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"The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster" (Who We Are, The IRC: 83 years of history, ¶1, 2017.06.21).

A wake up call to use available know-how to save millions of human lives and trillions of dollars that future outbreaks could take.

"Established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals were formed to galvanise efforts to meet the needs of the world's poorest. Eight goals were defined and twenty-one targets were set to be completed by 2015. / To mark the final year of this programme, Taylor & Francis Group are delighted to be offering free access to selected research related to each of the eight Millennium Development Goals" (¶¶1-2, 2015.11.17). The offer of free access apparently will expire at the end of November 2015 (Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability,¶3, http://goo.gl/zjYrCb).

OECD (2017). PISA 2015 Results (Volume III): Students' Well-Being. Paris, FR: OECD Publishing. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264273856-en