Sentences with phrase «in health of the world»

Placencia is proud to be one of three pilot sites chosen in the MAR area, working with the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), supported by funding from the United Nations Foundation (UNF) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), in a collaborative effort known as ICRAN / MAR, working to halt and reverse the decline in health of the world's coral reefs, specifically the Mesoamerican Reef.

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Improving the way we take drugs could save those in the developed world many billions of dollars in annual health care expenses.

Omada Health has accomplished a rare feat in the crowded world of digital health hopefuls: it's backed up lofty claims with actual results, helping the company score federal government reimbursements for its high - tech diabetes prevention prHealth has accomplished a rare feat in the crowded world of digital health hopefuls: it's backed up lofty claims with actual results, helping the company score federal government reimbursements for its high - tech diabetes prevention prhealth hopefuls: it's backed up lofty claims with actual results, helping the company score federal government reimbursements for its high - tech diabetes prevention program.

Not many CEOs have engineered the kind of transformation that van Houten has executed at Philips, steering the 126 - year - old Dutch firm through a «radical pivot,» as he calls it — transforming an Old World maker of electronics and lighting into a leader in health care technology.

Based on the concept that the test is then «needed,» testing only once someone is already sick results in costly outcomes and limits individuals from fully taking ownership of their own health, in a world in which so much of our healthcare costs and outcomes are driven by lifestyle related decisions.

Using the routine described below when you get to work will make a world of difference in your productivity, your attitude, your success, and your health.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a leading candidate to be the next World Health Organization director - general, is facing a stunning allegation: covering up three cholera outbreaks in his home country of Ethiopia while he was its health minHealth Organization director - general, is facing a stunning allegation: covering up three cholera outbreaks in his home country of Ethiopia while he was its health minhealth minister.

With 80 % of the world's farmable land already in use, Dickson Despommier, an ecologist at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, says that in 50 years we would need «another Brazil - sized landmass» to feed the three billion people expected to be added to the global population.

The slice of patients above the age of 60 consumes about 85 % of the drugs and devices and diagnostics out there,» says Justin Stephenson, senior life sciences analyst at Vancouver - based independent investment dealer Haywood Securities Inc. «That is only going to get significantly bigger in the western world, which is the main market for Canadian health - care products in the next five to 10 years.

The World Health Organization lists car - related death as one of the top 10 killers in the world, while far more people die of traffic fatalities in the United States than through gun violWorld Health Organization lists car - related death as one of the top 10 killers in the world, while far more people die of traffic fatalities in the United States than through gun violworld, while far more people die of traffic fatalities in the United States than through gun violence.

In the commodities space, oil prices are headed for their eighth consecutive week of falls on Friday, the longest losing streak since 1986, according to Reuters, after the news of a sharp drop in Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the health of the world's biggest energy consumeIn the commodities space, oil prices are headed for their eighth consecutive week of falls on Friday, the longest losing streak since 1986, according to Reuters, after the news of a sharp drop in Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the health of the world's biggest energy consumein Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the health of the world's biggest energy consumer.

New Jersey — a wealthy, educated state with ready access to world - class health care in Philadelphia and New York City — has «better access to higher - quality information that lets us be more complete» in screening, Walter Zahorodny, a New Jersey Medical School professor and director of the New Jersey Autism Study, said in a conference call about the findings.

There is no such thing as a «free,» of course, but the per - capita cost of healthcare in the UK (paid by the government via tax collections) is generally lower than the US, according to the World Health Organization.

But in the real world, employers, health insurers, and brokers and have an incentive to come up with creative solutions that allow business owners to adhere to the requirements of the law, while minimizing their cost in doing so.

In the textbook world of binary choices, companies would face the alternative of either providing comprehensive health insurance to their employees or paying a penalty.

Sjoquist adds that the company has very smartly used technology to pull together items that had all existed before in the old world of health care, but not in one place.

Castro seized power in Cuba in 1959, survived a CIA - sponsored invasion, brought the world to the brink of nuclear war and ruled with a repressive hand for five decades until poor health forced him out in 2008.

He soon learned that air pollution is the world's single largest environmental health risk — and that in 2012, nearly 14 percent of deaths worldwide were attributed to household or ambient air pollution.

I spoke with experts in the fields of education, health, biotech, and clean tech to find out what major changes are afoot this year in the world of innovation and how you can get in on the action.

It also means you have to get off your parents» health insurance plan and worry about finding your own way in the expensive and complex world of health care.

The move follows warnings from the World Health Organisation that the world is moving towards a post-antibiotic era in which many infections would no longer be treatable because of the overuse of antibioWorld Health Organisation that the world is moving towards a post-antibiotic era in which many infections would no longer be treatable because of the overuse of antibioworld is moving towards a post-antibiotic era in which many infections would no longer be treatable because of the overuse of antibiotics.

While historically it may have been a discipline associated with all the major world religions, today it actually can work to improve health and productivity, in addition to any kind of spiritual benefits it may produce.

Evidence of resistance to artemisinin — currently the standard treatment for malaria recommended by the World Health Organization — is mounting in Southeast Asia and could spread to Africa.

