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Because of lack of proper sanitation, communicable diseases spread causing considerable loss and disabilities to human … resources. Considering this, the international community has set the provision of sanitation as part of the Millennium … Development Goals, aiming to reduce the number of those without adequate sanitation facilities to half by the year 2015. To …
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Sanitation is at the heart of not only environmental security but also food security and health. Today about 41% of the …
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Samoa currently faces two important public policy challenges in the health sector. One is to stem, and then reverse, the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second challenge is to put the country on a health-financing path that is effective, efficient, and financially affordable...
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The inadequate water supply and sanitation situation in South Tarawa has contributed to high rates of water … supply and sanitation infrastructure and ongoing operations and maintenance in South Tarawa, in part, as a result of low cost … estimate the total economic costs associated with inadequate water and sanitation services in South Tarawa. …
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Recent literature on Latin American countries shows that private expenses as a share of the total expenditures in health tend to be higher the lower the nation's level of economic development. This paper considers a discrete choice model of product differentiation, where consumer choice is based...
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This report attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of water resource development and management in India, based on secondary information. It maps the current challenges and suggests feasible alternatives amidst increasing water scarcity and disenfranchisement of resource bases...
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