06/21/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, a WHO Collaborating Centre (CRED). Published: 6/21/2019. This eight-page report, published with UCLouvain and the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides information and statistics about natural disasters in 2018, which was characterized by 315 natural disaster events recorded with 11,804 deaths, over 68 million people affected, and $131.7 billion in economic losses across the world. 2018 was a standout year for wildfires (10 events) and volcanic activity (7 events). Data come from the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT). (PDF)
06/19/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH). Published: 6/19/2019. This one-hour David E. Barnes Global Health Lecture is delivered by a leader in global health research who discusses his work on infectious and tropical diseases in many countries, and the successes achieved in global health during the past decades. He also discusses current health and vaccination challenges, and details the impacts of climate change on human health today and in the future. (Video or Multimedia)
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