scholarly journals Water Availability Challenges in Low-Income Areas of Agbowo Community, Ibadan, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-43
Author(s):  
Tosin Kolajo Gbadegesin ◽  
Olawale Olayide
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
High Rate ◽  
World Health ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Socio Economic Variables ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Ibadan Nigeria

Water is crucial to life. This has led to the inclusion of a specific water-related target in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The study by World Health Organization (WHO) stated that about 663 million people worldwide have no adequate access to safe drinking water while UNICEF stated that about 65 million Nigerians have no access to safe water supplies. It is against this background that this study was conducted in Agbowo Community. The community has a high rate of economic poverty and poor living conditions. The study determined the gap between water supply and demand and enumerated physical and socio-economic variables that influence water availability. The study noted that a significant number of respondents expressed optimism despite the seriousness of the challenges and recommended massive remediation of the area as most of the water sources are contaminated by sewage.

Water Availability Challenges in Low-Income Areas of Agbowo Community, Ibadan, Nigeria

2022 ◽  
pp. 609-624
Author(s):  
Tosin Kolajo Gbadegesin ◽  
Olawale Olayide
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
High Rate ◽  
World Health ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Socio Economic Variables ◽  
Health Organization

Water is crucial to life. This has led to the inclusion of a specific water-related target in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The study by World Health Organization (WHO) stated that about 663 million people worldwide have no adequate access to safe drinking water while UNICEF stated that about 65 million Nigerians have no access to safe water supplies. It is against this background that this study was conducted in Agbowo Community. The community has a high rate of economic poverty and poor living conditions. The study determined the gap between water supply and demand and enumerated physical and socio-economic variables that influence water availability. The study noted that a significant number of respondents expressed optimism despite the seriousness of the challenges and recommended massive remediation of the area as most of the water sources are contaminated by sewage.

scholarly journals Using sustainability as a collaboration magnet to encourage multi-sector collaborations for health

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akram Khayatzadeh-Mahani ◽  
Ronald Labonté ◽  
Arne Ruckert ◽  
Evelyne de Leeuw
Keyword(s):  
Health Equity ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
World Health ◽  
Policy Coherence ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Core Idea ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health (SDH) places great emphasis on the role of multi-sector collaboration in addressing SDH. Despite this emphasis on this need, there is surprisingly little evidence for this to advance health equity goals. One way to encourage more successful multi-sector collaborations is anchoring SDH discourse around ‘sustainability’, subordinating within it the ethical and empirical importance of ‘levelling up’. Sustainability, in contrast to health equity, has recently proved to be an effective collaboration magnet. The recent adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provides an opportunity for novel ways of ideationally re-framing SDH discussions through the notion of sustainability. The 2030 Agenda for the SDGs calls for greater policy coherence across sectors to advance on the goals and targets. The expectation is that diverse sectors are more likely and willing to collaborate with each other around the SDGs, the core idea of which is ‘sustainability’.

scholarly journals Analisis Durasi Tidur, Asupan Makanan, dan Aktivitas Fisik sebagai Faktor Risiko Kejadian Obesitas pada Balita Usia 3-5 Tahun

Sari Pediatri ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Wara Fitria Tristiyanti ◽  
Didik Gunawan Tamtomo ◽  
Yulia Lanti Retno Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
World Health ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Sleep Habit ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Children’S Sleep

