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Achieving universal health coverage in small island states: could importing health services provide a solution? [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Universal health coverage (UHC) is difficult to achieve in settings short of medicines, health workers and health facilities. These characteristics define the majority of the small island developing states (SIDS), where population size ...
Hanefeld, Johanna, Smith, Richard, Suzana, Mariyam, Walls, Helen   +3 more
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Leveraging Carbon Quantum Dots to Achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals in the Face of Climate Change

Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2026.
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) play a significant role in supporting the UN SDGs by promoting the sustainable management of energy, healthcare, remediation, and agriculture in a multidisciplinary manner. It focuses on reducing waste, toxicity, and energy use while utilizing renewable resources.
Manish Kumar Sah, Roshani Pathak, Jasana Maharjan, Jineetkumar Gawad, Mahesh Palkar, Chandrakant Bonde, Ajaya Bhattarai   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation, Sustainable Development, and the Environment in the South Pacific

Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2007
This article outlines the Results-Based Evaluation (RBE) framework proposed for the ex-post assessment of the National Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) in 12 small-island developing states (SIDS) in the South Pacific.
Rosario Turvey
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a sustainable and equitable blue economy [PDF]

, 2019
The global rush to develop the \u2018blue economy\u2019 risks harming both the marine environment and human wellbeing. Bold policies and actions are urgently needed. We identify five priorities to chart a course towards an environmentally sustainable and
Andrews N., Bennett N.J., Blythe J., Calo A., Christie P., Cisneros-Montemayor A.M., Di Franco A., Finkbeiner E.M., Gelcich S., Guidetti P., Harper S., Hotte N., Kittinger J.N., Le Billon P., Lister J., Lopez de la Lama R., McKinley E., Scholtens J., Silver J.J., Singh G., Solas A.-M., Sowman M., Sumaila U.R., Talloni-Alvarez N., Teh L.C.L., Voyer M.   +25 more
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Integrating the Health Sector Into Nationally Determined Contributions: Challenges, Opportunities and Pathways for Climate Resilient Health Systems

Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2026.
This article examines how the health sector can be systematically integrated into NDCs to address climate risks. It identifies persistent challenges such as weak data, finance gaps, and institutional fragmentation, while highlighting opportunities in co‐benefits, resilient infrastructure, and cross‐sectoral collaboration.
Samwel Manyele, Honest Anicetus
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Globalization and Caribbean Economies: Competitive Developments, Strategic Response, and Performance [PDF]

, 2008
This study examines the effects of economic globalization on competitive situations of local firms in a small economy, the strategic responses of these firms to the competitive developments, and marketing and financial performance outcomes of these ...
Akhter, Syed H., Pounder, Paul
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Progressively Fenitised Schist and Carbonatitic Clasts From a Metasomatic Aureole Beneath the Alkalic Dunedin Volcano, Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 69, Issue 2, June 2026.
Clasts of albite‐porphyroblastic quartzofeldspathic schist, derived from the Otago Schist basement, occur within the Port Chalmers Breccia, a diatreme at the centre of the Dunedin stratovolcano, New Zealand. Schists have undergone varying degrees of replacement reactions (at temperatures of 300° to >500°C) producing hornfelses, with Ca‐ and K‐enriched ...
Alan F. Cooper
wiley   +1 more source

Insurance mechanisms for tropical cyclones and droughts in Pacific Small Island Developing States

Jàmbá, 2016
One group of locations significantly affected by climate-related losses and damage is the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). One mechanism aiming to reduce such adverse impacts is insurance, with a wide variety of products and models available ...
Florent Baarsch, Ilan Kelman
doaj   +1 more source

Conference‐Based Method: Interviewing Elites at Intergovernmental Conferences

Area, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract Conferences have increasingly featured within geographical research as sites of knowledge production, performance and contestation. However, this article explores how intergovernmental conferences can be productive sites for geographical fieldwork through elite interviews on research topics such as climate geopolitics and disaster risk ...
Liam Saddington, Katie Peters
wiley   +1 more source

Medicare Part D and Hospital Admissions due to Antimicrobial Resistance

Health Economics, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 759-777, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been increasing rapidly in the United States despite government efforts to contain its spread. Both under‐utilization and overuse of prescribed antimicrobials contribute to rising resistance. The introduction of Medicare Part D in 2006 expanded prescription drug coverage for the elderly, including coverage ...
Ricardo B. Ang III
wiley   +1 more source