Tobacco and its Environmental Impact

This report from the Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP) focuses on the effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mothers, newborns, young children, and adolescents. The report found that these populations are losing 20 percent of their health and social services in both wealthy and poor nations due to the pandemic. Global implementation for the United Nation’s 2030 Goal for Every Woman and Every Child, the global strategy for…

This case study describes how a program to replace dirt floors with concrete became a national development initiative in Mexico. In 2000, the Mexican state of Coahuila launched “Piso Firme” (“Solid Floor”), a program to replace dirt floors with cement ones. An independent impact evaluation established the association between concrete flooring and improved child health, improved maternal well-being, and reduced poverty, which attracted national government funding and sustained political commitment to facilitate scale-up across the…

This resource pack includes a collection of fact sheets that provide a brief overview of a variety of population health challenges. Selected fact sheets target a general audience and provide a global perspective, which educators might find useful for introducing learners to a new topic. Fact sheets vary in their focus on selected priority health conditions such as child, maternal and reproductive health, infectious diseases (e.g., HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and COVID), non-communicable diseases and risk…