Sentences with phrase «country at great risk»

Adaptation: The low adaptation capacity of this desperately poor country places a huge proportion of the country at great risk for the future.

«Our nation's obsession with standardized test scores will not solve these problems, and they put our country at great risk intellectually as well as economically.

It's the fact that many of the patients were veterans that served our country at great risk.

The report, conducted by DOE staff, said that continued closure of baseload plants puts areas of the country at greater risk of power outages.

In addition, the team mapped the monthly volume of travellers arriving into Africa and Asia - Pacific in order to identify countries at greatest risk of Zika virus importation across seasons.

So when governments in the region tell over 70 disease investigators that if they travel to the infected areas to volunteer, they will not be allowed back into their own countries, they not only put the currently affected countries at greater risk, but also their own countries.

When the 2 - degree limit was agreed to at a 2010 conference in Cancún, Mexico, it faced intense opposition from the low - lying island nations and poor countries at greatest risk from rising sea levels and extremes of weather.

It is therefore, increasingly important to ensure that the views of policy - makers and practitioners from countries at great risk of disaster losses [continue reading...]

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We combine satellite imagery data from Google Earth Engine with the locations of malaria cases collected by a country's national malaria control program, and create models that let us generate maps identifying areas at greatest risk.»

The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

«Battling over Birth is a critical and timely resource for understanding black women's birthing experiences in the United States, a country where black women's lives — and the lives they create — are at much greater risk of death and injury than those of non-black women... By distilling the common and diverse threads from over 100 black women, the BWBJ researchers have woven a multi-faceted tapestry that reflects what black women view as important and central to optimal birth experiences.

But non-breastfed children in industrialized countries are also at greater risk of dying - a recent study of post-neonatal mortality in the United States found a 25 % increase in mortality among non-breastfed infants.

They are working day in, day out, often at great personal risk, to keep the people of this country safe.

At the negotiated gas price of $ 9.8 / MMBtu, it puts to great risk Ghana's potential of becoming the Petrochemical hub of the region to Nigeria, due to that country's lower gas prices.

Mr Clegg admitted both party leaders were taking «big risks» but said it would be a «new politics»: «It's a new kind of government, a radical, reforming government where it needs to be and a source of reassurance and stability at a time of great uncertainty in our country too.»

Young children in developing countries are at greatest risk.

«These species are increasingly at great risk of disappearing from the Nordic countries, as the Arctic Ocean limits their shift to the north.»

«Climate, air travel maps identify countries in Africa, Asia at greatest risk of Zika virus.»

Many countries across Africa and Asia - Pacific may be vulnerable to Zika virus outbreaks, with India, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Nigeria, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Bangladesh expected to be at greatest risk of Zika virus transmission due to a combination of high travel volumes from Zika affected areas in the Americas, local presence of mosquitos capable of transmitting Zika virus, suitable climatic conditions, large populations and / or limited health resources, according to a new modelling study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

«The risk numbers we're talking about for that group are comparable to or greater than what we see for radon, which has been identified as the most dangerous hazard in homes in the country by far,» said Richard Corsi, a professor specializing in indoor air pollution at the University of Texas at Austin.

By developing blood biomarkers and «immunologic signatures» related to antigen - specific T - cell responses, the researchers hope to identify individuals with latent TB infection who are at greatest risk for progression to active disease, allowing development of prevention strategies to target those at highest risk in areas with high rates of infection (usually low - and middle - income countries), as well as high income countries such as the U.S., where factors such as recent infection and HIV co-infection are associated with an increased risk of progression to active TB.

People in the «Goiter Belt» of the Great Lakes, Appalachian, and Northwestern regions of the country were at special risk for this condition because the soil in these locations contain very little iodine and the people had limited access to seafood.

The state has the second highest number of Zika infections in the country, behind New York, including at least 53 pregnant women, who are considered to be at greatest risk from the virus because it can cause microcephaly and other birth defects.

The plans aim to tackle those inequalities and ensure Britain is a country that «truly works for everyone» by looking at the experience and outcomes for children who face the most challenges in mainstream school - including those at greatest risk of exclusion - such as those with special educational needs (SEN), children with autism or children in need of help and protection, including those in care.

The Great British Make Off aims to show that English schools have a subject in its curriculum (we were the first country in the world to introduce it 25 years ago), that is being looked at enviously by countries around the world and especially in the Far East at the very time we are at risk of losing it.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the instructional and organizational factors that might explain how and why some schools across the country are beating the odds by attaining greater than expected primary - grade reading achievement with populations of students at risk for failure by virtue of poverty.

Link Welborn, DVM, DABVP, co-owner of the Tampa Bay Animal Hospitals and Chairman of the AAHA Canine Vaccination Task Force explains that «While it may seem odd, the dogs at greatest risk for catching the canine influenza virus are those that live in areas of the country, like the Tampa Bay area, where there has not been an outbreak of the disease.

The country's security is at great risk due to the fear of the anti-peace forces.

Yet, no country has developed an acceptable or permanent method for high — level nuclear waste storage, thereby leaving both present and future generations at great risk.

They include, among many others, principles on what is each nation's fair share of safe global emissions, who is responsible for reasonable adaptation needs of those people at greatest risk from climate damages in poor nations that have done little to cause climate change, should high - emitting nations help poor nations obtain climate friendly energy technologies, and what responsibilities should high - emitting nations have for refugees who must flee their country because climate change has made their nations uninhabitable?

Higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere also mean that wheat, rice, maize, potatoes and other staples will grow with lower levels of protein — and by 2050, an extra 150 million people in 47 countries will be at greater risk of malnutrition.

And the funding decline in the years before the report's release put the country's ability to monitor the climate and severe weather «at great risk,» the academy report warned.

But scientists say 0.5 C could make a crucial difference in some regions — particularly in developing countries in the tropics — that are already at great risk from climate change.

Geoff Conway of the Country Fire Authority has said that fires from agricultural machinery at harvest are a far greater fire risk than are wind turbines.

Risks are unevenly distributed and are generally greater for disadvantaged people and communities in countries at all levels of development.

Caribbean countries, parts of Mexico, along with the states of Florida, New York and Texas, are traditionally at greatest risk of hurricanes.

The plans announced today aim to tackle those inequalities and ensure Britain is a country that truly works for everyone by looking at the experience and outcomes for children who face the most challenges in mainstream school - including those at greatest risk of exclusion - such as those with special educational needs (SEN), children with autism or children in need of help and protection, including those in care.

The lack of studies of effective treatments in non-Western countries needs to be addressed as research informs us that children and adolescents living in war - torn countries are at great risk for mental health problems.4, 5 This study is to be commended for its demonstration of methods for translating a westernised definition of a mental illness into a culturally relevant syndrome that could be identified and treated effectively.

Some of the programs at greatest risk as this threat of funding loss looms are the 25 tribal organizations across the country.