The session began, though, with talk: a powerful framing of the health care landscape in the world's poorest countries by Gary Gottlieb, the CEO of Partners in Health, the influential NGO cofounded by Paul Fhealth care landscape in the world's poorest countries by Gary Gottlieb, the CEO of Partners in Health, the influential NGO cofounded by Paul FHealth, the influential NGO cofounded by Paul Farmer.

In January, for example, Beijing's poor air quality was labeled unhealthy by World Health Organization standards and was the topic of discussions at several online forums.

The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, was requested by the Brazilian health ministry to investigate the causes of the microcephaly epidemic that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international public health emergency earlier thishealth ministry to investigate the causes of the microcephaly epidemic that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international public health emergency earlier thisHealth Organization (WHO) declared an international public health emergency earlier thishealth emergency earlier this year.

Today, A.S. Watson Group is seen as the world's largest international health and beauty retailer, but back in the 2000s, one of its brands was showing signs of struggle: Savers — and Wat had been offered an opportunity to help rescue it.

No market or type of drug was exempt, including medications purchased by the U.S. and World Health Organization as part of a program to fight HIV in Africa.

Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan is renowned for championing education, public health, and women's rights in the Middle East and around the world.

Conservationists warned it could hasten the demise of the World Heritage - listed reef, which is already considered to be in «poor» health, with dredging smothering corals and seagrasses and exposing them to poisons and elevated levels of nutrients.

Last year, the World Health Organization classified glyphosate as a «probable» carcinogen, resulting in renewed focus on the potential health risks of the chemical inHealth Organization classified glyphosate as a «probable» carcinogen, resulting in renewed focus on the potential health risks of the chemical inhealth risks of the chemical in food.

According to the World Health Organization, up to 30 percent of drugs sold in emerging nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America are counterfeit.

It's estimated that roughly 99 percent of Earth's land ice is stored in the ice sheets that cover Antarctica and Greenland, so their health is something scientists — and the world — can no longer ignore.

World stock markets skidded further Wednesday as fresh declines in crude oil prices stoked fears for the health of the global economy.

At the beginning of October, research showed that every resident in the city lives in an area where the World Health Organization's (WHO) guidelines for toxic PM2.5 particles are exceeded.

«The DASH diet is really a safe plan for everyone,» Angela Haupt, assistant managing editor of health at US News & World Report, told Business Insider in 2016.

Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975 and the World Health Organization estimates that in 2016 more than 650 million adults were obese - with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more.

«So those of us in the real world, who are actually facing problems in this health - care system, are having to deal with people who are not willing to listen to anything outside of those party lines.»

Panjabi is using his $ 1 million 2017 TED Prize winnings to fulfill his wish of creating a digital health education system that can be used to «recruit the largest army of community health workers the world has ever known, by creating the Community Health Academy, a global platform to train, connect, and empower,» as he explained during his TED talk in health education system that can be used to «recruit the largest army of community health workers the world has ever known, by creating the Community Health Academy, a global platform to train, connect, and empower,» as he explained during his TED talk in health workers the world has ever known, by creating the Community Health Academy, a global platform to train, connect, and empower,» as he explained during his TED talk in Health Academy, a global platform to train, connect, and empower,» as he explained during his TED talk in April.

In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workerIn their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workerin poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.

A spate of hotels aims to make loyalty programs more valuable to customers more quickly — immediately, in some cases — with little extras such as coffee and the morning news (Omni Resorts & Hotels), free WiFi (InterContinental Hotels Group), free WiFi and health club admission (Fairmont Hotels & Resorts) and room upgrades (Small Luxury Hotels of the World).

For example, in one activity called «Stem of the Living Dead,» students explore the exponential growth of a zombie hoard and how the spread of the infection creates limited resources using World Health Organization and CDC models and graphs.

According to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, depression is now the most common cause of disability in the world and also the leading global cause of ill heWorld Health Organization (WHO) report, depression is now the most common cause of disability in the world and also the leading global cause of ill hHealth Organization (WHO) report, depression is now the most common cause of disability in the world and also the leading global cause of ill heworld and also the leading global cause of ill healthhealth.

A formidable portion of the world's public health woes is tied to pollution, according to new research published in the journal Lancet.

Just last October, the World Health Organization published a paper concluding that eating processed meats was linked with a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer, a specific type of the disease that begins in the colon or rectum.

New World Health Organization director - general Tedros Ghebreyesus announced in a recent speech that Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe — who has faced allegations of human rights violations and «crimes against humanity» — would be a «goodwill ambassador» to the global health aHealth Organization director - general Tedros Ghebreyesus announced in a recent speech that Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe — who has faced allegations of human rights violations and «crimes against humanity» — would be a «goodwill ambassador» to the global health ahealth agency.

«With more than half of the world's population now living in cities, environmental health is becoming increasingly important to quality of life,» CEO of Aclima Davida Herzl wrote on the San Francisco - based company's blog.

«If you look at it, medical health activity is the largest or second - largest component of the economy, depending on which country in the world you're dealing with,» Cook said.

It sends teams of volunteer health professionals to carry out disaster relief, long - term development and community health programs with local partners, ships millions in humanitarian aid to countries around the world, and provides mobile dental care to those in need in the US.

She makes million - dollar decisions that, in addition to being prudent investments, also advance her mission of making the world a better place through women's health.