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Climate Change Country Profiles for 17 LAC Nations
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the School of Geography and Environment at Oxford University have generated country-level studies of climate observations and multi-model projections for 52 developing countries, 17 of them in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
For each country there is a report that contains a set of maps and diagrams illustrating the [...]
Los ministros de energia de ALC acuerdan promover eficiencia energética y energías renovables
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Synopsis in English: The Energy Ministers of 17 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) nations, meeting last week in Buenos Aires at the annual Ministerial of the Quito-based Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), agreed to promote the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the region. Their commitment included joint actions toward that end, including [...]
Progress Toward MDGs in Sanitation in LAC
Sunday, August 17th, 2008One of my first posts here on The Temas Blog concerned the 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) progress report on reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) regarding drinking water and sanitation. So it’s probably fitting as I approach the second anniversary of the The Temas Blog to be discussing the latest update just released [...]
Toward a Caribbean Public Health Agency
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Over the last three decades, the nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have developed a series of small health-related institutions for different tasks, spread out over different member states. In recent years some member governments have questioned the wisdom and cost-effectiveness of having such compartmentalization.
And some have even dared to wonder aloud if [...]
The Challenge of Land Degradation / El desafio de la degradación del suelo
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008I must admit that, just as was the case with deforestation, in the past I paid very little attention to the issue of land degradation. I won’t bore you with the explanations and excuses as to why, just suffice it to say that it was not high enough on my list of priority environment [...]
The Caribbean Challenge
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Yes, I know, this announcement was made publicly at the end of May. I held off talking about here, in part to work first on older backlog from The Temas Blog queue, and in part to see if, as hinted, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and St. Lucia would quickly [...]
Past as Prologue for Caribbean Reefs?
Friday, June 13th, 2008Earlier this year the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the Paris-based UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) published a report by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) assessing the state of the Caribbean’s coral reefs after their toughest year in recent history, 2005. The IOC is the lead international entity assessing [...]
Cervical Cancer Control in LAC / Control del cáncer de cuello uterino en ALC
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO):
Researchers Report that Better Screening, Treatment, and Affordable Vaccines Can Prevent Doubling of Cervical Cancer Deaths in Latin America, Caribbean
With Cervical Cancer Killing 33,000 Annually in the Region, Experts in Mexico City Consider Promise, Costs of Detection, Treatment and Introduction of New Vaccines against Deadly Virus
Thirty-three thousand women in [...]
Strenghtening Jamaica’s Health Care System
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Last month the World Bank approved three loans for Jamaica worth US$65 million for various social services. What the three have in common are health care.
The first, US$40 million for Jamaica’s Social Protection Project, has as its centerpiece improvements to the Program of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). Launched in 2002, PATH provides cash [...]
World Heart Day - Are You Caring for Your Heart?
Saturday, September 29th, 2007Tomorrow, Sunday, 30 September, is World Heart Day. How well are you taking care of your heart?The World Heart Federation (WHF), a small NGO based in Geneva, Switzerland, created the annual campaign in the year 2000 to increase public awareness of the threat of heart disease and stroke and the importance of a heart-healthy lifestyle. [...]
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