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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Prevalence of Obesity: A Public Health Problem Poorly Understood

Article

28 Dec 2018

This review article discusses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) in support of a total diet approach to achieving diet and health goals, especially as they relate to the obesity epidemic. However, some scientists and organizations have identi...

ArticleNutrition and food safetyPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+1

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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Shaping smarter and more sustainable cities - Striving for sustainable development goals

Report

28 Dec 2018

This document provides guidance to city leaders in establishing a framework for the management, control and optimization of the Smart Sustainable City environment as a laboratory for innovation and urban simulation.

ReportEnvironment, climate change and health

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Unless we act now: The impact of climate change on children

Report

13 Dec 2018

This report aims to build the evidence base on children and climate change by focusing on the major climate-related risks; children’s current and future exposure to these risks; and the policies required to protect children from these risks.

ReportEnvironment, climate change and healthMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Transitioning from the MDGs to the SDGs

Report

12 Dec 2018

This publication includes analysis and lessons on each of the 16 countries and the one sub region that took part in the Reviews. The exercise, which brought together UN and World Bank Group staff, systematically reviewed the country situation, identi...

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

The Challenges of Climate Change: Children on the front line

Publication

06 Dec 2018

This book brings together the knowledge and opinions of 40 contributors - scientists, development workers, and experts in health, nutrition and children’s rights - in an attempt to build up a clear picture of what climate change means for the child...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

SDG 11 Synthesis Report

Publication

06 Dec 2018

This synthesis report is the first publication showing the progress, challenges and opportunities of global monitoring of this Sustainable Development Goal. This report complements the 2018 Secretary-General’s Progress Report on SDGs which shows pr...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Using competition law to promote access to medicines and related health technologies in low- and middle-income countries

Briefs & Fact Sheets

06 Dec 2018

The issue brief highlights key aspects of using competition law to promote access to health technologies from UNDP’s landmark publication “Using Competition Law to Promote Access to Health Technologies: A guidebook for low- and middle-income coun...

Briefs & Fact SheetsAccess to essential medicines and services

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Public Health Institute (PHI)

Working with Other Movements to Achieve Community Health Goals: Climate Change, Health in All Policies, and More

Briefs & Fact Sheets

06 Dec 2018

This brief provides an overview of the movement to implement California's climate change legislation in ways that offer maximum co-benefits to health, equity, and sustainability, and an overview of California's Health in All Policies movement, to sho...

Briefs & Fact SheetsEnvironment, climate change and healthPhysical inactivity

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Public Health Institute (PHI)

How Communities Move Policy - Linking Locally, Regionally, Statewide, and Nationally to Create Change

Report

06 Dec 2018

This report explores how local changes to create healthy food and physical activity environments have the power to influence neighboring communities and regional, state, and federal policy.

ReportNutrition and food safetyPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+1

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

FAO Regional Initiatives: Supporting member states to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Strategy document

03 Dec 2018

This document highlights FAO’s mandate related to SDG Goals, and points out that there is a need for placing sustainable agriculture and food systems in the center of the agenda applying the five principles of sustainable food and agriculture.

Strategy document

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through Consumer Protection

Report

03 Dec 2018

This report aims to provide policymakers and enforcers with a basis for reflection on the positive impacts that protecting consumers bears in promoting more inclusive and sustainable development.

ReportSocial determinants of health

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The future of food and agriculture: Trends and challenges

Report

28 Nov 2018

This report sheds some light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, and provides some insights as to what is at stake and what needs to be done.

ReportNutrition and food safety

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