Jun 21, 2023 · This report explores a broad range of issues relevant to the assessment of health and community resilience in the Gulf of Mexico region and on progress toward a goal of improved health and enhanced community resilience in that region.

In this chapter, the committee attempts to provide perspective on the health of the Gulf region with the available data; historical documentation; and other sources of information, such as the committee’s public hearings and site visits. The objective is to identify and report on gaps.

The challenges to be addressed in advancing health and resilience in the Gulf of Mexico region are particularly acute because of the convergence of a historic burden of disparities and inequities, demographic shifts, geographic risks, and the increasing pace and frequency with which significant incidents including hurricanes, flooding ...

Jun 21, 2023 · Review major efforts (past or present), common challenges, and/ or key priorities in health and community resilience across the five Gulf of Mexico states (i.e., Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas).

Jun 21, 2023 · Consequences of natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a cumulative toll on the health and well-being of people in the Gulf of Mexico region. Long-standing societal challenges related to racism, poverty, education, housing, and underemployment are compounding the trauma, leading to chronic stress for many Gulf residents.

Jun 21, 2023 · Consequences of natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a cumulative toll on the health and well-being of people in the Gulf of Mexico region. Long-standing societal challenges related to racism, poverty, education, housing, and underemployment are compounding the trauma, leading to c …

Jan 21, 2025 · It is the largest gulf in the world, and the United States coastline along this remarkable body of water spans over 1,700 miles and contains nearly 160 million acres.

It provides a systematic account of how WHO supports countries in their work towards universal health coverage, healthier populations, and health emergency preparedness and response. It also shows how we strengthened WHO’s leadership role.

The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [3] [4] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [5] It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the ...

Jan 21, 2025 · When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative. Doctors, scientists, presidents and prime ministers urgently convened the International Sanitary Conference in Paris in 1851, a precursor to what is now the largest of its kind: the World Health ...