Following a major pilchard (Sardinops sagax) mortality event in 1995, Australia recognised the need for a national approach to aquatic animal health, particularly with respectto disease response. Cooperation between industry and government led to the development of AQUAPLAN, Australia's National Strategic Plan for Aquatic Animal Health. Under AQUAPLAN, institutional arrangements for the nationa...

Rhetorical acknowledgment of the value of human rights for the AIDS response continues, yet practical application of human rights principles to national efforts appears to be increasingly deficient. We assess the ways in which international and national strategic plans and other core documents take into account the commitments made by countries to uphold human rights in their efforts towards ac...

Antimicrobial resistance is increasingly the focus of global attention. The adoption of resolution 68.7 at the 68th World Health Assembly1 was pivotal in the ongoing fight against antimicrobial resistance, as the resolution urges Member States to develop national action plans to fight antimicrobial resistance by 2017. To date, 67 Member States, out of 194, have already developed such plans, whi...

Abstract It is the responsibility of each member state European Union, to prepare a national energy and climate plan set achievable targets meaningful measures policies achieve set. Annex 4 Latvian National Energy Climate Plan for 2030 (hereinafter – NECP) provides an overview targets. The NECP does not provide information on impact or which are more important less crucial Similarly, in were de...