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...
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 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 According to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017, the United Nations’ most recent report on this subject, the number of people suffering from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean increased by 2.4 million from 2015 to 2016,...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge South-South cooperation has grown exponentially in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the past decade. Many of the region’s middle-income countries have become active proponents of South-South partnerships and have strengthened their capacities...
