Sentences with phrase «in key populations»

«I think it is very positive that the plan sets aspirational goals associated with both reducing incidence in key populations and in achieving specific health outcomes for those needing treatment with an emphasis on reducing disparities.»

But he believes the right Republican could do well upstate and in key population centers like Long Island's Suffolk County.

Not exact matches

By analyzing data and employing A / B testing to decipher, for example, how its opening in Miami differed from its opening in Atlanta, the company quickly identified key indicators that a market was a good fit, namely cities with «significant population density, restaurant density... and a high percentage of independent restaurants,» says Zabusky.

The field test Oxitec wants to run — in Key Haven, Fla. — would assess whether that actually happens and estimate how much the overall aegypti population is suppressed at the trial site compared with a control area.

«Given the size of its economy, population, and given its political clout, Nigeria's stance towards the African Continental Free Trade Area is key,» Imad Mesdoua, senior consultant for Africa at Control Risks, a global risk consultancy with offices in Lagos, told CNBC via email.

Because social media is used by much of the U.S. population in most age groups and continues to grow in popularity globally, having an online presence is key.

«Innovative projects such as this one are key to responding to the needs of a population facing long - term displacement,» Stefano Severe, the UNHCR's representative to Jordan, said in a statement.

And India and Indonesia, in particular, are key markets for Google — India recently displaced the US to become the second - largest smartphone market in the world in terms of shipments and still has plenty of room for growth; in Indonesia, internet usage is poised to grow, as only 25 % of the country's population currently uses the internet.

A key strategy to give people a sense of belonging as stakeholders in society was to provide affordable homes — today, ownership stands at 90 % of the local population.

Thus, if tokens (like API keys) can be sold to 100 % of the American population, it would represent an increase of 33x in the available US buyer base relative to a traditional equity financing for a US startup.

↵ 1 1Shelter was also considered a key emergency response action during the cold war in which analysts considered how to mitigate the impacts of multiple, high - yield (megaton class) detonations on urban populations.

With another major upswing in the terms of trade unlikely and the working - age share of our population having peaked as the population ages, improving productivity will be key to growth in our national income.

Raising capital in the public markets through an IPO will be key to the company's future growth as the U.S. retirement - age population records unprecedented growth.

Their votes could be critical in a key state like Florida, where Jews make up 4.6 % of the population.

However, this first phase fairly rapidly was superseded by a second, in which Sewall Wright and Theodosius Dobzhansky were the two key figures, both of them insisting on the importance of thinking of populations of many genes, as well as populations of many individuals.

And the key to this development, in turn, is to increase agricultural production — mostly through Green Revolution — style technologies — so that «as food production per farmer rises, an economy needs fewer and fewer farmers to feed the overall population,» a situation which ends up «inducing farmers and especially their children to seek employment in nonfarm activities.»

Dr Rachel Jordan, national mission and evangelism adviser for the Church of England, said: «The aim was to gather key Christian leaders to focus on evangelism; to understand the current trends in our population with regard to Christian faith and to commit to prayer and action together to help many more people become followers of Jesus.»

For a large segment of the American population, keeping religion «invisible» in many sectors of the public arena is the key to preserving «[religious] liberty and [constitutional] justice for all.»

Despite food allergies affecting only a small proportion of the population, risk management and mandatory product labelling for the key food allergens are critical food safety matters for businesses in the food industry.

What's easy about getting into your car... heading back inside because you forgot your gate key... getting back into the car... adjusting EVERYTHING because your husband drove last... avoiding mass duck / chicken populations on the drive down the driveway... heading out the gate, driving 50 km to the city... taking the dogs for a walk for at least 30 minutes in the city because you can't leave them at home because they eat the furniture... leave the dogs in the car HOPING that you walked them enough so they don't eat the car.

Melinda's growth is being propelled in large part by four key factors: the increasing popularity of spicy foods; America's rapidly expanding population of Central, South American and Caribbean immigrants; the widely recognized health benefits of chile peppers; and the growing purchasing power of Millennials who are more apt to experiment with new spices and flavor profiles.

In a world where food security is one of the most pressing development challenges, finding immediate ways to address the needs of a growing and rapidly urbanising population, while limiting food losses and waste, is becoming a key priority for our sector.

Collaboration across the value chain will be key in developing the regional packaging industry and to feed a growing global population that is set to reach 9 billion by 2050.

This was remarkable because the diet of these populations wasn't high in fiber, which at the time was thought to be the key to warding off bowel cancers.

And for the country, in the midst of this reconciliation process, it confirms the importance of using gastronomical processes as a key tool for the economic development of those populations that truly hold the key to generating wellbeing through heritage».

HOWEVER in saying that there are usually key examples the general population of MMA fans agree warrants an immediate rematch (I AM NOT ONE OF THESE PEOPLE), and the UFC for the most part (USED TO) follows this train of thought.

