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Unser Jahresbericht 2019 ist verfügbar

Enfants du Monde Das Jahr 2019 war geprägt von der Notwendigkeit, unsere Programme ständig anzupassen, vor allem aufgrund einer zunehmend unsicheren Lage wie beispielsweise in Burkina Faso. Nachstehend finden Sie die wichtigsten Eckdaten unserer Aktivitäten. (Foto: EdM)

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Primary health care and nutrition

World Health Organisation (WHO) "Globally, dietary factors are responsible for about one in five deaths. In many low- and middle-income countries different forms of malnutrition (including obesity and undernutrition) can co-exist within the same population. This double burden of malnutrition is placing a disproportional strain on health systems, slowing progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). Poor nutrition also impedes the growth of local economies, ultimately affecting the global economy. In this article, we argue that comprehensive primary health care should be used as a platform to address the double burden of malnutrition." (Photo: World Bank Photo Collection/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Justice and health

The Lancet–Health Equity and Policy Lab Commission

The Lancet "Justice forms the foundation for what we owe each other and what fairness among human beings and institutions involves. Globally, there are large inequalities in health outcomes and opportunities for health. Not only is the global burden of disease distributed unevenly but capabilities to prevent and treat disease are also asymmetrical; those in greatest need often have the least access to human, physical, and financial resources for health. Global health justice provides an account of what justice across our planet embodies, offers solutions to global health problems, and identifies who has responsibilities and what those responsibilities entail for addressing these problems." (Photo: United Nations Photo/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use

World No Tobacco Day

World Health Organisation (WHO) "For decades, the tobacco industry has deliberately employed strategic, aggressive and well-resourced tactics to attract youth to tobacco and nicotine products. Internal industry documents reveal in-depth research and calculated approaches designed to attract a new generation of tobacco users, from product design to marketing campaigns aimed at replacing the millions of people who die each year from tobacco-attributable diseases with new consumers – youth. In response to the tobacco and related industries’ systematic, aggressive and sustained tactics to attract a new generation of tobacco users, World No Tobacco Day 2020 will provide a counter-marketing campaign and empower young people to engage in the fight against Big Tobacco." (Photo: lindsey kone/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Die Schweiz muss jetzt handeln, um die Zivilbevölkerung in Konflikten besser zu schützen

Eine historische Chance, beim Schutz der Zivilbevölkerung wirklich etwas zu bewirken

Handicap International Schweiz (HI) In seinem Jahresbericht über den Schutz der Zivilbevölkerung prangert UNO-Generalsekretär António Guterres die Bombardierungen in bewohnten Gebieten und die katastrophalen Folgen für die Bevölkerung an. Er unterstützt die laufenden diplomatischen Bemühungen zur Ausarbeitung einer politischen Erklärung zum Schutz der Millionen von Zivilisten, die in Kriegsgebieten leben. Handicap International und seine Partner im Internationalen Netzwerk für Sprengstoffwaffen (INEW) fordern die Staaten auf, eine starke politische Erklärung zu unterstützen, um das grosse menschliche Leid zu beenden, das durch Sprengstoffwaffen verursacht wird. (Foto: Zerstörung von Aden (Jemen) nach Luftangriffen | © HI)

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