Sentences with phrase «high income countries»

It has been shown that the environment is best looked after in high income countries and worst looked after in lower income countries.

Until now, much of the research into depression during pregnancy has focused on high income countries.

It's the only high income country in the world that doesn't have it.

In higher income countries, we have known this was the case for some time.

For example, substantial commitments to reduce carbon emissions from the US and China, Europe, and a host of high income countries form the basis of negotiations, while ten global cities representing 58 million people have drawn up ambitious plans to tackle climate change.

Age of start of depression was nearly 2 years sooner in low income countries and the level of difficulty an individual had in areas of their life was more evident in individuals coming from high income countries.

That the UK sits 33rd out of 35 high income countries for stillbirth rates.

The study was carried out by the Vision Loss Expert Group, led by Professor Rupert Bourne of Anglia Ruskin University, and shows the prevalence and causes of vision loss in high income countries worldwide as well as other European nations in 2015, based on a systematic review of medical literature over the previous 25 years.

«Predatory journals a global problem: Investigation reveals high income countries not immune.»

NAC is the DOE contractor for the supply of spent nuclear fuel packaging and transportation services under the FRR program for Other Than High Income countries.

Meanwhile, major depression is predicted to become the leading cause of disability in high income countries by 20305.

In high income countries like Australia, cardiovascular disease and depression are the two leading causes of disease burden.

The detrimental impact of smoking on national health systems and economies has been widely studied since the 1960s, but most of these studies have focused exclusively on high income countries, say the researchers.

The introduction of the US dollar as the national El Salvadorian currency at the turn of the millennium obliterated the middle class, however, and prices in many tourist locations to similar to what you would find in higher income countries.

Worryingly, if unsurprisingly, the agency found that the majority of those with the condition aren't receiving adequate care: in high income countries, it estimates 50 % of those with the disorder don't get treatment, while in low - income countries that number rises to 80 % to 90 %.

we explore evidence on parenting leave design and policies, relating mainly to high income countries (especially in the Global North), focusing particularly on how to deliver the greatest benefits for young children (pre-natal up to 8) in terms of their learning and health, and in relation to the prevention of, and response to, domestic violence and child maltreatment.

And for the Ghana study, it's unclear how the findings translate to women in a high income country.

It is the leading cause of post-neonatal death in high income countries, but deaths are rare, and an individual baby's risk is low.

To address this, researchers looked at hospital records — from 66 low, middle and high income countries — for more than 12,000 patients undergoing surgery on the digestive system.

Dr. David Moher and his team from The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa found that predatory journals are a global problem and high income countries are not immune.

Consumer food waste carries the highest environmental impact compared to losses earlier in the food chain, and it is no longer a problem concentrated only in higher income countries.

Heart disease deaths have almost halved over the past 40 - 50 years, particularly in high income countries, thanks largely to the identification of the common risk factors involved and national public health initiatives, say the authors.

They matter for kids in higher income countries — in the United States, measures of teacher preparation and certification are by far the strongest correlates of student achievement in reading and mathematics.

the usefulness for students and academics in middle and high income countries is clear... but this would be an amzingly useful product for humanitarian and development organizations with active field work is unparlleled; not to mention for students in places where electricity is scarce or inconsistent and textbooks are inexistent.

Like many scientific studies, the IPCC draft used a breakdown of emissions from low, lower - middle, upper - middle and high income countries.

We find that high income countries would face relatively low costs of 0.56 % of GDP in 2025 and 1.45 % in 2030, rising to 2.97 % by 2050.

With the exception of the highest income countries, many countries have few or no policies in place to support the adoption of ambitious energy efficiency measures.

From 1990 to 2015, forest growing stock — which measures the volume of trees and rate of forest growth — increased every year by about 1.31 percent in high income countries and by 0.5 percent in higher middle - income countries, according to the study published today in PLOS ONE.

In 1960 plastic made up less than 1 % of municipal solid waste; by 2005, in middle and high income countries, it made up more than 10 %.

The report pulls no punches when it comes to coal, including a call for a global coal phaseout involving an immediate end to investments in new unabated coal - fired power plants globally and the retirement of existing unabated coal - fired power plants in high income countries.

In addition to calling on high income countries to stop building new, unabated coal - fired power plants immediately and accelerate the retirement of their existing plants, the report also calls on middle income countries to limit new coal - fired power plants and begin retiring their existing fleet by 2025.

Finally, the discovery and use of fossil fuels enabled humans to escape the backbreaking manual work that characterized earlier human civilization by allowing the development of modern economies with all the conveniences that energy use makes possible in high income countries.

Canada ranks 9th out of 24 European and North American countries and 12th out of 36 high income countries, above the median in... [more]

Canada ranks 9th out of 24 European and North American countries and 12th out of 36 high income countries, above the median in these two more comparable groups of countries.

Psychosocial factors associated with the mental health of indigenous children living in high income countries: a systematic review.