by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Although Sri Lanka’s universal health care and free education policies over the last few decades helped the country to achieve most of the related targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Every year, five million children die worldwide during the neonatal period. More than 40 per cent of those deaths are due to causes related to low birth weight (LBW) (less than 2,500 g) and/or prematurity (born before week 37). They represent 10 to 12 per...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Women in developing countries, especially in remote villages, are generally not well informed on maternal and child health (MCH) and lack tools to record their health. This lack of knowledge on MCH issues has led to a high risk of child and maternal...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Despite significant progress in improving public health and efforts undertaken by the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) in the past decade, many challenges remain. These include issues related to communicable diseases, the...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Governments of all countries face the growing economic impact caused by the increasing cost of medicines, especially those from a single source, and other technologies in the health area. It is known that, for proper health management, access to good quality...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Eleven per cent of deaths from cervical cancer worldwide occur in Latin America (over 28,000 deaths per year), where it is the second most commonly diagnosed tumour among women. Seventy per cent of deaths in Latin America occur in South America, a region...