Latar belakang. Obesitas pada balita menjadi perhatian World Health Organization (WHO) dengan menetapkan masalah obesitas sebagai salah satu indikator untuk mengatasi masalah melalui Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Pada tahun 2015, prevalensi obesitas balita secara global mencapai 6,2% atau 42 juta balita. Faktor penyebab obesitas di antaranya adalah durasi tidur, asupan makanan, dan aktivitas fisik.Tujuan. Untuk menganalisis hubungan durasi tidur, asupan makanan, dan aktivitas fisik dengan kejadian obesitas pada balita usia 3-5 tahun beserta tingkat risiko di wilayah Kota Yogyakarta. Metode. Jenis penelitian ini adalah kasus-kontrol dengan jumlah total subjek adalah 144 balita di wilayah Kota Yogyakarta. Jumlah subjek pada masing-masing kelompok adalah 72 balita. Data durasi tidur diperoleh melalui kuesioner Children’s Sleep Habit Questionnaire (CSHQ) tervalidasi, data asupan makanan dikumpulkan dengan kuesioner recall makan 2x24 jam, dan data aktivitas fisik diperoleh dari kuesioner recall aktivitas fisik 24 jam. Data dianalisis menggunakan uji Chi- square dan regresi logistik. Hasil. Terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara durasi tidur, asupan makanan, dan aktivitas fisik dengan kejadian obesitas pada balita usia 3-5 tahun (p<0,005). Balita dengan durasi tidur kurang (lama tidur <10 jam) berisiko menjadi obesitas 2,5 (OR=2,49; IK95%: 1,04-5,93) kali lebih besar dibandingkan dengan balita dengan durasi tidur yang cukup (lama tidur ≥10jam). Balita dengan asupan makanan lebih (asupan energi >110 % AKG) berisiko menjadi obesitas 4,4 (OR=4,42; IK95%: 2,02-9,69) kali lebih besar dibandingkan dengan balita dengan asupan makanan cukup (asupan energi 80-110% AKG). Balita dengan aktivitas fisik sangat ringan (PAL<1,5) berisiko menjadi obesitas 6,1 (OR=6,15; IK95%: 2,73-13,85) dibandingkan dengan balita dengan aktivitas fisik ringan atau sedang. Kesimpulan. Durasi tidur, asupan makanan, dan aktivitas fisik, secara signifikan berhubungan dengan kejadian obesitas pada balita usia 3-5 tahun.

scholarly journals Considerations for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals for dengue

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 1656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
World Health ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Dengue Outbreaks ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Health Organization

Dengue circulates endemically in many tropical and subtropical regions. In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) set out goals to reduce dengue mortality and morbidity by 50% and 25%, respectively, between 2010 and 2020. These goals will not be met. This is, in part, due to existing interventions being insufficiently effective to prevent spread. Further, complex and variable patterns of disease presentation coupled with imperfect surveillance systems mean that even tracking changes in burden is rarely possible. As part of the Sustainable Development Goals, WHO will propose new dengue-specific goals for 2030. The 2030 goals provide an opportunity for focused action on tackling dengue burden but should be carefully developed to be ambitious but also technically feasible. Here we discuss the potential for clearly defined case fatality rates and the rollout of new and effective intervention technologies to form the foundation of these future goals. Further, we highlight how the complexity of dengue epidemiology limits the feasibility of goals that instead target dengue outbreaks.

scholarly journals Urgent health challenges for the next decade 2030: World Health Organization

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-117
Author(s):  
Aslam Pathan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Priorities ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
Health Organization

As a new year and a new decade kickoff, WHO has released a list of urgent, global health challenges in January 2020. This list, developed with input from WHO experts around the world, reflects a deep concern that leaders are failing to invest enough resources in core health priorities and systems. This puts lives, livelihoods, and economies in jeopardy. None of these issues are simple to address, but they are within reach. Public health is ultimately a political choice. All the challenges in this list demand a response from more than just the health sector. With the deadline for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals quickly approaching, the United Nations General Assembly has underscored that the next 10 years must be the "decade of action".

The Impact of COVID-19 on the International Education System: Disruptions in Low-income Countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 115-126
Author(s):  
Anne Achieng Aseey
Keyword(s):  
International Education ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
World Health ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
To Come ◽  
Pipe Dream ◽  
Continued Learning ◽  
Health Organization

