Descriptive Review of Tuberculosis Surveillance Systems across Circumpolar Regions.

A scoping review of Indigenous suicide prevention in circumpolar regions

BACKGROUND Suicide is a serious public health challenge in circumpolar regions, especially among Indigenous youth. Indigenous communities, government agencies and health care providers are making concerted efforts to reduce the burden of suicide and strengthen protective factors for individuals, families and communities. The persistence of suicide has made it clear that more needs to be done. ...

Food-based dietary guidelines in circumpolar regions.

Review of Cancer among Circumpolar

Disclaimer: This document is not the final, approved version. It is a working or draft version, as submitted to one of our Senior Arctic Officials meetings. Drafts are available in order to provide historical perspective on the work of the Arctic Council and the development of our scientific reports and assessments. To find final, approved versions of our reports and assessments, please make no...

Circumpolar Inuit health systems

BACKGROUND The Inuit are an indigenous people totalling about 160,000 and living in 4 countries across the Arctic - Canada, Greenland, USA (Alaska) and Russia (Chukotka). In essence, they are one people living in 4 countries. Although there have been significant improvements in Inuit health and survival over the past 50 years, stark differences persist between the key health indicators for Inui...

INTELLIGENT DISTRIBUTED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS Intelligent distributed surveillance systems: a review

This survey describes the current state-of-the-art in the development of automated visual surveillance systems so as to provide researchers in the field with a summary of progress achieved to date and to identify areas where further research is needed. The ability to recognise objects and humans, to describe their actions and interactions from information acquired by sensors is essential for au...