Shocks & extreme events

Le champignon microscopique “Candida auris”, une menace grandissante pour la santé publique

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Une mystérieuse infection due à un champignon résistant aux traitements se développe dans le monde, et ce dans un climat de secret

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Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Global challenges
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Health promotion
Medical care
Health insurance
Shocks & extreme events
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British Virgin Islands on the Path to Developing a Shock Responsive Approach to Social Protection

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ReliefWeb (09.01.2019) On official request, WFP assisted the Government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to improve the country's social protection framework to better cater to the needs of its most vulnerable citizens following a disaster. Nineteen governmental and non-governmental officials, representing 10 institutions in social protection, education, health and disaster management, actively engaged in a capacity strengthening exercise in Shock Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) on 10-13 December 2018.

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british Virgin Islands
Global challenges
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World’s pension funds vulnerable to climate risks, study reveals

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EurActiv (16.10.2018) 87% of assets managed by the world’s 100 largest public pension funds are yet to undergo a formal climate risk assessment, according to research published on Tuesday (23 October), with only 15% of them adopting a coal exclusion policy.

Global challenges
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Pensions
Investment
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ASEAN to build disaster-responsive social protection programmes

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fareasternagriculture.com (06.09.2018) Three ASEAN sectoral bodies – social welfare development, disaster management and health, together with Specialised Agencies of the United Nations, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), other partners and civil society groups have announced the planned development of ASEAN Guidelines on Disaster Responsive Social Protection

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Asia
Global challenges
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[Report] Social Protection in Madagascar - The case of Cash Transfers: Capacity to respond to shocks and options for harmonization

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ReliefWeb (02.95.2018) The report has been prepared as commissioned by the Government of Madagascar (Ministry of Population, Social protection and Women’s Promotion and the National Office of Risk and Disaster Management) in coordination with the members of the emergency cash group and with UNICEF’s funding and technical support. The results of this report have been presented and discussed with the Government and the members of the emergency cash group.

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madagascar
Global challenges
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Conditional cash transfers
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Building Resilience and Protecting Vulnerable Yemenis Through Cash Transfers

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Yemen ReliefWeb (21.03.2018) Life has dramatically changed in Yemen since the conflict started,” said Naji Saeed, a day laborer in the Taiz governorate. The construction work that was the source of Saeed’s livelihood has all but ended as a result of the conflict. “I lost my job like millions of Yemenis and I don’t know what I can do now to feed my children,” added Saeed.

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yemen
Global challenges
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Social assistance
Conditional cash transfers

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El cambio climático llevará a 17 millones de personas a la migración interna en América Latina hasta 2050

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El País (20.03.2018) Casi cuatro millones de mexicanos y centroamericanos se verían obligados a dejar sus hogares por la subida del nivel del mar y la menor producción agrícola, según el Banco Mundial

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latin america
Topics
Migration
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