• Our August/September 2023 edition of PSE brings you expert comment and analysis on a range of key public sector topics, from EV infrastructure to Digital transformation and reducing carbon emissions. (publicsectorexecutive.com)
  • The call to step up vaccination efforts in the continent came during a WHO-led side-event titled "Putting Africa back on track to achieve the goals of the Immunization Agenda 2030" at the 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA) 2023 in Lusaka, Zambia, held from 27 to 30 November 2023. (who.int)
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reversed immunization gains, with the number of zero-dose children rising by 24% in 2022 compared with 2019 and driving up the cumulative total (2019-2022) to an estimated 28 million children - nearly half the global figure. (who.int)
  • For the past 20 years, the American Public Health Association has observed National Public Health Week as a time to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation's health. (cdc.gov)
  • Over the past 20 years, CDC has conducted public health surveillance to better understand the characteristics and complications that impact the bleeding disorders population. (cdc.gov)
  • Global Trade Watch's mission is to ensure that in this era of globalization, a majority have the opportunity to enjoy economic security, a healthy environment, safe food, medicines and products, access to quality affordable services such as health care and the exercise of democratic decision-making about the matters that affect our lives. (citizen.org)
  • NEW YORK (AP) - Trying to lessen climate change's sweeping impact, experts are hoping that attempts to improve the sputtering global public health system and sometimes-stalled efforts to curb global warming through collaboration can combine - and create a better system for handling the problem along the way. (yahoo.com)
  • Leaders of both the World Health Organization and the upcoming climate negotiations said Monday that for the first time, they are going to devote a day during December climate talks to public health issues. (yahoo.com)
  • And a day devoted to public health "is where you can actually get traction for change. (yahoo.com)
  • He said much of Africa's public health problems are connected to climate change. (yahoo.com)
  • He and others mentioned the recent Libya flooding and said to expect public health problems in the future from that. (yahoo.com)
  • Only 0.5% of the world's financial aid goes to public health and climate change, Al Jaber said. (yahoo.com)
  • In October, President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency , calling it a "national shame" and a "human tragedy. (cbsnews.com)
  • Almost half of Azerbaijan's population lives in rural areas where infrastructure needs - such as community roads, irrigation and drainage, potable water, and health and education facilities - are still significant. (worldbank.org)
  • Waitomo District Council is currently reviewing two bylaws - the Public Health and Safety Bylaw and the Public Places Bylaw - and is seeking your feedback. (waitomo.govt.nz)
  • Public Health and Safety Bylaw Council is. (waitomo.govt.nz)
  • 24 April, Cairo/Geneva -- As the international community comes together in Brussels to show support for Syrians and for a political solution to the conflict, WHO calls for increased investments in health to protect the lives of almost 17 million vulnerable men, women and children inside Syria and in 5 major neighbouring countries. (who.int)
  • Meanwhile, Syrians who have fled to neighbouring countries find themselves just as vulnerable, with the vast majority living below the poverty line and unable to afford life-saving health care. (who.int)
  • Seven years into the crisis have left 11.3 million people inside Syria in need of life-saving and life-sustaining humanitarian health aid, while fewer than half of all public health facilities are fully operational. (who.int)
  • Throughout the country, people are unable to obtain basic, life-saving health care services without being exposed to significant risks on a daily basis. (who.int)
  • Hundreds of seriously ill and wounded people living in besieged areas have been denied the right to leave to obtain life-saving health care. (who.int)
  • As part of the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan for Syria, WHO and health partners require US$ 426.4 m to reach 11.3 million people across the country with life-saving health care services. (who.int)
  • Monday, April 7, marks the beginning of National Public Health Week. (cdc.gov)
  • MRLs are intended only to serve as a screening tool to help public health professionals decide where to look more closely. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR uses a conservative (i.e., protective) approach to address this uncertainty consistent with the public health principle of prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • The SPH Portal provides a comprehensive one-stop platform for partners and donors to identify gaps in a country's health security capacities, assess opportunities to target their financial and technical resources for the maximum public health benefit, and explore mechanisms for collaboration with countries. (who.int)
  • In November 1989, a national workshop that included suicidologists, public health officials, researchers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and news media professionals was held to address general concerns about, and specific recommendations for, reducing the possibility of media-related suicide contagion. (cdc.gov)
  • These recommendations, which are endorsed by CDC, outline general issues that public officials and health and media professionals should consider when reporting about suicide. (cdc.gov)
