But make no mistake, while the outcome of this election is dire, all levels of government need new forms of accountability and public alignment.
Without humanitarian interventions, such as those supported through the Hunter Foundation, the situation for this population would have been dire and levels of malnutrition, morbidity and mortality would have been devastating.
"Coming to an agency that was in dire straits, this level of preparation was needed to force all of us to be on top of our issues," Ms. Schapiro, 57, said in a recent interview.
The lineage of Karmapas have tended to eschew political comment, but the current incarnation may be impelled to break with that tradition – he has already described the situation in Tibet as "dire", having reached "a level of emergency".
In these dire situations, where the level of need is so immediate, volunteers quickly integrate into the camp and it becomes unbearable to freely walk away while the refugees remain stuck and waiting.
"Each and every one of them are young women who live in dire poverty, with a very low level of education," Herrera told VICE News.
This clearly means that there is a dire need to ensure a high level of awareness among pregnant women to address the importance of planned delivery.
So, additional methods such as western blot analysis [ 9] or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) [ 10, 11] are in dire need to determine the expression level of the protein.
The high level of underwater mortgages may have dire consequences for homeowners seeking jobs.
The tourism industry, which contributes over 10% of GDP, is in a dire state: the number of visitors last year was a third below the level of 2010.
