The 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) opens on Sept 15, 2020. Being held remotely for the first time, the meeting will inevitably be dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, but other issues on the agenda that have resonance for global health include the climate crisis, peace, disarmament, and humanitarian assistance. Underpinning this year’s agenda is the UN theme of multilateralism, under the banner ”The future we want, the United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism”.
Vaccination has had a tremendous impact on the health of the global population. However, history is filled with examples where concerns about the safety and necessity of vaccination led to drops in immunisation coverage and resurgence of disease. In 2019, WHO declared vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten global health threats.
Abordamos la compleja compatibilidad de las éticas antiespecista y anticapitalista en cuanto al consumo de alimentos de origen animal que son desechados.
There is a cost to being Black in the UK: a tax on the colour of a person’s skin. It is the price paid for other people’s perceptions of what skin colour means about one’s abilities, behaviour, or worth. Black people pay in many ways, including poorer health, higher rates of litigation against them, and slower career advancement. These adverse impacts are well described;1–3 strategies to address them have been far too slow in coming.3 Black people also pay a minority tax—ie, the burden of additional responsibilities placed on them by organisations in the name of diversity.
Más de 110 firmantes del manifiesto elogian el proyecto prometedor, pero lamentan que en el proceso aún no se haya publicado “ninguna documentación” sobre su diseño.
Con 1,6 millones de alumnos escolarizados, y una incidencia de unos 175 casos activos por 100.000 habitantes en menores de edad en el momento actual, es de esperar que 2.800 alumnos inicien el curso con coronavirus en Catalunya.
Estos productos siguen siendo baratos para el bolsillo, pero costosos para el medio ambiente.
En pocos meses la pandemia se ha convertido en una crisis global pero de efectos desiguales.