  • These findings have induced efforts on the part of many suicide- prevention specialists, public health practitioners, and researchers to curtail the reporting of suicide -- especially youth suicide -- in newspapers and on television. (cdc.gov)
  • Lusaka - With one in five children in Africa still missing basic, life-saving vaccines, World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are calling for accelerated action to reach all children and put the continent back on track to achieve the Immunization Agenda 2030 goals towards reducing illness and deaths due to vaccine-preventable diseases. (who.int)
  • Increasingly, this Initiative is delivering a bundle of life-saving and health-promoting interventions: bed nets for malaria, vitamin A to boost the immune system, de-worming tablets that help keep children in school, polio vaccine, and tetanus vaccine for pregnant women. (who.int)
  • This is a value-added approach that amplifies the power of public health. (who.int)
  • Joranson DE, Gilson AM. Wanted: a public health approach to prescription opioid abuse and diversion. (medscape.com)
  • He is a captain in the U.S. public health service and a senior medical officer in the travelers health branch of CDC's division of global migration and quarantine. (cdc.gov)
  • Our traditional audience has been the traveler and healthcare provider, we have a larger audience than that, including public health, the travel industry, and others. (cdc.gov)
  • With the theme, vaccines bring us closer, World Immunization Week shows how vaccination connects us to the people, goals and moments that matter most, helping improve the health of everyone everywhere throughout life. (bvsalud.org)
  • Hot Topics of the Day are picked by experts to capture the latest information and publications on public health genomics and precision health for various diseases and health topics. (cdc.gov)
  • Community Counts is a public health surveillance program that gathers and shares information about common health issues, medical complications, and causes of death that affect people with bleeding disorders cared for in U.S. Hemophilia Treatment Centers. (cdc.gov)
  • The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will hold a public meeting on March 4, and two public availability sessions on March 5, 2002, in Harrisville, Rhode Island, to discuss the agency's work related to water contaminated with Methyl tert -Butyl Ether (MTBE) in the Pascoag Utility District in the latter half of 2001. (cdc.gov)
  • Instead, members of the public are invited to drop in at any time during the session to talk one-on-one with representatives from the agencies about their health concerns related to the site. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR is a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR's mission is to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment. (cdc.gov)
  • Public health assessments report information about hazardous substances in the environment and evaluate whether exposure to those substances in the past, present or future could harm people in the area. (cdc.gov)
  • Public health assessments also make recommendations to other government agencies, such as the EPA and state and local health and environmental departments, concerning actions to protect public health. (cdc.gov)
  • In preparing public health assessments, ATSDR health assessors rely on various sources of information. (cdc.gov)
  • Reports of community concerns document the public's descriptions of how the site affects their health and quality of life. (cdc.gov)
  • The life expectancy figure is based on the year of their birth, current death trends and other factors. (cbsnews.com)
  • But last year marked the first time in more than a half century that U.S. life expectancy fell two consecutive years. (cbsnews.com)
  • Typically, life expectancy goes back up after a one-year decline, said Robert Anderson, who oversees the CDC's death statistics. (cbsnews.com)
  • Life expectancy for men decreased, but it held steady for women. (cbsnews.com)
  • In that piece, I show that in terms of life expectancy, child mortality, the global income distribution, and some other important indicators, the world has made meaningful progress in recent decades. (lu.se)
  • Nalmefene (Revex) and naltrexone are newer opioid antagonists that have longer half-lives than naloxone (4-8 h and 8-12 h vs 1 h). (medscape.com)
  • Those stories and more in today's evening update from MPR News. (mprnews.org)
  • Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for joining us for today's Public Safety Briefing, led by Chief of Operations from the New York City Office of Public Safety, Justin Meyers. (nyc.gov)
  • Following our last speaker, we will take a few questions from the media followed by some questions that have been submitted by the public ahead of today's briefing. (nyc.gov)
  • The candidate who broke that drought in 1966 was Winthrop Rockefeller, a public figure so moderate and progressive that today's deeply conservative Natural State quite likely would spurn him. (arkansasonline.com)
  • If you get Global News from Instagram or Facebook - that will be changing. (globalnews.ca)
  • In this half hour documentary, follow principal, Dr. Nancy Lubeski, in her search to improve the lives of her students. (dptv.org)
  • A search was made for Brazilian web pages aimed at the lay public, and that contained snacks for children between 2 and 6 years of age. (bvsalud.org)
  • Gov. Tim Walz has ordered flags at state buildings in Minnesota to be flown at half-staff to honor the life of longtime California U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. (mprnews.org)
  • Alexa, play Public News Service podcast' or 'Alexa, what's my news flash? (publicnewsservice.org)
