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immediate political fervor over travel bans, sealing off borders and disputes over the reliability of both quarantine and treatment protocol. This demonstrated that evidenced- based scientific discourse risks
territories, inactions are mired by the lack of political will, international legal mandates, and capacity to strategically monitor multidisciplinary public health indicator failures. ... . It has the most potential and the least support.” The interviewer, surprised, stated that to date no one had ever mentioned public health. When asked what I thought was the greatest political danger to
-meeting political participation not only hampered the Summit’s ability to deal with global issues and institutional reform, but also alienated it from leading aid agencies and governments. The UN’s failure ... process. Unfortunately, nation states prefer to participate when the outcomes are clear and may have felt disinclined to attend due to a lack of extensive political involvement and dialogue.4 However, the
neutrality of health care workers and their rights and responsibilities to care for any sick and injured patient, regardless of their nationality, race, religion, or political point of view.
individual, health-system and political levels. Methods: This study compared aggregated Demographic and Health Surveys data from 13 districts in Northern Uganda, a conflict-affected region, with data from the
Performance based pay has recently swung into the political spotlight as one way to 'revitalise
money. Examples are presented as vignettes, many contemporary and many rooted in historical contexts, to demonstrate the extent to which “vulnerability drivers” emanate from greed, the misuse of political ... ? (UNISDR, 2009, p. iii)5, the political origins of poverty and of vulnerability to disasters, however, receive no fully direct or explicit mention and neither does ?greedy and unjust behaviour of
the Ngai method, religious (6.52, 95%CI 1.73-24.66, p=0.006) and political (277.09, 95%CI 5.12-15,001.96, p=0.006) events had higher relative number of deaths. Conclusion: Many causes accounting for the ... . night), type of event (sports, religious, music/movie, political, non-sports nonreligious nonmusic/movie nonpolitical [non-SRMP]), number of participants, number injured, and number of deaths.1 The Roy
Teacher education is high on the political agenda in Australia, with several government inquiries on the topic currently underway. These inquiries reflect, in part, dissatisfaction among many school
great importance because assumptions and findings on voters? rationality are used to justify different political institutions and systems7. If voters are rational, their broad political participation and ... inclusion should be warranted; if they are not, their role in the political system should be minimised. (Ir)rational voters One of the main models of rational voting is the retrospective voter. This model is
citizenship pledge, social responsibility, basic historical and political facts and the impact of influencing factors such as the media on democracy. The results obtained provide baseline data for future ... identify official vice regal duties. This item (see above) used a multiple-choice format. The incorrect response options described a political role rather than a ceremonial role. To get this question right
’ life in higher education. Their scope ranges from safeguarding students’ rights (e.g. welfare and representation) to promote social, political and cultural initiatives. Concurrently, Student Associations ... student organizations were active at the time of the earthquake: the “Azione Universitaria” (rightist political view), “Lista Aperta” (catholic oriented), “Unione degli Universitari” (leftist political view
, capacity, and resource availability. In some cases, different religious and political views and affiliations hampered the relationships between collectives and the wider community and local government actors ... different political party. A patriarchal system within the society provided an impediment for some women being able to participate in the collectives. Gender also created a barrier for some women in trying to
. The general premise that improved risk knowledge will lead naturally to enhanced DRR investment is not only theoretically debatable6 as has been critiqued by numerous behavioural and political economic ... lack of knowledge: not only cognitive issues, but behavioural gaps of failing to act, institutional barriers of not having appropriate mandates, and other political economic barriers all hinder DRR
increasing 5. In September 2016, at a Summit in the United Nations General Assembly, the “New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants” was adopted expressing the political will of world leaders to save the ... specified by the Sphere Standards as a range of situations including conflict and complex political emergencies in all countries (including low- or middle-income countries)40,41. Eligible studies will be
. The three initiatives have certainly had and likely will have demonstrably positive impacts in their respective jurisdictions, even if just raising public and political awareness. It is difficult to ... each jurisdiction’s political activity and culture on the topic of seismic resilience in general than because of the specific process or outcomes of the resilience planning initiatives. Of course, the
cannot supervise all the local councils. 12 Local political leaders’ support of disaster management, local appreciation of the importance of disaster management, funding, and training and support from the ... process on DRR”33 LGU municipalities and barangays lack up to date and sufficient contingency plans34 Political leaders lack adequate DRR training12 Schools have insufficient contingency plans on camp
investigation targeting him for crimes against humanity, political instability has held up the investigation of his subordinates.16 Haitians economic and social rights have suffered during decades of poor ... experienced decades of civil and political rights violations, as well as a consistent failure to ensure their economic and social rights, exacerbated by recurring natural disasters. Providing accountability for
. “NADMO officials, leaders of some political parties and other organizations who donated relief items to us worked together in deciding those who got those items” (Group member of Navio community-FGD) who ... Catalysts of Political Action . Chatham House ISP/NSC Briefing Paper 06 /01, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, U.K. 2006 . 18. World Bank. Response to Pakistan Floods: Evaluating Lessons and
from the community members, mainly opinion leaders, political leaders, cultural leaders and other categories of individuals who had a good knowledge of the development challenges of the specific ... , representatives from NGOs and district Political/ Opinion/Religious leaders from Bududa, Manafwa and Butalejja. Data collection The focus of the study was resilience which dealt with the capacity of people and
