Perspectives on Progress: The Impact Investor Survey

Perspectives on Progress, the third annual survey on the impact investment market released by J.P. Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), reveals the experiences, expectations, and perceptions of 99 impact investors, including fund managers, development finance institutions, foundations, diversified financial institutions, and other investors with at least USD 10 million committed to impact investment

From Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy: Practical Solutions and Actionable Insights on How to Do Impact Investing

This report is the second publication in the World Economic Forum's Mainstreaming Impact Investing Initiative. The report takes a deeper look at why and how asset owners began to include impact investing in their portfolios and continue to do so today, and how they overcame operational and cultural constraints affecting capital flow. Given that impact investing expertise is spread among dozens if not hundreds of practitioners and academics, the report is a curation of some -- but certainly not all -- of those leading voices. The 15 articles are meant to provide investors, intermediaries and policy-makers with actionable insights on how to incorporate impact investing into their work.The report's goals are to show how mainstream investors and intermediaries have overcome the challenges in the impact investment sector, and to democratize the insights and expertise for anyone and everyone interested in the field. Divided into four main sections, the report contains lessons learned from practitioner's experience, and showcases best practices, organizational structures and innovative instruments that asset owners, asset managers, financial institutions and impact investors have successfully implemented

The Problems Encountered By Smokeless Airspace Audit Teams In Konya-Meram

Amaç: Ülkemizde tütünle mücadele konusunda kapsamlı olarakbirçok plan ve program yürütülmekte, aynı zamanda il tütün kontrol kurulları tarafından tütün denetimleri düzenli olarak yapılmaktadır.Ancak denetimleri yapan ekipler çeşitli sorunlarla karşılaşmaktaolup, bu durum denetimlerin etkinliğini ve sürekliliğini azaltmaktadır.Bu çalışma ile dumansız hava sahası denetimi yapan ekiplerinkarşılaştıkları sorunların belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.Materyal ve Metot: Kesitsel tipte olan bu çalışmaya, Konya iliMeram ilçesinde son bir yıl içerisinde dumansız hava sahası denetimiyapan ve çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden Toplum Sağlığı Merkezi,İlçe Emniyet Müdürlüğü ve Belediye Zabıtası çalışanları dahil edildi.Katılımcılara literatür taranarak ve ilgili mevzuat incelenerek araştırmacılartarafından hazırlanan veri toplama formu uygulandı. Elde edilenverilerin analizi bilgisayarda istatistik paket programı kullanılarakgerçekleştirildi.Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılanların %40,0’ı Emniyet Müdürlüğü,%35,0’i Belediye Başkanlığı, kalan %25,0’i ise Toplum SağlığıMerkezi’nde çalışmaktaydı. Son bir yıl içinde denetim ekibininyaptığı denetim sayısı ortancası 100 (2–2000) idi. Toplum SağlığıMerkezi’nde çalışan personelin Emniyet ve Belediye ekiplerindendaha fazla denetim yaptığı tespit edildi. Denetimler esnasındaherhangi bir sorunla karşılaştığını ifade eden katılımcıların oranı%49,0’du. En çok sorunla karşılaşan grubun Toplum SağlığıMerkezi çalışanları olduğu saptandı. Tütün denetimi yapan katılımcılarınen çok karşılaştığı üç sorun sırasıyla; sözel saldırı (%44,9),tehdit edilme (%22,4) ve fiziksel saldırı (%14,3) olarak tespit edildi.Sonuç: İş yükünün büyük çoğunluğunu üstlenen ve aynı zamandadaha çok sorunla karşılaştığı düşünülen Toplum Sağlığı Merkeziekiplerine tütün denetimleri esnasında polis veya jandarma ekiplerinineşlik etmesi faydalı olacaktır.Aim: There are many plans and programs in our country to combattobacco in a comprehensive manner, and tobacco inspectionsare regularly carried out by provincial tobacco control committee.However, teams conducting audits face various problems, whichreduces the effectiveness and continuity of audits. The aim of thisstudy is to determine the problems encountered by smokeless airspaceaudit teams.Material and Method: This cross-sectional study includedCommunity Health Center, District Police Headquarters andMunicipal Office staff, who supervised smokeless airspace in thelast year in Meram, Konya and accepted to participate in the work.A questionnaire form prepared by the researchers by investigatingthe literature and examining the related legislation was applied tothe participants. Analysis of the obtained data was performed byusing statistical package program on the computer.Results: 40.0% of those surveyed worked in the PoliceHeadquarters, 35.0% in the Municipality, and the remaining 25.0%in the Community Health Center. The median number of auditsmade by the audit team during the last year was 100 (2–2000). It wasfound that staff working at the Community Health Center performedmore audit than the Police and Municipal teams. The proportion ofrespondents who encountered any problems during the audits was49.0%. The group with the most problems was found to be the employeesof the Community Health Center. The three problems mostfrequently encountered by tobacco auditor were; Verbal attacks(44.9%), threats (22.4%) and physical attacks (14.3%).Conclusion: It would be beneficial for police and gendarmerieteams to accompany the Community Health Center teams, whoundertake the majority of the workload and face more problems atthe same time, during tobacco audits

