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saniyajoshi

BBC News - Ukraine conflict: EU weighs more sanctions on Russia - 0 views

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sanctions russia

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  • EU leaders have asked their foreign ministers to consider imposing further sanctions on Russia in response to the continued fighting in Ukraine.
  • 5,000 people have been killed in fighting since the rebels seized swathes of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions last April, according to UN estimates. More than a million people have been displaced.
  • Ukraine.
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      saniyajoshi on 27 Jan 15
       
      Does Ukraine really want to be a part of Russia? Why? 
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  • sanctions
Blair Peterson

WHO | Global Health Diplomacy - 3 views

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Global Public Health Global Health Diplomacy WHO UN International Relations

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  • Global health diplomacy brings together the disciplines of public health, international affairs, management, law and economics and focuses on negotiations that shape and manage the global policy environment for health. The relationship between health, foreign policy and trade is at the cutting edge of global health diplomacy.
Blair Peterson

WHO | 1. Global Public Goods and Health: concepts and issues - 3 views

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Global Public Health Global Health Diplomacy International Relations Public Health

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  • For example, carbon emissions and global warming not only affect the nation involved in their production, but also impact significantly on other nations; yet no one nation necessarily has the ability, or the incentive, to address the problem. Recognition of this led to the development of the concept of Global Public Goods.
  • Health too is an ever more international phenomenon. The most obvious example of this is in communicable disease, which is often a problem against which no single country can orchestrate a response sufficient to protect the health of its population.
Blair Peterson

WHO | 1. Global Public Goods and Health: concepts and issues - 8 views

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Global Public Health Global Health Diplomacy Public Health

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  • That is, the benefits, once the good is provided, cannot be restricted and are therefore available to all (i.e. non-excludable), and consumption by one individual does not limit consumption of that same good by others (i.e. non-rival in consumption).
  • non-excludable: benefits of good available to allnon-rival in consumption:consumption by one person does not prevent consumption by others (e.g. a lighthouse, street lighting, clean air...)
Blair Peterson

WHO | 1. Global Public Goods and Health: concepts and issues - 0 views

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public goods International Relations health Public Health

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  • For example, if a sewage system has spare capacity its use is non-rival, but as the capacity constraint is approached use becomes rivalrous.
  • Rather, it is more appropriate to discuss the degree to which goods may be subject to excludability and/or the degree to which their consumption is rival.
  • However, for the purposes of this presentation, the broad categorisation of goods as largely private or public, and within public as largely common-pool or club goods, is made to facilitate ease of comparison and analysis
Blair Peterson

WHO | Global Public Goods - 2 views

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public goods Public Health Global Public Goods

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  • he eradication of polio.
  • nternational Health Regulations
  • The promotion and protection of cultural diversity, core labour rights, and the environment through global cooperation are also regarded as global public goods. Health-specific global public goods fall into three broad categories:
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  • nformation and knowledge,
  • Control of infectious disease,
  • International rules and institutions,
  • One of the key questions about global public goods is: how can investment in them be encouraged?
  • he free-rider term describes a situation when no individual is prepared to pay the
  • There is little market incentive to develop such medicines, as those suffering from the disease typically have low purchasing power. In addition, countries worst affected by neglected diseases tend to have little capacity or resources to invest in R&D.
Blair Peterson

As Ebola Ebbs in Africa, Focus Turns From Death to Life - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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International Relations ebola Public Health africa

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  • While many have emphasized the enormous assistance hauled into the region by the United States and international organizations, there is strong evidence, especially here in Monrovia, that the biggest change came from the precautions taken by residents themselves.“Fundamentally, this is about the extent to whi
  • Reeling from the explosion of infections in August, volunteer Ebola watchdog groups sprang up in many neighborhoods, typically overseen by local elders and led by educated youths, drawing from a long history of community organizing to survive war, poverty and government neglect.
  • “Heroes emerged in every community,” said Dr. Mosoka Fallah, a Harvard-trained Liberian epidemiologist who often acted as a liaison between neighborhoods and the government. “The volunteer task forces may be the biggest reason behind the drop in October.”
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  • He said that the region’s chiefs enlisted the traditional leaders in the area and put together bylaws that barred residents from hiding their sick, interfering with health workers or carrying out traditional burials that increased the risk of spreading the disease by touching infected corpses.
  • We threatened that anybody who tried to do a traditional burial would be banished from the chiefdom,” he said
bobbycivita

BBC News - Libya gunmen attack Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli - 0 views

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IR Libya Attack hotel

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  • Libya gunmen attack Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli
  • Corinthia Hotel,
  • car bomb exploded near the premises
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  • popular with foreigners in Libya's capital, killing three guards
  • Tripoli's Corinthia Hotel
  • reception area.
  • car bomb also exploded outside the hotel.
  • between three and five.
  • "I suddenly heard shots and saw people running towards me, and we all escaped from the back [of the hotel] through the underground garage. The hotel did a lockdown after that."
  • number of attackers is not clear.
  • not clear whether the gunmen are still inside the hotel, and whether any staff or guests are trapped there.
  • one gunman had been arrested
  • two assailants were still inside the hotel.
  • received a threat "a few days ago" warning managers "to empty the building".
  • popular with foreign diplomats and government officials.
gabsandres

The impact of Charlie Hebdo: Americans now back Muhammad cartoons - The Washington Post - 0 views

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Charlie Hebdo

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  • Ever since the terrorist attacks in Paris shortly after the New Year, U.S. media have been debating within their newsrooms whether to publish the cartoon that ran immediately before the terrorist attack. 
  • About twice as many Americans thought the European newspapers who published such images were acting irresponsibly (61 percent) than those who thought it was responsible to publish them (29 percent).
gr332107

IS Hostage's Wife In Plea After Ultimatum - 0 views

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ISIS

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    The wife of a Japanese hostage held by Islamic State has spoken for the first time since her husband was captured after the militants sent her an ultimatum. Kenji Goto has been held captive since last October, with the jihadist group demanding Jordan releases failed Iraqi suicide bomber Sajida al Rishawi in return for his freedom.
gr332107

Wife of Japanese ISIS captive urges Amman, Tokyo to work for his relief - 0 views

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ISIS

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    Breaking News By REUTERS \ TOKYO - The wife of a Japanese journalist thought to be held by Islamic State insurgents in Syria urged the Japanese and Jordanian governments to work for his release shortly before a deadline set by his captors expired.
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