Sentence examples for weakened infrastructure from inspiring English sources

The most critical constraint to effective response is weakened infrastructure and systems of public health.

Their protracted and complicated interactions have resulted in increased unemployment, illiteracy, weakened infrastructure – power and water and sanitation in particular – and the direct loss of wage-earners for many families.

Download the publication [PDF] Regional chapter [PDF] EAPRO map [GIF] Multiple natural hazards – earthquakes, monsoons and cyclones – affect countries in the East Asia and Pacific region each year, their impact heightened by the extreme poverty and weakened infrastructure that characterize the region.

But it isn't nearly enough to fix all of the weakened infrastructure that has been neglected for nearly three decades.

"Ebola is coming on top of weakened infrastructure from civil wars that were fueled by international relationships and resource extraction," Boyce told VICE News.

Weakened infrastructure, high rates of stunting, severely limited access to safe sources of drinking water and improved sanitation facilities, and endemic poverty all contribute to the challenges children face – and to their struggle to survive.

The bipartisan bill - with 13 co-sponsors from the Republican and Democratic ranks - is devoted to improving the country's weakening infrastructure by luring corporations to contribute to the effort.

Ironically, school "choice" reduces options for many of our nation's poorest youth, forcing cuts in programs and personnel and weakening infrastructure.

This pilot study was conducted to demonstrate and detail the feasibility of implementing a cholera vaccination program in a difficult setting plagued with logistical challenges, insecurity, and a severely weakened health infrastructure in the aftermath of a major natural catastrophe.

Our weakening infrastructure is merely a symptom of the country's slide backward into the 20th century.

The composition and design of concrete coastal infrastructure promotes nuisance and invasive species that, over time, weaken that infrastructure.