Improving Access to Women's Health: A Project for Afghanistan
August 20-24, 2015 About Afghanistan Although Afghanistan's health statistics have been one of the worst, it has seen major improvements within the past decade. One of the main problems people faced was the difficulty accessing hospitals or trained professionals, especially in rural areas. The number of health facilities in Afghanistan have seen a major increase from 496 to 2,047 in the past decade. [2]. Another improvement was the increase of trained medical staff, 74% bein
Protecting Natural Resources: A Regional Project for Asia
August 13-18, 2015 About East Asia and the Pacific East Asia's natural resources include some of the richest and most diverse. Natural resources have been negatively impacted by rapid economic development and poor management. There are over 60 million hectares of tropical forests sprawled throughout East Asia which play a crucial role in combating global warming. However, the deforestation rate sits high at about 3.7 million hectares per year, which has largely contributed to
