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ITS Education Asia and UNITAR to Collaborate on Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Programme
Hong Kong, China / Hiroshima, Japan – The United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) and ITS Education Asia will jointly launch the UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Programme in Hong Kong and other cities in China. The 10-week programme empowers high school students to help our world build back better, greener, and stronger from the recent pandemic that swept the world. It trains the young people on sustainable development and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“Youth are the driving force of social development and how we act together to advance the SDGs now determines their future, not ours,”
NEW DELHI: Focusing on Covid-19 related activities and continuing to provide essential services are important not only to maintain people s trust in the health system but also to minimise any increase in morbidity and mortality from other health conditions, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday.
He made these remarks during a high-level virtual panel discussion on Continuity on Health Services during Covid-19 Crisis , according to a health ministry statement.
He appreciated Defeat-NCD Partnership at United Nations Institute for Training and Research for organising a call for action session for countries on Uninterrupted Health Services for NCDs during the Covid-19 Crisis , the statement said.
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Crucial to prevent morbidities and deaths from other health conditions amid Covid, says Health Minister
May 25, 2021
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‘India has reduced premature NCD related mortalities from 503 to 490 per 100,000 population from 2015 to 2019’
Being overwhelmed with the demands of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, the healthcare system is not able to provide essential healthcare services like before and hence it is vital to scale up action to prevent morbidities or deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said during a panel discussion on “Continuity on Health Services during COVID-19 Crisis” on Tuesday.
“Our health facilities and workforce are currently inundated by a plethora of activities related to controlling the pandemic. In doing so, essential health services which communities expect from the health system do get compromised,” Vardhan said.
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