically work alone without other professional assistance. (cdc.gov)
  • Nigeria and synthesizes policy recommendations for the Nigerian allows others to share the work government. (bvsalud.org)
  • This randomized controlled trial from November 2019 to January 2020 included 110 students. (who.int)
  • One of the most prominent missile scientists, Dr. Song, believed that he could apply his expertise in the area of population control. (blogspot.com)
  • Over the last 5-6 years, women's participation in the programme has increased, resulting in them claiming more than 50% of the workdays. (iied.org)
  • However, this system simultaneously controlled and policed women's bodies, as well as liberal and non-heteronormative sexual practices and expressions through vehement punishment of what was defined as sexual corruption. (africanarguments.org)
  • Krea University offers four-year residential undergraduate programmes in the liberal arts and sciences leading to BA (Honours) and BSc (Honours) degrees, with an option to pursue a three-year BA and BSc course at the School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences. (wikipedia.org)