by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge What happens when urbanization outpaces a city’s ability to cope? Rapid urbanization has brought about enormous challenges, including increased urban poverty, growing levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, especially for the most vulnerable...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Rural smallholders in developing countries are increasingly interested in sharing and capturing information on available innovations, technologies, financing opportunities, marketing information and policies that are relevant to their context. Such...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Ensuring food and nutrition security continues to be one of the key challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region. Out of the one billion hungry people in the world, two-thirds live in this region. Much of the burden of addressing this challenge falls on the...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge There is high prevalence of HIV in Cameroon, where more than 4 per cent of the population live with HIV. About 620,000 people live with HIV (PLHIV), which includes 341,000 women, 240,000 men and 39,000 children. In addition, the annual new infections and...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge In Kenya, 47 per cent of the country’s population lives below the poverty line. High levels of malnutrition afflict the country’s poorest people. In the arid and semi-arid areas, around 369,000 children under the age of 5 are suffering from acute...