• The United Nations recognizes the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as the poorest and weakest segment of the international community. (unesco.org)
  • The Organization is guided by the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020 , adopted by the Fourth United Nations Conference on the LDCs (Istanbul 2011). (unesco.org)
  • It looked at the least developed countries (LDCs), lower-middle-income countries and upper-middle-income countries. (iied.org)
  • IIED research earlier this year showed how the poorest and most climate-vulnerable nations - the LDCs and Small Island Developing States - have paid back some $50 billion to G20 nations to service debts since COVID-19 hit. (iied.org)
  • However, integrating such multiple agendas poses a challenge - most notably to Least Developed Countries who are already experiencing the impacts of climate change, and are also part of efforts to develop low carbon or green growth pathways to mitigate emissions. (iied.org)
  • As a result, the dynamic model yields similar consumption-based emissions estimation for many developed countries comparing with the traditional model, but it highlights the dynamics of fast-developing countries. (lu.se)
  • Indeed, 138 countries with less than 1% of annual CO2 emissions are at the mercy of 20 nations that make up 80% of those releases. (forbes.com)
  • In 2021, the most recent year for which data was available, 122 developing countries received US$69.6 billion to pay for schemes designed to adapt to climate change or cut emissions. (iied.org)
  • In 2006, Rwanda became the first African country to introduce pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in a nationwide campaign. (voanews.com)
  • With new commitment from the Gates Foundation and a cooperating enlistment of resources from drug manufacturers, donor countries, and developing nations, Dr. Levine says facilitators hope that enough vaccines will be affordable and within reach of thousands of new patients in countries where the neediest children live. (voanews.com)
  • We count on them to develop the newest, safest, most effective life-saving vaccines. (voanews.com)
  • Since WHO established the Global Surveillance and Monitoring System for substandard and falsified products, many countries are now active in reporting suspicious medicines, vaccines and medical devices. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • Not only are the U.S. and other rich countries hoarding vaccines that they don't need and can't use, rich country leaders have failed to expand vaccine supplies. (commondreams.org)
  • Brazil is already exporting vaccines to nearly 75 countries and since 2003, Bio-Manguinhos, has been producing a high-cost vaccine that deals with measles, mumps and rubella along with GlaxoSmithKline Plc adhering to a technology transfer agreement. (themedguru.com)
  • A key highlight of COP27 in Egypt was a loss-and-damage fund , which compensates less developed nations. (forbes.com)
  • This compensates for the respiratory and lactic acidosis that develops during the apneic phase. (medscape.com)
  • Food prices in developing nations continue to be "stubbornly high … despite a strong cereal harvest this year, and 31 countries need emergency aid," the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its " Crop Prospects and Food Situation" report released Tuesday ahead of next week's Rome World Summit on Food Security, Agence France-Presse reports. (kff.org)
  • At the same time, I recognize that many, discouraged on the complexities of doing "politics" all over the world, in developed and emerging nations alike, might feel the "urge" of moving ahead, in a tactical thinking that see progressive, incremental changes attainable only if we focus and concentrate on developing adaptive sports, while we can wait for major pieces of legislation to come into existence. (peace-sport.org)
  • It is in the interest of developed countries to create funds for loss and damages to give emerging nations money to "adapt and mitigate" climate events. (forbes.com)
  • There are currently 48 Least Developed Countries , as classified by the United Nations. (unesco.org)
  • The purpose of this article is to review published studies that evaluate lifestyle and other non-pharmacological interventions aimed at preventing T2DM and its complications in developing countries. (springer.com)
  • Despite a number of significant global and regional initiatives being undertaken to prevent diabetes and diabetes-related complications [ 3 - 7 ], seven out of the top ten countries with the greatest number of people living with diabetes are low- or middle-income countries. (springer.com)
  • Given the rapidly escalating financial and societal costs associated with diabetes care in developing countries, where resources to address the disease are severely limited, there is an urgent need for the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs to prevent T2DM and its complications [ 4 ]. (springer.com)
  • Since the concept of T2DM prevention on a mass scale was first proposed early in the twentieth century [ 17 ], and was more recently emphasized by the World Health Organization (WHO) [ 18 ] and other international organizations, a number of very well-conducted intervention trials have now evaluated the prevention of diabetes and its complications in developed countries. (springer.com)
