Country Profiles: Environmental Performance Index 2022

This data portal from Surgo Ventures provides a comprehensive tool using 2021 date to examine the range of factors that influence adverse pregnancy outcomes in the United States, where the maternal mortality rate remains the highest of any industrialized country in the world. The U.S. Maternal Vulnerability Index (MVI) is the first county-level, national-scale tool to rank vulnerability to poor maternal health outcomes and identify the regions and factors impacting susceptibility to these outcomes for…

This report from the Oxford University Press balances the multiple factors taken into consideration when preparing for and responding to a public health emergency. Resource allocation and care for vulnerable populations require strategic decision-making and attention to ethical standards. With this in mind, the contributors outline best practices when responding to public health emergencies.

This report, published jointly by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), presents national, regional, and global estimates for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in households from 2000 to 2022. The report includes a special focus on gender and WASH, highlighting the impacts of drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene on women and girls worldwide, and how gender inequalities impact progress toward realizing global SDG targets for WASH.  The report details…