Sentences with phrase «high risk areas across»

Bigger Better Smiles is an initiative of Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV), Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation and Latrobe Community Health Services, which aims to improve the oral health of children and their families in high risk areas across Victoria.

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Employees who are part of a high - performance culture focus on the work that matters most, facilitate collaboration across departments and are able to identify high - risk areas and react quickly.

But CSEA warned that residents in high flood risk areas across the state should take little comfort in Stratton's assessment that layoffs won't put them at risk.

The acreage where waste is buried is relatively small, he said, but the risks are significantly higher because the dump sites are spread across such a large area.

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 prevalence varies across the region with higher rates seen in the south and the east, making HCV a critical area of attention for hepatologists as one fifth of HCV - infected patients are at risk of developing cirrhosis or liver cancer (2).

But the report said the widest area of high risk was in the southern Caribbean, from Nicaragua's east coast across the south coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and from Puerto Rico south along the Lesser Antilles.

Sea level rise due to global warming has already doubled the annual risk of coastal flooding of historic proportions across widespread areas of the United States... By 2030, many locations are likely to see storm surges combining with sea level rise to raise waters at least 4 feet above the local high - tide line.

Vehicle thefts have declined across the nation, but people in urban areas tend to have a higher risk than people in rural areas or small towns.

Third, the «population paradox» refers to a situation in which a relatively large number of lower risk individuals carry the main burden of risk of disease in the population as a whole, such that while people living in a specific area may be at high risk, the majority of high - risk people are actually spread out across a range of areas.