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survey, discusses health services, malnutrition, food shortages, inadequate water supply and sanitation, educational needs …
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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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analyses the management performance of rural communities for water supply and sanitation systems in developing countries … sanitation. Specifically, the community water management model is considered, identifying its weaknesses in relation to different … promotion of sanitation services, three alternatives are considered: linking health and hygiene, social marketing, and promotion …
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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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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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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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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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family welfare, and water supply and sanitation for fifteen major states. It uses two principal indicators namely the per …
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The lack of adequate water supply and sanitation services is a major issue related to sustainable development in many … sanitation by 2015. This mostly applies to peri-urban ger areas where people live in gers - the traditional Mongolian portable … improving urban water supply and sanitation in Mongolia. A special focus is placed on domestic consumers, notably the peri …
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