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Poverty alleviation URBAN DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Waste management

Benefits of partnership in urban management

The World Urban Forum (WUF3) gave journalists the opportunity to compare different strategies of urban management and to assess more thoroughly the approach, objectives and strategies of the Urban Poverty and Environment Program (UPEP).
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Tuesday, January 2, 2007 - 05:00
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Integrated eco-health assessment law in the Americas : a hemispheric research partnership to evaluate and strengthen health and environmental impact assessment laws and policies; final project report (March 22 - November 23, 2010)

Project researchers discovered important legal best practices, and practical means of integrating health, indigenous rights and gender dimensions in environmental impact assessment methods and policies, through the adoption of new indicators and c
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Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
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Ecohealth Field Building Leadership in Prevention and Control of Vector Borne Diseases (LAC)

Vector-borne diseases make a significant contribution to the disease burden in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), amounting to about one million years of potential life lost due to premature mortality or disability (DALYs).
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Ecohealth Interventions for Chagas Disease Prevention in Central America

Chagas disease is a important vector-borne disease that constitutes a significant burden of illness among the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). More than 10 million people in the region are infected by the parasite Trypanosoma Cruzi.
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Scaling up Intermittent Rice Irrigation for Malaria Control on the North Coast of Peru

New research aims to help control malaria in one watershed in northern Peru. Malaria is widespread in Peru's arid North Coast because of the extensive irrigation required to support rice paddies.
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Ecohealth Chair on Urban Air Pollution and Non-Communicable Respiratory Diseases (West Africa)

Urban air pollution, indoors and outdoors, is a major worldwide health and environmental problem, particularly in Africa, where it is associated with economic activity, transportation, and the use of biomass for cooking.
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Improving Knowledge Management and Utilization of Research Results in Ecohealth Projects

This study brings together lead investigators from 11 past and ongoing Ecohealth projects across Latin America who are interested in achieving better development outcomes guided by research results.
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Housing Sector Profile Studies in Tunis (Tunisia), Dakar (Senegal), Kampala (Uganda) and Lilongwe (Malawi)

The world's urban population has recently reached 50% of the global total. This trend is expected to continue and intensify in developing countries, especially in Africa.
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Ecohealth in Focus Cities - Lima, Peru

In Lima, Peru, solid waste management is an informal activity involving poor communities working under difficult conditions.
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West African Research and Training Hub on Environmental and Occupational Health in the Informal Economy

This project will help establish a West African Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEO Health) Hub in environmental and occupational health.

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