  • Kenya was the first African country to use geothermal power, and still has the largest installed capacity of geothermal power in Africa at 200 MW, with a potential of up to 10 GW. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dr. Levine points out that the most vulnerable children in Africa, Asia, and other parts of the developing world have lacked access to quality care to shield them from high risk factors like HIV and malnutrition. (voanews.com)
  • This vaccine is a special venture for the developing countries and Brazil focuses specially on Africa. (themedguru.com)
  • IIED's analysis found that, although the ratio of loans to grants was higher for countries with higher GDP per capita, the poorest 34 still had to finance half their climate projects through debt. (iied.org)
  • Campylobacter is one of the most frequently isolated bacteria from stools of infants with diarrhea in developing countries-a result of contaminated food or water ( 5 , 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • While the agreement is historical, it must still determine what countries get funded and who contributes. (forbes.com)
  • At the moment there is only one country that produces a similar kind of vaccine - India. (themedguru.com)
  • The Microsoft's Bill Gates foundation, had given a grant of almost 1 million USD to Brazil's best and ace research facility , the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, for the clinical trials undertaken in developing the vaccine for export reasons. (themedguru.com)
  • This reflects the strategic deployment of human resources throughout the Organization that continues to be undertaken in support of WHO's country operations (see Figure 2). (who.int)
  • The vaccine manufacturer Wyeth, which now becomes Pfizer, came out with the first vaccine, which had seven important serotypes and has now developed a formulation that has 13 serotypes. (voanews.com)
  • This unconscionable vaccine apartheid is not just leaving billions of people in African and other developing countries vulnerable to preventable disease, suffering and death, it is dramatically increasing global poverty rates - as well as the death, disease and hunger that accompanies severe poverty. (commondreams.org)
  • This vaccine has been developed especially for export purposes. (themedguru.com)
  • This low cost vaccine will be very affordable and the ideal choice for the developing countries. (themedguru.com)
  • Bio-Manguinhos, a division of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), will be developing the vaccine and it will cost just about $ 0.54 per dose. (themedguru.com)
  • The only problem is that this vaccine is very difficult for the developing countries to afford. (themedguru.com)
  • Furthermore, the sequencing and publication of the complete genome of C. jejuni NCTC 11168 have heralded a renaissance of interest in this organism, offering researchers worldwide, including in developing countries, novel ways to contribute to the understanding the organism's biology ( 13 ) . (cdc.gov)
  • Most data available on campylobacteriosis in developing countries were collected as a result of support provided by WHO to many laboratories in developing countries, including grants for epidemiologic studies and Lior serotyping antisera provided by the Public Health Service of Canada ( 5 , 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Vastly more of the funds developing countries receive for projects to address climate change come as loans rather than grants, according to new analysis by IIED. (iied.org)
  • Gender mainstreaming is recognised as a systematic way to develop gender equality and so integrated planning is being developed across a range of issues around climate and gender. (iied.org)
  • The measurement and disclosure of climate risk is the first step to developing strategies to address risk as part of all investment decisions. (climatepolicyinitiative.org)
  • However, there is no standard format to report on climate finance (and thus adaptation finance) for developed and developing countries so far (UNFCCC, 2016), though countries can do so in their National Communications, Biennial Update Reports (BURs), and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). (climatepolicyinitiative.org)
  • Servicing sovereign debt acting as a brake on countries' ability to address the climate crisis. (iied.org)
  • Sejal Patel, an environmental economist at IIED, said: "Climate finance is a mess that the richest countries - all big polluters - need to clean up as soon as possible. (iied.org)
  • Spiralling levels of debt act as a ' hidden handbrake ' on the ability of some countries to address climate change. (iied.org)
  • Separate research laid bare the extent to which these countries' debt repayments outweigh the climate finance they receive , and a further paper explored the possible solutions. (iied.org)
  • There are for example provisions in some WTO Agreements which provide developing countries with longer transition periods before they are required to fully implement the agreement and developing countries can receive technical assistance. (wto.org)
