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The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on meeting needs for family planning: a global scenario by contraceptive methods used [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Gates Open Research, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis could leave significant numbers of women and couples without access to essential sexual and reproductive health care. This research note analyses differences in contraceptive method mix across Sustainable Development Goal regions and ...
Aisha Dasgupta, Vladimíra Kantorová, Philipp Ueffing   +2 more
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A new look at contraceptive prevalence plateaus in sub-Saharan Africa: A probabilistic approach [PDF]

Demographic Research
BACKGROUND: Fertility decline in sub-Saharan Africa has been slower than in other regions, with the periods of extremely slow transitions frequently described as stalled.
Mark Wheldon, Vladimíra Kantorová, Joseph Molitoris, Aisha Dasgupta   +3 more
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Informing resilience building: FAO’s Surveillance Evaluation Tool (SET) Biothreat Detection Module will help assess national capacities to detect agro-terrorism and agro-crime

One Health Outlook, 2021
Attacks using animal pathogens can have devastating socioeconomic, public health and national security consequences. The livestock sector has some inherent vulnerabilities which put it at risk to the deliberate or accidental spread of disease.
Gisela Vasconcelos Gioia, Gaël Lamielle, Ryan Aguanno, Ihab ElMasry, Béatrice Mouillé, Cristian De Battisti, Angélique Angot, Fanny Ewann, Adrien Sivignon, Daniel Donachie, Orr Rozov, Étienne Bonbon, Frédéric Poudevigne, Sophie VonDobschuetz, Ludovic Plée, Wantanee Kalpravidh, Keith Sumption   +16 more
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THE ASSOCIATION OF BODY MASS INDEX, BLOOD PRESSURE AND FASTING BLOOD SUGAR WITH GENDER IN THE UNITED NATIONS STAFF OF LIBERIA

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To determine the association of body mass index, blood pressure and fasting blood sugar with the gender in the UN staff of Liberia. Study Design: Cross sectional study.
Muhammad Imran Ibrahim, Khalida Nasreen, Shaheen Kamal   +2 more
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The Future We Want - Zero Draft of the Outcome Document

Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental, 2012
Submitted by the co-Chairs on behalf of the Bureau in accordance with the decision in Prepcom 2 to present the zero-draft of the outcome document for consideration by Member States and other stakeholders no later than early January 2012.
Bureau of the Preparatory Process for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
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United Nations Organization [PDF]

Revue de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale, 2017
I - The Committee of Economic, Social and Cultural rights In the period September 2017 - March 2018 the Committee adopted the concluding observations and recommendations in respect of Korea, Moldova, Russia and Columbia. The Committee pointed again to the lack of direct implementation of the ICESCR on the national level and payed attention to the ...
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Midwife-led pandemic telemedicine services for maternal health and gender-based violence screening in Bangladesh: an implementation research case study

Reproductive Health, 2023
Background The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted maternal and newborn health services in Bangladesh, exacerbating the large gaps in service utilization that existed prior to the pandemic.
Amirul Islam, Farida Begum, Anna Williams, Rabeya Basri, Rowsan Ara, Rondi Anderson   +5 more
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Knowing Is Not Enough: A Mixed-Methods Study of Antimicrobial Resistance Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practises Among Maasai Pastoralists

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Global, national, and local efforts to limit antimicrobial resistance (AMR) often stress the importance of raising awareness among users, sellers, and prescribers of antimicrobial drugs. This emphasis is founded upon two assumptions.
Peter E. Mangesho, Mark A. Caudell, Elibariki R. Mwakapeje, Moses Ole-Neselle, Tabitha Kimani, Alejandro Dorado-García, Emmanuel Kabali, Emmanuel Kabali, Folorunso O. Fasina   +8 more
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Global status of genetic resources for food and agriculture: challenges and research needs

Genetic Resources, 2020
Plant, animal, forest, aquatic, micro-organism and invertebrate genetic resources are vital to food security, nutrition, livelihoods and the resilience and adaptability of global agricultural production systems.
Dafydd Pilling, Julie Bélanger, Stefano Diulgheroff , Jarkko Koskela, Grégoire Leroy, Graham Mair, Irene Hoffmann   +6 more
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Space for the Sustainable Development Goals: mapping the contributions of space-based projects and technologies to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Sustainable Earth Reviews, 2021
Progress towards the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in many ways presupposes the utilisation of science, technology and innovation.
André Baumgart, Eirini Ioanna Vlachopoulou, Jorge Del Rio Vera, Simonetta Di Pippo   +3 more
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