Sentences with phrase «pressing public health issues»

(March 30, 2015) Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing public health issues facing the world today.

«This study clearly illustrates the power of prevention policy in addressing one of our most pressing public health issues,» Brownson said.

Aayushi Pratap, a health correspondent with Hindustan Times, focuses her reporting on India's governmental and social responses to pressing public health issues facing the country.

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«With or without Peralta, we will assemble on June 26th to discuss the range of issues at stake on the state level, including public school funding, health care, women's health care, immigrants» rights, sanctuary state, Dream Act, LGBT rights, voter reform, criminal justice reform, and climate change reforms,» organizers wrote in a press release.

Progressive Change Campaign Committee Co-founder Adam Green was reacting to a statement by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on the issue of a public option in a health care bill.

In the days after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, for example, many public health officials worried that rather than infectious diseases, mental health was going to be a more pressing issue for the country.

Financing public health work will be another of the agency's most pressing issues — even as the Trump administration has proposed significantly slashing the CDC's budget, including a 43 percent cut to its Public Health Emergency Preparedness prpublic health work will be another of the agency's most pressing issues — even as the Trump administration has proposed significantly slashing the CDC's budget, including a 43 percent cut to its Public Health Emergency Preparedness prhealth work will be another of the agency's most pressing issues — even as the Trump administration has proposed significantly slashing the CDC's budget, including a 43 percent cut to its Public Health Emergency Preparedness prPublic Health Emergency Preparedness prHealth Emergency Preparedness program.

«The environmental justice issues facing Native American communities range from direct environmental, public health, cultural and sacred sites impacts, to lack of meaningful involvement and fair treatment in the governmental decision - making processes,» according to an emailed response by the EPA's press office.

What the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation has done is unique and inspirational — it is enabling the launch of a very large - scale study with the potential to generate insights akin to what the field of public health has produced, because of population - based research, around pressing issues, such as heart disease and the impact of smoking or lead exposure on health and development.

An estimated 8,000 delegates and observers from across the country attended five days of workshops, speeches and public presentations and to vote on resolutions that addressed what many speakers called the pressing civil rights issues of the day: criminal justice, voting rights, health care, education and more.

«It's an exciting example of the Institute bringing people with great ideas together to work toward solutions to today's most pressing public issues — from the health of our planet to the health of our population.»

As part of its CreateNYC cultural plan, New York City today announced seven projects designated for grants to either create or continue partnerships between arts organizations and city agencies in the interest of, according to a press release, «bringing the unique benefits of arts and culture to help address pressing civic issues including public health and safety, domestic violence, literacy, planning, immigration, and criminal justice.»

On the day of the hearing, Rep. Markey issued a press release and sent a public letter to the Department of Interior's Office of Surface Mining (OSM) calling out the agency for its inadequate and out - of - date water protections and regulations from surface mining impacts, especially in the face of such damning health studies.

West Coast LEAF has issued a press release jointly with the BC Civil Liberties Association, Pivot Legal Society, BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre, and Community Legal Assistance Society calling on the BC government to raise social assistance rates and address the resulting epidemic of food insecurity and the dire consequences for human health and safety.

The issues covered included, among others: Economic Development and the Rule of Law; The Rule of Law and Fair Elections; The Rule of Law, the Environment, and Public Health; and Freedom of the Press, Access to Information, and the Rule of Law.

The health of Aboriginal peoples in Canada is a complex pressing social and political issue that continues to call for dedicated resources, policies and public health frameworks.