Promoting healthy lives and guaranteeing the well-being of all citizens is essential to sustainable development. Currently, the world is facing a global health crisis unlike any other - COVID-19 is spreading human suffering, thereby making lives unbearable for communities.
More than 100 US environmental and health groups are calling for the chemical industry to curb its greenhouse gas emissions and sharply decrease reliance on oil and natural gas as raw materials.
Malaria is a serious health concern that used to threaten the lives and livelihoods of communities in the Gambia.
Mr. President, the recent flash floods that inundated most homes especially within the Greater Banjul Area, West Coast Region and some parts of provincial Gambia are clear indications that more plans need to be made especially with the issues of the drainage system.
Former United States president, John F. Kennedy in one of his famous inaugural addresses stated- “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
It is no surprise that inaction on climate change is hurting the planet and the many living things that inhabit it. As glaciers disappear and the sea levels rise, local infrastructure, farmlands and property in the City of Ithaca are being impacted.
The recent flash floods that inundated most homes in the Greater Banjul Area and West Coast Region is a gentle reminder that climate change is real.
Looking at the benefits of new technology and applying those to your company’s product development, distribution strategies, human resources efforts, marketing and overall profit strategies will help you decide when it’s time to jump on board the “latest thing.”
Mr. President, it is high time that the Judiciary work on their procedures and processes for quick trials for those remanded at the prisons for long time now. It is always a waste of one's time to be remanded for years and later to be acquitted and discharged.
Disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability. We must acknowledge the human-made components of both vulnerability and hazard and emphasize human agency in order to proactively reduce disaster impacts.
It is agreed that societies that give youth an equal chance to prosper and participate freely in social, political, and economic life are more peaceful and more prosperous.
Global warming is contributing to more and extended heat waves, a tripling of droughts, a quadrupling of storms, and a tenfold increase in flooding since the 1970s in Africa, exacerbating security threats on the continent.
Effective transport infrastructure is critical to the overall development of nations. And free movement of people is a key in that regard.
Mr. President, traders of rice and sugar are unable to buy any forex exchange because of non-availability and we understand the authority has been contacted to intervene but nothing has been done.
Timely response in situation of disease outbreak is key in minimising its impact, thereby protecting the populace.
Breastfeeding is crucial for the survival, nutrition and development of infants and young children and the health of mothers.
Youth are the active segment in any progressive society. Therefore, engaging them in agriculture is another available move in ensuring growth and strengthening local food systems.
In Yosemite National Park’s famed Mariposa Grove, giant sequoias have grown for millennia.
