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Webinar: Idlib at Risk – Doctors and First Responders in Northwest Syria

Members Event Webinar

23 April 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Online

Event participants

Dr Munzer al-Khalil, Head, Idlib Health Directorate
Raed Al Saleh, Director, Syria Civil Defence (The White Helmets)
Alaa Rajaa Mughrabieh, Child Protection Officer, Hurras Network
Chair: Dr Lina Khatib, Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House

 

In Syria, uncertainty about the safety of the ceasefire agreed between Russia and Turkey last month is inhibiting 1 million people who have been displaced since December 2019 from returning home.

The looming COVID-19 global health crisis threatens to further devastate those most vulnerable as the conditions in northwest Syria’s refugee camps make it hard to practice common social distancing guidelines. Added to this, the medical infrastructure in the region has been decimated after years of bombings which has disabled over 70 health facilities since April 2019.

This webinar highlights the potentially catastrophic risks of a coronavirus outbreak in Idlib and displacement camps in northwest Syria by speaking with medical and civil society actors working in the region. How are doctors and local humanitarian organizations scaling up their medical and prevention response to the COVID-19 outbreak?

What key supplies such as ventilators, testing kits and critical sanitary equipment are still lacking? And how can the international community step in to help mitigate the potentially devastating consequences of an outbreak in these refugee camps?

This event is run in collaboration with The Syria Campaign, a human rights organization working with Syrian civil society to raise the voices of those struggling for democracy, and support frontline activists and humanitarians.





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CBD News: Message by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Seminar "Bananas and Bamboo": Biodiversity Management of at Risk Commercially Valuable Crops through Community-Technology Integration, 29-30 November 2010, K




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Webinar: Idlib at Risk – Doctors and First Responders in Northwest Syria

Members Event Webinar

23 April 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Online

Event participants

Dr Munzer al-Khalil, Head, Idlib Health Directorate
Raed Al Saleh, Director, Syria Civil Defence (The White Helmets)
Alaa Rajaa Mughrabieh, Child Protection Officer, Hurras Network
Chair: Dr Lina Khatib, Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House

 

In Syria, uncertainty about the safety of the ceasefire agreed between Russia and Turkey last month is inhibiting 1 million people who have been displaced since December 2019 from returning home.

The looming COVID-19 global health crisis threatens to further devastate those most vulnerable as the conditions in northwest Syria’s refugee camps make it hard to practice common social distancing guidelines. Added to this, the medical infrastructure in the region has been decimated after years of bombings which has disabled over 70 health facilities since April 2019.

This webinar highlights the potentially catastrophic risks of a coronavirus outbreak in Idlib and displacement camps in northwest Syria by speaking with medical and civil society actors working in the region. How are doctors and local humanitarian organizations scaling up their medical and prevention response to the COVID-19 outbreak?

What key supplies such as ventilators, testing kits and critical sanitary equipment are still lacking? And how can the international community step in to help mitigate the potentially devastating consequences of an outbreak in these refugee camps?

This event is run in collaboration with The Syria Campaign, a human rights organization working with Syrian civil society to raise the voices of those struggling for democracy, and support frontline activists and humanitarians.




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Ukraine Beyond Donbas: Is Social Cohesion at Risk?

Invitation Only Research Event

28 February 2020 - 9:30am to 1:00pm

Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE

Event participants

Iryna Brunova-Kalisetska, Independent Researcher, Trainer and Dialogue Facilitator
Maxim Ieligulashvili, Independent Researcher, Trainer and Dialogue Facilitator
Volodymyr Lupatsy, Co-founder, National Platform on Dialogue for Peace and Secure Reintegration; Board Member, Centre for Security and Development Research, Ukraine
Orysia Lutsevych, Research Fellow and Manager, Ukraine Forum, Chatham House

Six years after the annexation of Crimea and the start of the armed conflict in Donbas, the process of coalescing the Ukrainian society around a common civic identity remains complex. Ukraine comprises many ethno-linguistic identities, and various internal and external actors have been able to exploit old and new grievances to increase tensions at the regional and local level.

The panellists will discuss the conflict dynamics along parts of Ukraine’s international border and the line of contact with Crimea. The speakers will review the internal political, social and economic trends that cause friction and suggest ways to strengthen cohesion.

The event will build upon key findings from International Alert’s analysis of the south of Odesa, Kherson and Zakarpattia oblasts and on the reintegration of veterans in Ukraine.

This event is organized in partnership with International Alert, supported by UK aid from the UK government as part of the Peace Research Partnership programme.