  • Alexa, play 2000 23 Talks podcast' or 'Alexa, what's my news flash? (publicnewsservice.org)
  • Alexa, play the Yonder Report podcast' or 'Alexa, what's my news flash? (publicnewsservice.org)
  • Brooks is the William Henry Bloomberg professor of the practice of public leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, a professor of management practice at the Harvard Business School, the happiness correspondent at The Atlantic and host of the podcast series "How to Build a Happy Life. (wgbh.org)
  • Gov. Eric Holcomb has directed that flags be flown at half-staff across Indiana on Monday to honor an eastern Indiana police officer who died after being shot in the head during a traffic stop. (indianapublicmedia.org)
  • Holcomb asked Friday that flags be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Monday, the date of the public funeral for Richmond Police Officer Seara Burton . (indianapublicmedia.org)
  • WATCH: Former Global News anchor explains why he went public with Fentanyl warning. (globalnews.ca)
  • Hanks said he didn't share the news, nor pictures of his daughter, on social media 'because her privacy is sacred to me. (go.com)
  • She's something that I love that's changed my life, but the fact is she's about to be shared with everybody, so I wanted you to hear it from me before you hear it from the media,' he added. (go.com)
  • Indiana Public Media is the home of WFIU Public Radio WTIU Public Television , including your favorite programming from NPR and PBS. (indianapublicmedia.org)
  • It wasn't long before Hill's comments departed the realm of social media and began to catch fire on conservative news sites. (espn.com)
  • A set of general concerns about and recommendations for reducing the possibility of media-related suicide contagion were developed at this workshop, and characteristics of news coverage that appear to foster suicide contagion were described. (cdc.gov)
  • Representatives from ATSDR will be available to meet with members of the news media from 4:30 until 5:15 on March 4 at the Burrillville High School Auditorium, located at 425 East Avenue in Harrisville. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR will hold a media availability session and a public meeting on March 4, and two public availability sessions on March 5, 2002, in Harrisville, Rhode Island, to discuss the agency's work related to water contaminated with Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) in the Pascoag Utility District in the latter half of 2001. (cdc.gov)
  • What we're experiencing is the consequence of underfunding Michigan public school students, educators, and education for many years, the resultant teacher shortage, and a once-in-a-century pandemic," State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice said in a press release. (wlns.com)
  • Transport Secretary Grant Shapps defended Test and Trace in an interview with Sky News, saying the pandemic would have been "one heck of a lot worse" without it. (sky.com)
  • The cross-party Public Accounts Committee said that although Test and Trace had failed in its primary mission of preventing lockdown, it had increased testing and tracing hugely since the start of the pandemic. (sky.com)
  • This year Illinois lawmakers passed a bill ending life sentences without parole for people in Illinois who were under 21 when they were arrested. (publicnewsservice.org)
  • Public Citizen advocates for ordinary people by taking on corporate interests and their cronies in government. (citizen.org)
  • My call to local people and those in power is to work with us to bring forward tangible activity that makes a difference to people's lives and truly harnesses all talent. (publicsectorexecutive.com)
  • Yetunde has done a tremendous job of leading the delivery of the first phase of the strategy and I'm committed to working with Sharonjit and the rest of the taskforce to bring about tangible change that positively impacts the lives of local people. (publicsectorexecutive.com)
  • A delightful, easy-to-read work of literary nonfiction, it humanizes a downtrodden, long-suffering people whose individual lives, hopes and dreams are so little known abroad. (bookbrowse.com)
  • A delightful, easy-to-read work of literary nonfiction, it humanizes a downtrodden, long-suffering people whose individual lives, hopes and dreams are so little known abroad that North Koreans are often compared to robots. (bookbrowse.com)
  • The good news: Since California unions and community organizations helped pass Paid Family Leave legislation in 2002, over one million people have used the program, which provides up to six weeks of partial wage replacement for workers who take time off to bond with a new child or care for a seriously ill family member. (momsrising.org)
  • Reason 2: I want to make sure our public education system is a safe place for people of all diverse backgrounds and orientations to learn and grow. (cbc.ca)
  • Over half a million people have signed a petition calling for Tony Blair's knighthood to be rescinded. (stv.tv)
  • She wouldn't give her last name because most people in her life don't know about the addiction she's struggled with for half-a-dozen years, that grew from the occasional pill palmed from co-workers to a back-pain prescription until she was raiding her RRSP to keep the gnawing withdrawal at bay. (globalnews.ca)
  • Hundreds of million of people were lifted out of poverty in developing countries and for the first time in history, half of the world population can be considered global middle class. (lu.se)
  • Public Citizen advocates Medicare for All, stronger oversight of dangerous doctors and safe clinical trials. (citizen.org)