While MLS has made great strides in terms of supporter engagement over the past decade or so the Latin population — a key demographic for North American soccer — has yet to be truly energised by the league.

Because of the high and ever - increasing prevalance of food allergies in Canada (7 % among the general population, and > 10 % of one - year olds), the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) considers allergy prevention a key health goal.

At the end of the day the goal is to have a camp that supports health, that is what we want, a healthy camp with healthy individuals and healthy population in it, so WHO and it's partners, should be looking at breastfeeding as one of the key services and health promoting interventions that should be ensured in a place which houses affected populations.

The guidelines contain an overview of international policy, goals and guidelines; background on HIV and infant feeding; current recommendations for HIV - positive women and considerations relating to different feeding options; an overview of the process of developing or revising a national policy on infant and young child feeding incorporating HIV concerns; considerations for countries considering the provision of free or low - cost infant formula; suggestions for protecting, promoting and supporting appropriate infant feeding in the general population; key issues in supporting HIV - positive women in their infant feeding decisions; and considerations on monitoring and evaluation.

«Using our research and their template, we identified those key skills that are relevant to our population here in Montana.»

A key requirement of democracy is equal protection of all stakeholders - i.e., if at some point there is a completely fair vote of 2/3 population preferring the choices advocated and implemented by party A; and 1/3 preferring the choices of party B - then a system must ensure that the minority gets adequate protections and fair treatment; so that while at this moment country gets steered to choice A, the minority doesn't get punished in any way for saying that in their opinion choice B might be best; and if some of the original voters change their mind, the choice B can still be known even if the governing clique that was elected on the idea of A wants to continue with A forever.

The aspiration that you leave a house for your children - aside from being a reality for only certain privileged sectors of the population - can also be seen as less «essential» if we are to move away from a situation of astronomical house prices which even most well off young professionals can not afford, and towards a more realistic housing market, in which safe, secure, good quality social housing played a key role.

Engaging in a dialogue with rural populations on the ground is key.

«With a growing residential population, a huge rise in visitors and major developments in the pipeline, how we navigate around the city centre needs a radical rethink in key locations and some major improvements.»

Thus, government is putting in place the necessary blocks, such as the issuance of a national ID Card, a National Digital Property Addressing System, and the use of a Tax Identification Number to access key services, to broaden the tax base and reduce the tax burden on the estimated 1.2 million taxpayers supporting a population of about 27 million.

«The Ulster Unionist Party strongly believes in the principle of securing strong animal welfare practices, however whilst many can not appear to accept this, to us country sports have a key role in supporting our often fragile local ecosystem through managing animal populations.

Among the key states to watch are Lagos, Kano and Rivers - currently in APC hands - because of their large populations and economic power.

He argued the lightly armoured nature of Snatch vehicles made them ideal for engagement with the local population, a key goal of the UK's counterinsurgency tactics in the country.

«Clearly we need to identify the key threats to their survival in order to implement effective conservation strategies if we are going to protect these newly discovered coastal populations,» Dr Lukoschek says.

The key to a better future for the entire world population lies in giving priority to the development of human capabilities.

Reproductive isolation is the key to understanding how new species form, and many types of barriers can divide a population and split it into two different groups: geographic (such as a mountain range, desert, ocean or river), morphological (a change in coloration, body type or reproductive organs), behavioral (a change in breeding season, mating calls or courtship actions), and others.

Populations of forests elephants, which play key roles in maintaining forest habitat, have declined 63 percent in Central Africa since 2001.

Laidre's team looked at what is known about marine mammal populations that play a key role in Arctic ecosystems and human communities, focusing on polar bears, beluga whales, narwhals, bowhead whales, walrus, and six different seal species.

However, in a new paper published in Proceedings of the National of Sciences USA (PNAS) scientists from the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, show that key environmental parameters, namely climate - related primary productivity, biodiversity, and pathogen stress have strong influence on the global pattern of population densities of ethnographically documented hunter - gatherers.

For the booming moose population of Isle Royale, a key species in the world's longest running predator - prey study on the island, skulls have shrunk by about 16 percent over a 40 - year period.

«Understanding animals» movement patterns and the encounters they bring about is a key step in characterizing a population's mating system and essential for determining how behavior both facilitates and is subject to sexual selection,» explained Kamath, a postdoctoral scholar in UCSB's Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology.

When comparing populations of bow - winged grasshoppers from locations near busy roads with those away from roads, some German scientists in 2012 spotted a few key differences.

Key findings in this study show that 5 - year survival for older lung cancer surgery patients is favorable; surgeons will be able to better individualize care for older lung cancer patients based on newly and uniquely linked data, and the prevalence of lung cancer is expected to increase as the population continues to age.

Key cities threatened Large population centers in the United States already imperiled by sea - level rise include New York, Boston, Miami and Tampa, Fla., said Trevor Davies with the Tyndall Centre at the University of Southampton in England.