Sentences with phrase «on vulnerable communities»

If they succeed in «defunding» Planned Parenthood and shutting down health centers, they'll cut 2.5 million patients off from essential care — with devastating impacts on vulnerable communities.

After synthesis of available information we make several key adaptation recommendations including: improving current surveillance and monitoring systems; concentrating adaptation strategies and policies on vulnerable communities; strengthening adaptive capacity of public health systems; developing multidisciplinary approaches sustained byan new mechanism of inter-sectional coordination; and increasing awareness and mobilization of the general public.

Study Finds Two Groups Hardest Hit by California's Drought 01.25.2017 — A new Pacific Institute study is the first statewide effort to explore the impact of the California drought on vulnerable communities... Read More.

The exhibition challenges viewers to consider the impact of mass incarceration on vulnerable communities, as well as the entire country.

«Instead of chastising and denigrating local authorities through the media, the government should deploy all its effort to help councils minimise the impact on vulnerable communities and front - line services.»

They share our commitment to minimizing the effect of disasters on vulnerable communities around the globe through effective disaster philanthropy.

Not exact matches

This scandal is only the latest in a string of worrisome disclosures about the use of social media by third parties, from foreign governments and electoral candidates to law enforcement agencies, to spy on the activities of users — especially immigrant, Black and other vulnerable communities.

Shareholders calling the world's most powerful companies to address their impacts on the world's most vulnerable communities.

«The lack of transparency in assigning public funds and the discriminatory impact on how vulnerable communities in particular are devastated by austerity may become evident again as Puerto Rico awaits disaster relief funds, and communities await to see how those funds will be distributed,» she wrote.

On December 7, 2017, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy's Midwest Early Recovery Fund hosted the webinar, «Wildfires & Vulnerable Populations,» to address the devastating 2017 wildfire season and what funders can do to help Midwest communities recover.

We also talk with Matthew Soerens, the US Director of Church Mobilization for World Relief and the co-author of «Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis,» about how you can help some of the world's most vulnerable communities.

However, it also highlights that extractives companies are particularly vulnerable to poor governance and ethical controversy, and harmful, long - lasting impacts on communities and the environment.

We welcome «this bipartisan resolution as a way to focus attention on the situation of the vulnerable religious communities in Iraq,» the bishops said in a letter to the congressional group.

«Just three weeks ago at the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, they called for richer countries do more to cut their own carbon emissions and increase their support to the most vulnerable and worst affected communities and countries who are least able to protect themselves from climate change.»

In the last decades most international efforts have focused on distributing food to vulnerable populations; with very little support dedicated to strengthening the ability of small holder farming to adequately feed their local communities.

In a region hard hit by climate change, the Rainforest Alliance focuses on advancing community forestry, sustainable agriculture, ecotourism, and environmental education to defend vulnerable landscapes and support rural communities.

Please watch this video and educate yourself on the conditions in many vulnerable communities about what you can do (beyond leaving comments on blogs) to help transform these areas from «first food deserts» into First Food Friendly neighborhoods.

As apart of this rich annual event, BMBFA is excited to partner with Henry Ford Health System to launch Mommy - Friendly Detroit ™ — a celebration of black motherhood that helps Detroit to become a place where systems, policies and practices align to achieve racial and health equity on behalf of all women, with an emphasis on Detroit's most vulnerable women, their babies, families and communities.

Casa Central offers a network of services including Head Start education, out - of - school time support, interim housing, violence intervention and other valuable resources to vulnerable members of the community.Words on WheelsWords on Wheels volunteers to go places in their local communities to engage with at - risk babies through bubbles, puppets, music and stories.

«Every day, they stand up and fight for New York City residents, they fight to keep our public hospitals open and serving our most vulnerable patients and on behalf of the thousands of nurses in NYC and the thousands that serve within our public hospital system, we applaud and enthusiastically support these candidates who stand with our patients and communities.»

While the emphasis is firmly on innovation, this could include projects that break down the barriers to the development and take up of new products and services, that deliver innovative solutions to reduce energy demand in low - income households, or that join up existing schemes to bring maximum benefits for vulnerable households and the wider community.

«Ali stands up for what she believes in and her work on behalf of vulnerable women and children shows a commitment to justice that will serve our community well.»

After the 2002 Community Gardens Agreement expires on Sept. 17, advocates fear that the city's nearly 300 small gardens will be too vulnerable to housing developers.

Our community remains woefully underfunded on our health needs and for the most vulnerable among us, both in municipalities and in state government.»

