Tag: gov.,
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Trachoma: how a common cause of blindness can be prevented worldwide
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The world has seen a large decline in trachoma, but millions are still at risk. How can we make more progress against it?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/trachoma-how-a-common-cause-of-blindness-can-be-prevented-worldwide" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/trachoma-thumbnail-1.png"/></a>
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What are the trade-offs between animal welfare and the environmental impact of meat?
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Eating meat with a lower carbon footprint often means killing more animals and treating them more poorly.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/what-are-the-trade-offs-between-animal-welfare-and-the-environmental-impact-of-meat" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/animal-welfare-dilemma-thumbnail.png"/></a>
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Is the number of natural disasters increasing?
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A deep dive into missing data and the limitations of disaster databases.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/disaster-database-limitations" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/number-disasters-featured-image.png"/></a>
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New polio vaccines are key to preventing outbreaks and achieving eradication
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To reach the goal of polio eradication, we can use new vaccines to contain outbreaks and improve testing, outbreak responses, and sanitation.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/new-polio-vaccines-are-key-to-preventing-outbreaks-and-achieving-eradication" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/polio-edit-reduced.png"/></a>
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The world has become more resilient to disasters, but investment is needed to save more lives
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Deaths from disasters have fallen, but we need to build even more resilience to ensure this progress doesn’t reverse.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/the-world-has-become-more-resilient-to-disasters-but-investment-is-needed-to-save-more-lives" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/global-disaster-featured-image.png"/></a>
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The rise in reported maternal mortality rates in the US is largely due to a change in measurement
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Maternal mortality rates appear to have risen in the last 20 years in the US. But this reflects a change in measurement rather than an actual rise in mortality.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/rise-us-maternal-mortality-rates-measurement" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/maternal-mortality-checkbox-thumbnail.png"/></a>
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Vaccines have saved 150 million children over the last 50 years
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Every ten seconds, one child is saved by a vaccine against a fatal disease.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaccines-children-saved" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/vaccine-lives-saved-featured-image.png"/></a>
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How many children did not die thanks to progress in global health?
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Thanks to improvements in global health, more than 100 million children have been saved since 1990.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/children-saved-global-health" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/how-many-children-did-not-die-thanks-to-progress-in-global-health-thumbnail.png"/></a>
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How effective are policies in reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture?
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All countries now have policies, but not all work as intended. Some drive trade-offs or lead to spillover impacts elsewhere, but there are many examples of successful stories.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/effective-policies-reducing-environmental-impacts-agriculture" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/agri-policies-thumbnail.png"/></a>
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Tracking the impacts of climate change across the world
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How are global temperatures changing, and what are the impacts on sea level rise, sea ice, and ice sheets?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/climate-change" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/climate-graph-thumbnail.png"/></a>