 

Anna Morgan

Administrator, Ukraine Forum
+44 (0)20 7389 3274




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Ukraine Beyond Donbas: Is Social Cohesion at Risk?

Invitation Only Research Event

28 February 2020 - 9:30am to 1:00pm

Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE

Event participants

Iryna Brunova-Kalisetska, Independent Researcher, Trainer and Dialogue Facilitator
Maxim Ieligulashvili, Independent Researcher, Trainer and Dialogue Facilitator
Volodymyr Lupatsy, Co-founder, National Platform on Dialogue for Peace and Secure Reintegration; Board Member, Centre for Security and Development Research, Ukraine
Orysia Lutsevych, Research Fellow and Manager, Ukraine Forum, Chatham House

Six years after the annexation of Crimea and the start of the armed conflict in Donbas, the process of coalescing the Ukrainian society around a common civic identity remains complex. Ukraine comprises many ethno-linguistic identities, and various internal and external actors have been able to exploit old and new grievances to increase tensions at the regional and local level.

The panellists will discuss the conflict dynamics along parts of Ukraine’s international border and the line of contact with Crimea. The speakers will review the internal political, social and economic trends that cause friction and suggest ways to strengthen cohesion.

The event will build upon key findings from International Alert’s analysis of the south of Odesa, Kherson and Zakarpattia oblasts and on the reintegration of veterans in Ukraine.

This event is organized in partnership with International Alert, supported by UK aid from the UK government as part of the Peace Research Partnership programme.

 

Anna Morgan

Administrator, Ukraine Forum
+44 (0)20 7389 3274




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Cancer drug trials used for regulatory approval are at risk of bias

Around half of trials that supported new cancer drug approvals in Europe between 2014 and 2016 were judged to be at high risk of bias, in a new study. Huseyin Naci,assistant professor of health policy a the London School of Economics joins us to talk about why potential bias may mean potential exaggeration of treatment effects, and could be...




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Temporary Protected Status at Risk: Implications for Central America and U.S. Policy

As the Trump administration weighs the future of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans, this teleconference focuses on the legal framework for TPS (particularly for Hondurans and Salvadorans) and profile of current TPS holders; the capacity of El Salvador and Honduras to receive and meaningfully reintegrate returnees; and the implications of TPS termination for broader U.S. policy goals in Central America.




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The Coronavirus Pandemic Puts Children at Risk of Online Sexual Exploitation

One conversation could keep your kids safe

-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com



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Did a Misunderstanding Put One State's Aid for Disadvantaged Students At Risk?

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is not famous for pressuring states into desired outcomes, but did put at least two states' Title I funding on "high-risk" status last year.




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Identifying regions at risk with Google Trends: the impact of Covid-19 on US labour markets

BIS Bulletin No 8, April 2020. Information on local labour markets and Google searches can be used to construct a measure of the vulnerability of employment in different regions of the United States to the Covid-19 shock. Regional exposure to Covid-19 varies significantly, ranging from a low of 2% to a high of 98% of total local employment. We test for the usefulness of the Covid-19 exposure measure by showing that areas with higher exposure report more Google search queries related to the pandemic and unemployment benefits.




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Afraid to return to work? CERB eligibility at risk if you don't

Some Prince Edward Islanders are raising concerns about returning to work under the province's plan to ease back COVID-19 restrictions, but if they choose to stay home they could lose financial support from the federal government.



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Many of Bangladesh's indigenous out of work and at risk, advocates warn

CNA Staff, Apr 21, 2020 / 02:19 pm (CNA).- Indigenous rights groups are warning that many families in Bangladesh who have lost jobs and income because of the coronavirus pandemic are not yet receiving aid, and many are facing starvation.

A joint statement from three Bangladeshi indigenous rights groups warns that the vast majority of those living in rural areas are day laborers, and are now out of work.

Bangladesh, a low lying county situated just east of India, has 3,400 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and has recorded 110 deaths. Officials say actual numbers are likely higher due to a lack of testing kits.

Romen Kisku, a Catholic father of five and member of the Santal ethnic group, told UCA News that his family has received a small amount of food aid from a charity, but he worries it will not be enough to feed his 10-member family. He and his family live in the northern region of Dinajpur, and he said he hopes to find work in a neighboring region as a paddy farmer.

“Three men of our family are day laborers and our income pays for everything. Now we cannot go to work and government aid has not reached us. The minimal aid was too little for our family, so we have to go on starving if things don’t improve,” Kisku told UCA News.

Ethnic-minority Santal people live mostly in northwestern Bangladesh as well as parts of India and Nepal. About eight percent are Christian.