  • That a WTO member announces itself as a developing country does not automatically mean that it will benefit from the unilateral preference schemes of some of the developed country members such as the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). (wto.org)
  • In practice, it is the preference giving country which decides the list of developing countries that will benefit from the preferences. (wto.org)
  • A concern when conducting stated preference valuation studies in rural developing or very low income contexts is the use of monetary willingness to pay (WTP) estimates. (fao.org)
  • By developing such energy sources developing countries can reduce their dependence on oil and natural gas, creating energy portfolios that are less vulnerable to price rises. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is even leaving the rich countries themselves vulnerable to new strains, meaning more death and disease and more economic dislocation. (commondreams.org)
  • They are also more likely than richer countries to be vulnerable to crippling natural disasters such as drought or floods. (iied.org)
  • In circumstances where cash incomes are extremely low, a significant proportion of the population are not engaged in waged labour and the exchange of goods or services is augmented through barter or work exchange, the role of money is likely to be different from that within an urban developed setting. (fao.org)
  • Over 70% of those with T2DM live in developing countries, and this proportion is increasing annually. (springer.com)
  • A high proportion of cases reported to WHO occur in countries with constrained access to medical products. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • These are especially popular in high-income countries, but more research is needed to determine the proportion and impact of sales of substandard or falsified medical products. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • While many of the suggestions can also be applied in developed countries, which often face similar challenges in measuring and deploying adaptation finance, the focus of the report and selected examples highlight the role for developing country national governments and stakeholders, such as development finance institutions, local governments, and civil society organizations including academic institutions in supporting increased knowledge and investment in adaptation. (climatepolicyinitiative.org)
  • Multilateral development banks have developed agreed upon tracking methodologies, resulting in the most comprehensive datasets available (MDBs, 2018, MDB-IDFC, 2018). (climatepolicyinitiative.org)
  • They are considered highly disadvantaged in their development process and risk, more than other countries, not being able to rise out of poverty. (unesco.org)
  • Morgan also points out that green plants could play a great role in producing synthetic fuel alcohol, which would not only impact the developing country but the world as a whole in providing an alternative fuel source. (wikipedia.org)
  • An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO). (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • Can the world lend developing countries a hand? (forbes.com)
  • The Gambia followed Rwanda's lead, and ten or more countries are expected soon also to embrace the initiative, including Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Mali, and the Central African Republic. (voanews.com)
  • At the same time, all African countries combined have had roughly 150 million doses administered. (commondreams.org)
  • Availability of national surveillance programs in developed countries has facilitated monitoring of sporadic cases as well as outbreaks of human campylobacteriosis ( 2 , 8 - 11 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The International Diabetes Federation recently reported that the number of people with diabetes will escalate from 285 million in 2010 to 438 million by 2,030, with more than 70% of cases already from developing countries [ 2 ]. (springer.com)
  • In developed countries, many reported cases have been classified as unpreventable. (medscape.com)
  • Once health professionals recognized the bewildering array of problems that an infant with facial cleft may develop, the concept of "team care" for children with such anomalies arose. (medscape.com)
  • During his time in CENSIDA he also developed an HIV care model called CAPASITS (Centro Ambulatorio de Prevencion y Atencion en SIDA e Infecciones de Transmision Sexual), there are more than 70 CAPASITS all over Mexico. (wikipedia.org)
  • In conjunction with the first report from the Global Surveillance and Monitoring System published today, WHO is publishing research that estimates a 10.5 percent failure rate in all medical products used in low- and middle-income countries. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • This study was based on more than 100 published research papers on medicine quality surveys done in 88 low- and middle-income countries involving 48,000 samples of medicines. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • Renewable energy in developing countries is an increasingly used alternative to fossil fuel energy, as these countries scale up their energy supplies and address energy poverty. (wikipedia.org)
