On the occasion of the UN cation control programmes.
World Day to Combat
Desertificaion on June 17,
Elizabeth Dowdeswell, violence as a public health problem was
Aecutive director of the
gramme, said that the
viewed as an isolated, focalised threat; it
h abstract planning and lack of political will
00031MMENIM were responsible for the failure of desertif
as wide environmental, economic and
social ramifications. @illions of people
worldwide who stay in dry lands suffer
hardships as the lands lose all productivity
forcing them to move to a worse existence
in an urban setting. She said that neglect of
the social dimensions of the problem abstract planning and lack of political will were responsible for the failure of desertification control programmes.
An international plan of action to deal
With World Health Organization (WHO) at the
problem of desertification should not be
unanimously endorsed by more than 1,200
UN Development Pro- delegates from 191 member nations of the
50th World Health Assembly
in Geneva
recently. The agenda
proposes collection of
reliable data within the next
three years
which would be used in the
formulation of,
and in setting targets for
the programme
on violence prevention
and health.
According to WHO, on an
average, violence
results in more than
3.5 million deaths, every year.
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