  • An Indigenous project in South Dakota seeks to protect tribal data sovereignty, advocates in North Carolina are pushing back against attacks on public schools, and Arkansas wants the hungriest to have access to more fruits and veggies. (publicnewsservice.org)
  • In addition to pushing for more family leave rights for all workers, advocates now have to push for more public education so everyone who needs this program can benefit. (momsrising.org)
  • Tony Blair is the least deserving person of any public honour, particularly anything awarded by Her Majesty the Queen. (stv.tv)
  • Turning to the guest of honour, Miss Grange lauded Ambassador Johnson for his outstanding contribution to Jamaica and to the public service. (sflcn.com)
  • 75 from http://pus.sagepub.com/cgi/content/ scence, possibly because of their short years of age (mean 31, SD 17 years), abstract/13/3/273 elimination half-lives ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • To those who felt Hill should be fired for her comments, it was a mealy-mouthed half-apology with no real-life consequence. (espn.com)
  • He is asking state and federal officials to delay opening the site to the public until further tests are conducted. (ens-newswire.com)
  • Since 2005, Supreme Court rulings have accepted adolescent brain science and banned the use of capital punishment for juveniles, limited life-without-parole sentences to homicide offenses, banned the use of mandatory life without parole and applied the decision retroactively. (publicnewsservice.org)
  • It's a time to remember the lives that have been lost to the drug overdose epidemic that is occurring across this country. (nyc.gov)
  • Part of the site has been turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a national wildlife refuge that would be accessible to the public. (ens-newswire.com)
  • Other issues raised by the Public Accounts Committee included the lack of coordination with local government when the service was started and low levels of self-isolation, often because of financial hardship. (sky.com)
  • In discussing his own marijuana use with New Yorker editor David Remnick, President Obama commented, "As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life. (medscape.com)
  • Live public preview of the Shumiatcher donation auction. (uregina.ca)
  • I don't want to live this life forever. (globalnews.ca)
  • Tweet This Click to share quote on Twitter: 'I don't want to live this life forever. (globalnews.ca)
  • In other words, in 2013, more than half of the students attending public school lived in poverty. (alternet.org)
  • Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung, the unchallenged rise to power of his son Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population. (bookbrowse.com)
  • There has been a steady build up of anticipation over those years, and excitement is ready to burst, with millions of the British public being involved in the Olympics in one capacity or another. (employersforwork-lifebalance.org.uk)
  • In previous years, it was referred to as Strategic Planning, the plans were created but never really shared with the public. (dinecollege.edu)
  • Two and a Half Men alum Angus T. Jones looked unrecognizable with a large bushy beard as he stepped out in Los Angeles more than eight years after the CBS sit-com went off the air. (eonline.com)
  • LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - More than half of the schools in the Lansing School District are considered "low achieving" by the state and are in line for more educational support. (wlns.com)
  • During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Boris Johnson also backed the programme, telling MPs: "It's thanks to NHS Test and Trace that we're able to send kids back to school and begin cautiously and irreversibly to reopen our economy and restart our lives. (sky.com)
  • Visit a local public school and find out how many student qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. (alternet.org)
  • Mississippi is faring the worst, with 71% of its public school students coming from low-income families. (alternet.org)
  • In 19 other states, including New York, low-income students made up between 40% and 49% of the states' public school enrollment, the report found . (alternet.org)
  • Burton's public funeral held at Richmond High School, followed a funeral procession to Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, where she will be interred in a section dedicated to public safety heroes. (indianapublicmedia.org)
  • But, under the long dictatorship of Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, which started in the 1930s, laws actually discouraged public gathering and conversation. (wvxu.org)
  • How did you come into contact with the online news site The Conversation? (lu.se)
  • The idea behind The Conversation is for academics to write about their research in a way that is accessible and easy to understand for the public. (lu.se)
  • He also asked Indiana businesses and residents to lower their flags to half-staff to honor the late officer. (indianapublicmedia.org)
  • Reducing carbon and other air pollution "will save lives,' he said. (yahoo.com)
  • We will have more coverage of this story tonight on 6 News at 6 and we will cover the district's press conference on Wednesday. (wlns.com)
  • The public sex offender registry said Carrera had been deported though he never was, according to the news story. (blogspot.com)
  • His remarkable story is told in the half-dozen rooms of the Winthrop Rockefeller Legacy Gallery atop Petit Jean Mountain, 65 miles northwest of Little Rock. (arkansasonline.com)
  • Away from the region, Clare has worked alongside national organisations, including the UK Cabinet Office on diversity when it comes to public appointments and honours, with this allowing her to develop formidable reputation for being persistent in the inspiring, demanding and mobilising of action. (publicsectorexecutive.com)
