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4 days ago · The Adolescents and Youth constituency (AYC) is composed of over 100 youth-led organizations and networks that have been leading or implementing sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health projects at national, regional or global levels for at least two years. Each organization appoints one main and one alternate delegate, aged 10–30 years, as its representative in ...
1 day ago · Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides.. It was used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971.
5 days ago · The World Health Organization (WHO) is an independent UN specialised agency with 194 member countries. The organisation is governed democratically by the Executive Board and the World Health Assembly, which selects the Director-General based on nominations from the member states. Globalisation entails an increased risk of the spread of both ...
1 day ago · A connection exists between cigarette filters introduced to soil and the depletion of some soil nutrients over time. Another health concern to the environment is not only the toxic carcinogens that are harmful to the wildlife, but also the filters themselves pose an ingestion risk to wildlife that may presume filter litter as food.
3 days ago · This is a list of footballers who represented the Vietnam national football team or eligible to play for Vietnam in international football and were born outside Vietnam . The following players: have one parent or grandparent who was born in Vietnam. were born outside Vietnam or were born in Vietnam but went abroad since during their childhood.
2 days ago · North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the Washington Treaty) of April 4, 1949, which sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II. Its original members were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy ...
4 days ago · A few years ago, the World Health Organization declared that processed meats—bacon, hot dogs, sausages, deli meats, and so on—can cause cancer. The justification for this conclusion was largely founded on the fact that many processed meats are cured with nitrates and nitrites, which have had a reputation for being toxic to health for a ...
