Sentences with phrase «needed public health measures»

He fears an accidental breach could damage malaria eradication and other much - needed public health measures.

Not exact matches

Multiple approaches are needed to combat VAD, including nutrition education and consuming a diverse and nutrient rich diet; promoting breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices; vitamin A capsule supplementation; food fortification; and other public health measures aimed at the control of infectious diseases.

Among public health measures for the prevention of obesity are the need to restrict the consumption of energy - dense snacks and sugar - sweetened soft drinks and to increase the consumption of whole grains and energy - dilute vegetables and fruit (15).

West Africa needs doctors to run treatment and holding centers; virologists to do laboratory diagnostics; epidemiologists to dissect the major factors affecting the outbreak, which would lead to effective public health measures; public health workers to help implement these measures; and educators to work with the public and improve communications.

Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., pushing for affordable health care for all Americans, calls the measure «a step in the right direction,» but notes that ultimately the feds need «to extend public programs or provide subsidies, such as refundable tax credits or some other means» to have truly universal health coverage.

As public health officials worry that the increase of opioid use among young adults has helped to spread the hepatitis C virus to a new generation, a study in Rhode Island finds that while screening is common, the follow - up measures needed to stop the spread of the virus are significantly less so.

The ultimate goal of JCTS is to improve the efficiency with which research and new diagnostics, therapies, and preventive measures, informed by health needs, are able to reach the public.

Learn everything you need to know about why you should vote yes on San Francisco County Measure A for Public Health and Safety school improvement bonds.

I am sure that there is a need for the NWS to strike a balance between measuring weather in remote places that escape all anthropogenic effects and measuring weather phenomena that effect people the most and can have direct impact on public health and our economy.

Foremost among them is that we need to employ externally funded public health measures in order to increase population and lifespans in countries whose biospheres can not support them.

Yet, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)-- the federal agency responsible for protecting public health and safety from nuclear power mishaps — has been downplaying the risk and failing to ensure that the measures needed to avert disaster are implemented.

The topics approached included, among others, governmental strategy in the medical sector as well as measures aimed to develop the public health sector, financial solutions for the current year, financial constraints and public needs in the health sector, being discussed on a parallel between public and private health sectors.

In the field of health - related big data, the public needs to be reassured that security measures are mandated and enforced.

Measuring Outcomes: Mental health professionals who receive public reimbursement for services to children birth to age five must complete the Early Childhood Service Intensity Instrument, a tool for assessing intensity of services needed and developing comprehensive, integrated plans.