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 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 The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa was the largest and most complex since the virus was first discovered in 1976. There were more cases and deaths in this outbreak than all others combined. It also spread across countries, starting in Guinea and...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) affects all countries and endangers the effectiveness of prevention and treatment of infections by viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microorganisms (e.g. bacteria, fungi, viruses and...