  • As a charity, MomsRising Education Fund is nonpartisan and does not support or oppose any candidate for elected public office. (momsrising.org)
  • MomsRising.org is a joint website of MomsRising Together, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, and MomsRising Education Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity. (momsrising.org)
  • Human beings currently consume about one and a half times what the earth is able to provide us with every year, according to the Global Footprint Network , an international research organization. (lu.se)
  • Doug Domenech, the former director of the Fueling Freedom Project at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, is now the Trump administration's assistant secretary of Interior for insular affairs. (eenews.net)
  • Over the weekend, the Rural Organizing Project coordinated actions in a half-dozen communities, to show support for life getting back to normal for residents of Harney County. (publicnewsservice.org)
  • I deliberately looked to move onto new and different ventures, but life has led me back to the WRDSB as a trustee candidate. (cbc.ca)
  • In 2013, 21 states reported that the majority of students in their public schools came from low-income families. (alternet.org)
  • As local public schools struggle to educate America's low-income children on limited budgets, the future of working families is at stake. (alternet.org)
  • aimed to reduce measles deaths by half compared with 1999. (who.int)
  • I also advise on other areas of community care law, including challenges under the Care Act 2014 and the Social Services and Well Being (Wales) Act and public law judicial review challenges. (irwinmitchell.com)
  • One disturbing case mentioned in the article focuses on a Cuban national named Santos Hernandez Carrera, who raped a woman at knifepoint and spent roughly half his life in jail. (blogspot.com)
  • Photojournalist Tony Giberson of the Pensacola News Journal documented quite the police chase this week when law enforcement spent an hour trying to chase down a runaway potbellied pig. (petapixel.com)
  • Demick has woven together life stories of half a dozen defectors that credibly suggest a human rights tragedy of enormous proportion is taking place relatively out of Western public view, while the news headlines (for good reason) focus on North Korea's nuclear ambitions. (bookbrowse.com)
  • I've been sober for over a year and a half from everything,' he said. (go.com)
  • Its life span is about a year. (eenews.net)
  • The past year has been the most arduous of our lives. (alternet.org)
  • The images portray his life before moving here in 1953 along with the history of Petit Jean Mountain as preludes to a detailed look at his successive two-year terms as governor. (arkansasonline.com)
  • Gere, 65, and Silva's romance - while new to the public - has been going strong for about a year. (foxnews.com)
  • Before their shipboard getaway, the couple made their first public appearance at the 61st Annual Taormina Film Festival in Sicily last week, where the "Officer and a Gentleman" actor received an award. (foxnews.com)
  • The U.S. government should work for the public, not corporations or industry. (citizen.org)
  • Also in the institute's main building, the Legacy Theater shows several videos about Rockefeller's life and work. (arkansasonline.com)
  • My regret is that my comments and the public way I made them painted ESPN in an unfair light. (espn.com)
  • Public Citizen challenges Big Pharma, device manufacturers and federal regulators to make drugs and medical devices safe, effective and accessible to all. (citizen.org)
  • I can tell you personally, I have multiple family members - and I'm someone who works in public safety, someone who works on these issues on a daily basis - I have multiple family members who became addicted to opioids through prescription drugs following surgeries or other medical events. (nyc.gov)
  • Reason 1: I believe public education is an extremely important part of our democracy and our country. (cbc.ca)
  • McKinley said, "The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge should be managed as open space that is closed to the public. (ens-newswire.com)
  • Around half appeared in the national public sex offender registry as required by law. (blogspot.com)
  • According to Joyce Martin, M.P.H., lead of the birth team in the Reproductive Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, a transition that began more than a decade-and-a-half ago will soon be completed, and a new era in national birth certificate data will begin. (cdc.gov)
  • His latest book is "From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life. (wgbh.org)
  • Environmentalists challenged the move, which will be open for public comment following its formal publication Friday in the Federal Register . (eenews.net)
  • Just open a newspaper or go online to your preferred news outlet, and you'll find it. (cdc.gov)
  • While the session is open to the public, individual conversations with agency representatives are private. (cdc.gov)
  • Congress held a public hearing on UFOs on Tuesday to discuss the various sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). (petapixel.com)
  • The half life of the nuclear materials is known to be a very long time span. (ens-newswire.com)
  • She also extended an invitation to Jamaicans all over the world to start planning to be in Jamaica for this "grand once in a life-time celebration" of the country's half century milestone. (sflcn.com)
  • a police state where informants are rewarded and where an offhand remark can send a person to the gulag for life. (bookbrowse.com)