Africa as a continent has had challenges in its social, economic and political setup. COVID -19 pandemic amplified some of the issues the continent is struggling to contain at various levels to ensure sustainability. In terms of Education, the continent is yet to come to terms in realizing universal literacy, career related skills development for 21st century, quality education, infrastructure among others. Achieving 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is still a pipe dream. This chapter addresses issues that warrant discussion and raise concerns in education circles in developing continents. The disruptions that affected and impacted on the education sector during the corona pandemic from various standpoints need to be debated and addressed. The chapter will look at issues that impacted on education and how institutional mechanisms were put in place to ensure continuity in education upon World Health organization declaration of COVID -19 as a pandemic. Terms and concepts like online learning, Remote learning ,home schooling, distance learning and others which were not considered as crucial in education became the ‘new normal ‘This study highlights responses at various levels of education and in various geographical settings as to how various governments handled the pandemic. The chapter takes a look of the benefits of using technology during crisis and the value of innovation in continued learning. The role of technology in education and also how it changed and challenged the learning landscape is also highlighted. It also explores instances of equity, unpreparedness and access to quality education at all levels in education.

‘Taking out the Magnifier’: Groups in Vulnerable Situations Under Global Health Law

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-130
Author(s):  
Valentin Aichele
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Major Function ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Health Organization

In due course of international practice, numerous groups in societies worldwide potentially have been identified to be in a vulnerable situation. Particularly in healthrelated policies and programmes as well as universal strategies such as the Sustainable Development Goals (2030 Agenda), the framing ‘groups in vulnerable situations’ or similar phrasings receive special attention. However, looking at the diverse use of the term, it is not exactly clear what vulnerability might mean in legal terms. While some mix vulnerability with norms, the author promotes an understanding of vulnerability that refers to the facts and whose nature is descriptive. Thus, one major function of the term is to urge States and those responsible for global health policy to look closely at social realities – vulnerability serves a magnifier. This contribution further elaborates an understanding of vulnerability that exists within the context of the human right to health, as this area of law provides a meaningful setting for further addressing foundational issues such as its two-fold nature, the language used, its purpose, and the discussion concerning threshold criteria. Accordingly, the author argues that vulnerability can be used as a key tool for addressing the prevailing worsening of health inequalities and disparities among distinct social groups in a given society on the basis of external factual circumstances such as time and place. Keywords: Global Health Law, Groups in Vulnerable Situations, Health Inequality, Higher Risk, Human Right to Health, Sustainable Development Goals, Vulnerability, World Health Organization

scholarly journals Reaching the zero by 30 dog-mediated human rabies goal

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Andrea Britton
Keyword(s):  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
World Health ◽  
Human Rabies ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Reservoir Hosts

It is unacceptable that as we advance into the 21st century rabies is still a threat to humans and animals alike. Given public health interventions that focus solely on disease prevention in humans have no effect on the reduction of infection in the reservoir hosts, the most effective way to combat human rabies infection is to control the disease transmission by mass vaccination of the animal source, e.g. dogs and wildlife1. This short communication focuses on the global strategic target to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 20302 in line with the Sustainable Development Goals by providing recent updates on World Health Organization (WHO) and OIE guidelines3–5 and recommendations as well as highlighting Australian rabies research activities to prevent an incursion of rabies into the country.

scholarly journals Globalization’s Implications for G20 Governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-54
Author(s):  
John Kirton ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The International Monetary Fund

The rapid globalization of money, goods, services, taxation, knowledge, people, political ideas, digitalization, and especially pathogens and ecological pollutants has intensified, along with rising inequality, multipolarity, protectionism, isolationism and geopolitical tensions. Together these factors present new challenges to 21st century global governance led by the systemically significant states which make up the Group of Twenty (G20). G20 governance has expanded in response, but with more success on its old, incompletely globalized economic agenda than on its newer, more globalized digitalization, health pandemics and climate change agendas. The most recent G20 summit in Osaka, Japan on 28–29 June 2019 did make advances on tax and digitalization but not on the looming health risks and the existential threat of climate change. Preparations for the Saudi Arabian-hosted Riyadh summit, to be held on 21–22 November 2020, have made some progress on the latter amidst the unprecedented crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis shows that the G20’s architecture needs to be further strengthened by institutionalizing G20 environment and health ministers’ meetings; inviting the executive heads of the United Nations (UN) bodies for climate change, biodiversity, the environment and health, as well as the leaders of key outside countries, to the summits; giving the UN and World Health Organization the same G20 status as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank; and holding a second annual summit at the UN each September focused on the sustainable development goals.

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