Bangladesh has a low percentage of Catholics— as low as 0.3% in some areas— and the Catholic aid group Caritas is struggling to raise funds for the poor.

“We have made an appeal to people in our parishes and areas, so they come up with whatever they can to assist those having hard times during this crisis. The suffering of people will intensify if the crisis lingers, so we need to help people any way possible,” Bishop Sebastian Tudu of Dinajpur told UCA News.

Though the government and charitable organizations are mobilizing to provide relief, the remoteness of the areas where many indigenous people live mean that in some areas, very few families have yet received government assistance.

Though Catholic Relief Services is active in providing aid in refugee camps in Bangladesh, a CRS spokesperson confirmed to CNA that CRS is not currently active in the Dinajpur region.

The branch of Caritas in the southeastern port city of Chittagong has taken two emergency cash handouts of 2,250 taka (US$27) and 1,547 taka to support 950 families on the hills, UCA News reported.

Bangladesh’s government started food relief and subsidized food sales at the end of March, aiming to support about 50 million poor and needy people across the country, UCA News reports.

Bangladesh imposed a nationwide lockdown March 26, with a restriction of no more than five people allowed to congregate in prayer in a mosque, the New York Post reported. Despite this, on April 18 a crowd of some 100,000 people gathered for a funeral in Brahmanbaria, in the eastern part of the country.



  • Asia - Pacific

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Scotland at risk of missing affordable homes target as Brexit bites

SCOTLAND is struggling to meet its targets for new affordable homes despite government funding.




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Identifying Teens at Risk: Developmental Pathways of Online and Offline Sexual Risk Behavior

Today’s adolescents increasingly use the Internet to explore their sexual identity. There is public concern that the Internet, because of its accessibility, affordability, and anonymity, stimulates adolescents to engage in online sexual risk behavior (eg, sending sexual images to strangers).

This 4-wave panel study is the first to delineate the typical development of online sexual risk behavior, its relationship with offline sexual risk behavior, and the factors (eg, sensation seeking, family cohesion, life satisfaction, education, online communication) that predict both behaviors. (Read the full article)




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Pediatrician Identification of Latino Children at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Latino children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) less often and later than white children. Primary care pediatricians (PCPs) may play an important role in early ASD identification for Latinos.

PCPs find it more difficult to assess for ASDs in Latinos with Spanish primary language, view Latino parents as less knowledgeable about ASDs, and experience frequent barriers to ASD diagnosis in Latino patients. Many PCPs do not offer recommended screenings in Spanish. (Read the full article)




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Derivation of Candidate Clinical Decision Rules to Identify Infants at Risk for Central Apnea

Central apnea sometimes complicates bronchiolitis. Because apnea tends to occur early in the course of bronchiolitis, there is a danger that infants may be discharged from the emergency department only to subsequently develop apnea at home.

This study prospectively derived clinical decision rules to help emergency physicians admit infants at risk for apnea while discharging those not at risk. (Read the full article)




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Burundi: Democracy and Peace at Risk




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Coronavirus fallout: Rs 25,800 crore investments at risk as Franklin Templeton shutters six schemes

Debt schemes of mutual funds for long have been seen as low risk, but shuttering six schemes and leaving investors in a lurch will impact investor sentiment.




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Boeing’s 737 Max problem puts company in turbulence; $600 billion in orders at risk

Indonesia’s Lion Air firms up moves to drop a $22 billion order for the 737 in favour of the Airbus jet, according to a person with knowledge of the plan.






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Offshore Wind: Is The Future In Taiwan At Risk?

Recent political changes have shaken Taiwan, and could put at risk the development and growth of its nascent offshore wind market.




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[Coronavirus] EU set for record recession, putting euro at risk

Debt levels around Europe, especially in southern states, forecast to rise alarmingly, but EU commission remained confident countries can manage, despite fears of a second viral wave.





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POSCO Energy and SK Gas at Risk of Losing 1 Tril. Won due to Gov't Insistence on LNG Power

Private-sector power generators are complaining mightily about the government's pressure on them to switch coal-fired power plants they are building into ones based on liquefied natural gas. That's largely because the government is mum about the sunk cost and other costs to retrofit the plants estimated to be as high as 2.6 trillion won. According to private-sector power generation industry sources on September 17, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy requested to POSCO Energy, SK Gas,...




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Millions at risk of tuberculosis amid COVID-19 lockdowns, warns study

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Pakistanis, other ethnics more at risk from COVID-19 in UK

LONDON: Black people and men of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin are nearly twice as likely to die from the COVID-19 disease than whites, even when adjusting data for deprivation, a new British...