On a field visit with Medical Aid for Palestinians, to see the work of their mobile clinic to vulnerable communities in the Jordan Valley, the Parliamentarians were able to meet the community of Khan Al Ahmar, which faces numerous demolition orders and intimidation from settlers and Israeli soldiers alike.

Community organizations and agencies gathered in Utica today to call on Washington to repeal sequestration and support measures that will help close the federal deficit without hurting vulnerable groups.

«The government says that the right to rent policy will crack down on rogue landlords but this case is the perfect example of how it impacts vulnerable people,» Derek Bernardi of the Camden Community Law Centre, who is acting on behalf of the woman, says.

Instead, Ms. James said she wanted to place her candidacy before voters, saying that she would defend vulnerable communities and take on everything from corruption to crooked businesses, as well as the administration of President Trump.

«Under Governor Cuomo, HCR has a tremendous impact on advancing housing policy state - wide, including the Governor's efforts in developing and protecting affordable housing and protecting vulnerable communities.

He tried to spin the bedroom tax as a way of managing housing stock, but in fact it is a cruel and callous attack on some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.»

He argued that the lack of data on households with the current system makes social intervention programmes targeted at the vulnerable difficulty since there is no data as to who is poor and in which community.

When the proposed cuts were announced on Thursday, City Councilmember Maragret Chin released a statement saying, «Governor Cuomo's budget again and again targets the most vulnerable members of our community... Cutting funds for senior citizens severs a lifeline to integral health care, nutrition, and counseling services.»

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie also weighed in on the fatal incident saying, «Gun violence continues to plague communities across the nation and that it has found its way into workplaces, schools and hospitals, where the most vulnerable among us should feel safe, is reprehensible.»

This is a huge gamble to take, for conservation, for climate change, and for some of the most vulnerable human communities on the planet.

The PIER program relies on community networks to flag vulnerable patients and bring them in for treatment.

Aside from inflicting devastating natural disasters on often vulnerable communities, climate change can also spur outbreaks of infectious diseases like Zika, malaria and dengue fever, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

They lie on the edge of the largely tropical band in which coral communities are viable, and reef diversity here is relatively low, leaving the ecosystem vulnerable.

But implementation of policies is not enough; countries, and the global health community, need to collect timely, reliable, and detailed information on the effect of those policies, particularly among vulnerable populations and those being directly targeted by the tobacco industry.

To reach the 90-90-90 goals — and a world without AIDS — the global AIDS community must focus on the populations most vulnerable to HIV, target interventions that are most effective and sustainable, and improve the continuum of care for people with HIV, the authors conclude.

Haiti, Indonesia, and the Philippines are among the most vulnerable countries because local communities depend so heavily on reefs for their food and livelihood.

«There is a growing consensus in the scientific community that small doses of pesticides and other chemicals can have adverse effects on health, especially during vulnerable periods such as fetal development and childhood,» reports author and physician Andrew Weil, a leading voice for so - called integrative medicine combining conventional and alternative medical practices.

But others point out that the code focuses on past transgressions, and doesn't refer to recent efforts to respect and involve communities, such as guidelines for genomics work on vulnerable populations prepared in 2014 by the Human Heredity and Health in Africa program.

Cobb added that the burden of dealing with plastic pollution can not fall solely on the shoulders of the vulnerable communities most reliant on reefs for their livelihoods.

I don't know about you, but I love having ornaments on my Christmas tree that I know helped to create dignified jobs in vulnerable communities.

As you might know, I work part - time as an Independent Ambassador with Noonday Collection (on top of my 8 - to - 5), a small company that partners with artisan businesses in vulnerable communities to create beautiful accessories and dignified jobs.

Valor's SEL work is based on ideas that Daren Dickson developed throughout his career as a social worker, clinical and program director, and social justice advocate, including work he did at the nonprofit Seneca Center in the San Francisco Bay Area with vulnerable young people and communities.

The effects of this graduation crisis fall disproportionately on the nation's most vulnerable youths and communities.

In addition to it, the policy objectives 3 (b)(i) sought recognizing voices of displaced communities (emphasizing need of the indigenous communities and vulnerable section) which appears like an imaginary objective put up in words on a piece of policy draft.

And as such, the Endowment has embarked on a ten - year campaign to improve the health of young people residing in vulnerable, at - risk communities through stronger and innovative prevention approaches.

We plan to use this opportunity to push forward the national and global dialogue on how best to train multidisciplinary professionals for the complex challenges they face in working with the most vulnerable children and youth in our schools and communities.