Sentences with phrase «heavily affected countries»

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The stakes are high: more than 70 countries affected by schistosomiasis rely heavily on praziquantel, which usually works after just one dose and against all species of schistosome worms.

He found that — in contrast with the apparent intention of the restrictions — abortion rates were more than twice as high in countries heavily affected by the policy as they were in those that weren't.

«It is great news that Liberia has once again been declared «Ebola free» by the WHO and that for the first time in over two years all three heavily affected West African countries (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) have been declared free of Ebola transmission.

Economies in Emerging Markets generally are heavily dependent upon international trade and, accordingly, have been and may continue to be affected adversely by trade barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values and other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the countries with which they trade.

The economies of developing countries generally are heavily dependent upon international trade and, accordingly, have been and may continue to be adversely affected by trade barriers, exchange or currency controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values and other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the countries with which they trade.

When Sydney - based photographer Mathew Bell submitted his travel portrait of an Afghan man for the Travel Portrait Competition 2013, I was intrigued by his accompanying story of his travels through Afghanistan and how he shot this picture while travelling through this country heavily affected by war.

Note also that increased heat stress due to warming of the past few decades is already enough to affect health and workplace productivity at low latitudes, where the impact falls most heavily on low - and middle - income countries [135].