  • National surveillance programs and international collaborations are needed to address the substantial gaps in the knowledge about the epidemiology of campylobacteriosis in developing countries. (cdc.gov)
  • Each intervention was found to be effective in reducing the risk of developing T2DM in people with impaired glucose tolerance, and improving glycemic control in people with T2DM. (springer.com)
  • all of which have demonstrated comparable efficacy, by reducing the risk of developing T2DM by up to 63% in lifestyle intervention groups compared with controls. (springer.com)
  • The list of countries in or at risk of debt distress only includes those eligible for the IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust. (iied.org)
  • Most developing countries have abundant renewable energy resources, including solar energy, wind power, geothermal energy, and biomass, as well as the ability to manufacture the relatively labor-intensive systems that harness these. (wikipedia.org)
  • Papers written by W. Morgan, R. Moss and P. Richard discuss the opportunities of renewable resources that lie within the developing country as well. (wikipedia.org)
  • Countries have agreed on measures at the global level - it is time to translate them into tangible action. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • What is happening here is very encouraging but at the same time, in Nepal as well as in other developing countries, we need to ensure that while we focus on lobbying for recognition of adaptive sports, we also need to work hard to mainstream the sector within the broader disability movement at national and local levels. (peace-sport.org)
  • Based on 10% estimates of substandard and falsified medicines, a modelling exercise developed by the University of Edinburgh estimates that 72 000 to 169 000 children may be dying each year from pneumonia due to substandard and falsified antibiotics. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • The costs of adaptation in developing countries could range from USD 140 billion to USD 300 billion per year by 2030 (UNEP 2016). (climatepolicyinitiative.org)
  • We argue that this provides support for the use of WTP in rural developing areas where there are functioning labour markets. (fao.org)
  • The Network has an ambitious program ahead in terms of advocacy with the aim of having in place a stronger policy framework for athletes living with disabilities and ensuring a stronger support of the Government to develop the movement. (peace-sport.org)
  • Collectively, developing countries have more than half of global renewable power capacity. (wikipedia.org)
  • COP28 will zero in on the so-called "global stocktake," which takes stock of national actions and assesses the collective progress - a way to ensure countries fulfill their promises. (forbes.com)
  • Physicians now recognize that zinc supplementation can reduce the incidence and severity of diarrheal disease, and an ORS of reduced osmolarity (i.e., proportionally reduced concentrations of sodium and glucose) has been developed for global use. (cdc.gov)
  • A substantial number of children (approximately 20%) who undergo cleft palate repair develop a complex speech production disorder. (medscape.com)
  • Although ORT has been instrumental in improving health outcomes among children in developing countries, its use has lagged behind in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Thus, to promote research and control of campylobacteriosis in developing countries, review information on human campylobacteriosis in these countries is urgently needed. (cdc.gov)
  • Founded in 1971, we now have 500,000 members and supporters throughout the country. (commondreams.org)
  • In 2001, 34.5% of staff members holding long-term appointments were assigned to headquarters, 39.9% to regional offices and 25.0% to country offices. (who.int)
  • More research is needed to evaluate the benefits of low-cost screening tools, as well as the efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability of culturally appropriate interventions in such countries. (springer.com)
  • Morgan and Richard claim firewood and agriculture could play a great role in an alternative energy solution in developing countries, while Richards claims that efficient use of agriculture could lead to renewable energy. (wikipedia.org)
  • How can we ensure that the recent gains in the field, normally seen only through the prism of TV audience and attendance to the games every four years, actually are translated in practical actions in countries that are still lagging behind when we talk about implementing disability rights? (peace-sport.org)
  • The Developing Areas Study Group session is a group of speakers from all over the energy businesses discusses the potential ideas to get developing countries the renewable energy that they need. (wikipedia.org)
  • Figure 3 indicates that in the general services category, staff numbers at country office level increased gradually between 2001 and 2006, with the growth becoming more rapid from 2006 to 2011. (who.int)
  • Rich country leaders had plenty of notice to prevent this exact situation from occurring. (commondreams.org)
  • Here we develop a dynamic model to incorporate capital stock change in consumption-based accounting. (lu.se)