PREFERENCES OF DRINKING WATER IN MERAM DISTRICT

In this study, it was aimed to determine the preferences of drinking water for the people aged 18 years and old in Meram district. This cross-sectional study is conducted in Konya province Meram district between dates April 1-June 1, 2016. Sample size is calculated as 810 people by G-Power 3.1.9.2 sample volume calculation program. A questionnaire prepared by the researcher was given to the participants. Questionnaires were giving to the participants during face-to-face interview. Analyzes of the data were studied in the IBM SPSS 24.0 program on the computer. 514 women (63.5%) and 296 men (36.5%) participated in the study. Daily water consumption average is founded as 1.40 ± 0.81 L. It is found that %9,5 (77) of the participants choose water purifier equipment, %19,4 of the participants (157) choose tap water, %22,0 of participants choose packaged water, %49,1 of participants choose fresh water fountain as drinking water. It is determined that 653 participants (80.6%) who did not prefer tap water didn’t prefer it because of these factors: from the taste and odor problem, from limy water, were thought water was dirty, because of the habit, of them was disturbed by chlorinated water.&nbsp

Picturing asthma in Turkey: results from the Turkish adult asthma registry

Introduction: National data on asthma characteristics and the factors associated with uncontrolled asthma seem to be necessary for every country. For this purpose, we developed the Turkish Adult Asthma Registry for patients with asthma aiming to take a snapshot of our patients, thereby assigning the unmet needs and niche areas of intervention. Methods: Case entries were performed between March 2018 and March 2022. A web-based application was used to record data. Study outcomes were demographic features, disease characteristics, asthma control levels, and phenotypes. Results: The registry included 2053 patients from 36 study centers in Turkey. Female subjects dominated the group (n = 1535, 74.8%). The majority of the patients had allergic (n = 1158, 65.3%) and eosinophilic (n = 1174, 57.2%) asthma. Six hundred nineteen (32.2%) of the patients had obese asthma. Severe asthma existed in 670 (32.6%) patients. Majority of cases were on step 3–5 treatment (n: 1525; 88.1%). Uncontrolled asthma was associated with low educational level, severe asthma attacks in the last year, low FEV1, existence of chronic rhinosinusitis and living in particular regions. Conclusion: The picture of this registry showed a dominancy of middle-aged obese women with moderate-to-severe asthma. We also determined particular strategic targets such as low educational level, severe asthma attacks, low FEV1, and chronic rhinosinusitis to decrease uncontrolled asthma in our country. Moreover, some regional strategies may also be needed as uncontrolled asthma is higher in certain regions. We believe that these data will guide authorities to reestablish national asthma programs to improve asthma service delivery