UNAIDS Fact Sheets

This report published by the United Nations Environment Programme focuses on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and how the environment relates to its development and spread. The report summarizes the environmental aspects of AMR, including how AMR is tied to environmental challenges that are driven and exacerbated by human activity, such as pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss. The authors argue that understanding how the environment influences AMR is crucial to addressing it. The report advocates for…

This report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) analyzes the wellbeing of children with disabilities across more than 60 indicators, including nutrition, access to water and sanitation, protection from violence, education, happiness, and more. There are nearly 240 million children with disabilities or about 1 in 10 children worldwide – with many experiencing a greater likelihood of exclusion, limited access to education and essential care, and discrimination. This report aims to document the scale…

This report, published by the National Academies Press (NAP), outlines the proceedings of a workshop exploring the ways in which multiple levels of government and various organizations in the public and private sectors can collaborate to effectively care for acutely ill and injured patients during a disaster, public health emergency, or other mass casualty event. The six objectives of the presentations and discussions in this workshop were to: explore the degree to which the public…