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Health Financing in Vanuatu : Challenges and Options
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the broader financial position of the government as a whole. These...
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Health Financing Options for Samoa : Challenges and Opportunities
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
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 Production, Distribution, and Performance of Physicians, Nurses, and Midwives in Indonesia: An Update
Anderson, Ian; Meliala, Andreasta; Marzoeki, Puti; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Indonesia launched the national health insurance program - Jaminan Kesehatan National (JKN), on January 1, 2014, and aims to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2019. Achieving UHC means not only increasing the number of people covered but also expanding the benefits package and ensuring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010937834
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Economic Costs of Inadequate Water and Sanitation: South Tarawa, Kiribati
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
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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Bangladesh: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Poverty remains high at 43 percent of the population subsist on less than United States (U.S.) $1.25 per day (2010). Bangladesh achieved several millennium development goal (MDG) targets in education, health, and poverty...
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Costed Plan for Scaling Up Nutrition: Nigeria
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2014
This paper estimates country-specific costs and benefits of scaling up key nutrition investments in Nigeria. Building on the methodology established in the global report scaling up nutrition: what will it cost? Authors first estimate the costs and benefits of a nationwide scale up of ten...
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Scaling Up Nutrition for a More Resilient Mali: Nutrition Diagnostics and Costed Plan for Scaling Up
Shekar, Meera; Mattern, Max; Eozenou, Patric; Eberwein, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
-sensitive interventions delivered through other sectors such as agriculture, social protection, and water and sanitation that have the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265836
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Benefits trickling away: The health impact of extending access to piped water and sanitation in urban Yemen
Klasen, Stephan; Lechtenfeld, Tobias; Meier, Kristina; … - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2012
This article investigates the impact of piped water supply and sanitation on health outcomes in urban Yemen using a … separate identification of water and sanitation impacts. Results indicate that access to piped water supply worsens health …
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Advancing Cervical Cancer Prevention in India: Insights from Research and Programs
Krishnan, Suneeta; Madsen, Emily; Porterfield, Deborah; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in India, accounting for 17 percent of all cancer deaths among women age 30 to 69 years. At current incidence rates, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the annual burden of new cases in India will increase to nearly 225,000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754597
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The Potential for Integrating Community-Based Nutrition and Postpartum Family Planning: Review of Evidence and Experience in Low-Income Settings
Alvesson, Helle M.; Mulder-Sibanda, Menno - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
The objective of this review was to study where community-based family planning and nutrition programs have been integrated, how this has been accomplished, and what the results have been. Although family planning is a nontraditional intervention in community-based nutrition programs, it can...
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