The Threat to Public Health

Poverty is the greatest threat to women's health.

According to the World Health Organization, hunger is the single gravest threat to the world's public health.

Illicit drug trafficking remained a threat to public health and national security.

The technology and knowledge exists in wealthy countries to address this health and economic threat.

These are common causes of admissions to hospital and when facilities are lacking, health is under threat.

Unexploded mines and explosive devices in different areas are a specific threat to the health of children and the health of the country as a whole.

Action is being taken to monitor the impact of air pollution where it remains a threat to forest health and productivity.

Fear of radiation, it seems, poses a far more potent health threat than does radiation itself.

Continuing action is being taken to monitor the impact of air pollution where it remains a threat to forest health and productivity.

What is certain is that health officials risk mishandling how they explain this new and potentially alarming threat to the public.

For this reason, the WHO considers pollution a risk factor a threat to human health similar to obesity, smoking, malnutrition or poor exercise.

Because FMD rarely infects humans but spreads rapidly among animals, it is a much greater threat to the agriculture industry than to human health.

A threat to kill, causing health damage or causing significant damage to or destroying property, if there is reason to fear the realisation of such a threat, is punishable by a pecuniary punishment or up to one year of imprisonment.

It has been widely acknowledged that narcotics are a threat to national security, social stability and health, and could impact on governmental effectiveness.

Reaffirming that harmful traditional or customary practices, including female genital mutilation, constitute a serious threat to the health of women and girls, and may have fatal consequences,

Under the National AIDS Control Programme (NAP) the underlying approach is that HIV AIDS is not just a health issue but a major threat to human security.

What is certain is that health officials risk mishandling how they explain this new and potentially alarming threat to the public. Although they know a lot about virology and public health, they often know next to nothing about how to talk (and listen!) to people about risks.

For any other infectious disease or global health threat, achieving this kind of reduction in incidence rate and mortality would be nothing short of miraculous.

China s Threat to Russia

The soil and coastal waters of the island polluted by substances such as lead, depleted uranium and arsenic, whose presence was a serious threat to public health needed urgent decontamination.

Any non Dane found within the country's borders may be expelled from Denmark if deemed a danger to national security or a serious threat to the public order, safety or health of Denmark.

Medical experts warn that because the birds are routinely fed antibiotics to keep them growing in such crowded, filthy, and stressful conditions, antibiotic resistant bacteria could cause a public health threat.

The solution is not to ignore the threat of terrorism, but to address the threat more intelligently.

Aside from a rise in the incidence of thyroid cancer (which proved in almost all cases to be curable), the Forum found no profound negative health impacts on the exposed population as a whole and also no widespread contamination that would continue to pose a substantial threat to human health.

A threat to the youth

Recognizing that the abuse of a number of substances that are not controlled under the international drug control treaties and that may pose a public health threat comparable to the threat posed by the substances already controlled under those treaties has emerged in recent years in several regions of the world,

Marine debris is a global transboundary pollution problem that constitutes a serious threat to human health and safety, endangers fish stocks, marine biodiversity and marine habitats and has significant costs to local and national economies.

Is Uber a Threat to Democracy?

The Bilateral Threat to Free Trade

Right to health and health services

The study results alerted officials to the threat of sexually transmitted diseases facing housewives and thus pointed to the need for the inclusion of knowledge and services about STDs in Family Planning and Maternal Health programs.

The dot com bubble wasn't a threat to the banking system as such, but rather a threat to aggregate demand.

The Team's trips focussed on States which face a high level of threat, which have particular knowledge of the threat or which it deemed vulnerable to the threat.

Threat assessment

The Threat to the Central Bank Brand

Terrorism remains the greatest threat to humankind.

After 10 weeks, abortion can be conducted only if there is a legitimate threat to the life or health of the mother or the fetus, or, in that case, it has to be permitted by an expert committee.

In many rural areas a major health threat (particularly among women and children) is chronic exposure to indoor air pollution, resulting from the combustion of biomass and coal in rudimentary, inefficient systems for cooking and heating.

We need a multilateral response to that threat.

It remains a threat to all of us.

Bearing in mind the serious threat that mines and other unexploded devices pose to the safety, health and lives of local civilian populations, as well as of personnel participating in humanitarian, peacekeeping and rehabilitation programmes and operations,

Bearing in mind the serious threat that mines and other unexploded ordnance pose to the safety, health and lives of local civilian populations, as well as of personnel participating in humanitarian, peacekeeping and rehabilitation programmes and operations,

Bearing in mind the serious threat that mines and other unexploded ordnance pose to the safety, health and lives of local civilian populations, as well as of personnel participating in humanitarian, peacekeeping and rehabilitation programmes and operations,

Bearing in mind the serious threat that mines and other unexploded ordnance pose to the safety, health and lives of local civilian populations, as well as of personnel participating in humanitarian, peacekeeping and rehabilitation programmes and operations,