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Half a million people at risk from volcano eruption in the Philippines

Taal volcano, situated on an island in a lake, began erupting dramatically on Sunday, prompting an evacuation order for 450,000 people in the surrounding area




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Amateur Boxers at Risk of Brain Injury

Title: Amateur Boxers at Risk of Brain Injury
Category: Health News
Created: 5/3/2007 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/3/2007 12:00:00 AM




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Report: Polluted Air Puts Millions at Risk

Title: Report: Polluted Air Puts Millions at Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 5/2/2008 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/2/2008 12:00:00 AM




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Even Moderate Drinking Puts Many Older Adults at Risk

Title: Even Moderate Drinking Puts Many Older Adults at Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 4/28/2010 6:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2010 12:00:00 AM




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Yellow Fever Outbreak: Is the U.S. at Risk?

Title: Yellow Fever Outbreak: Is the U.S. at Risk?
Category: Health News
Created: 4/29/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2016 12:00:00 AM




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Caterpillar Invasion in London Puts People at Risk of Deadly Allergic Reactions

Title: Caterpillar Invasion in London Puts People at Risk of Deadly Allergic Reactions
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2018 12:00:00 AM




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Kids of Youngest, Oldest Moms at Risk of Developmental Issues: Study

Title: Kids of Youngest, Oldest Moms at Risk of Developmental Issues: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 5/2/2018 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/3/2018 12:00:00 AM




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Rising Number of Older Americans at Risk of Vision Loss

Title: Rising Number of Older Americans at Risk of Vision Loss
Category: Health News
Created: 3/12/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/13/2020 12:00:00 AM




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AHA News: More Intense Blood Pressure Control May Lower Irregular Heartbeat Risk

Title: AHA News: More Intense Blood Pressure Control May Lower Irregular Heartbeat Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 5/4/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/5/2020 12:00:00 AM




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Could Sleep Apnea Put You at Risk for Alzheimer's?

Title: Could Sleep Apnea Put You at Risk for Alzheimer's?
Category: Health News
Created: 3/25/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/26/2020 12:00:00 AM




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Save the Brain First: CTA and Mechanical Thrombectomy in Patients at Risk for Contrast-Induced Nephropathy [article-commentary]




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SIM swapping and poor web security may put millions of people at risk

A review of two-factor authentication methods, which involve websites sending confirmation texts to your phone, has found that millions of people may risk having their online accounts hacked




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Obama says ‘rule of law is at risk’ after DOJ dropped Michael Flynn case

President Obama on Friday reacted to the Justice Department’s move to end its case against Michael Flynn by declaring that the “rule of law is at risk” -- as new details emerge about what the former president knew about the case against Flynn in the last days of his administration.



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  • fnc/politics
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NHS supply of face masks could be put at risk if public advised to wear them, Government warned

Follow our live coronavirus updates here




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Telling public to wear face masks 'would put NHS supplies at risk'

Confusion over whether face masks would reduce the spread of Covid-19 in public places deepened today as a minister suggested that there may not be enough to go round even if scientists recommend their use on public transport and in offices.




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World at risk of famines 'of biblical proportions' due to coronavirus pandemic, UN warns

The world is at risk of suffering widespread famines "of biblical proportions" within just a few months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the UN has warned.




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Harry and Meghan 'help journalists write bombshell new biography' that risks opening new royal wounds




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Whirlpool tumble dryer recall list: Which model numbers are affected? How do I check if my machine is at risk?

Whirlpool has announced they will recall thousands more washing machines which could risk causing fires in people's homes.




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Obese Covid-19 patients 'more at risk of death', top scientist Angela McLean says

Obese people with coronavirus are more at risk of dying, one of the UK's leading scientists has said.




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Jenna Dewan Mad At Ex Channing Tatum For Putting Their Daughter At Risk Of CoViD-19

Channing Tatum and his ex-wife are in disagreement over their daughter Everly. Jenna claims that Channing had broke lockdown rules during the coronavirus pandemic and she asked for a court-appointed parenting plan coordinator. Tatum (40) and Dewan (39) divorced in 2018 and had a joint custody agreement in place. Now, Jenna claims that Channing disregarded […]

The post Jenna Dewan Mad At Ex Channing Tatum For Putting Their Daughter At Risk Of CoViD-19 appeared first on Chart Attack.




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Kirstie Allsopp defends decision to film in Devon during lockdown after accusations she put locals at risk

Presenter said she is 'proud' of craft show despite criticism




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Coronavirus will increase number of Europeans at risk of going hungry, experts warn

Countries scramble to fill the plates of the most vulnerable.