The main objectives of this paper are to estimate the burden of tobacco-caused mortality as a whole and by main tobacco … Russia, about 70,000 in Ukraine, and 14,300 in Kazakhstan, representing a key factor of mortality among the working … analysis includes an estimation of changes in smoking prevalence, mortality, life expectancy, and public health expenditures by …

applied to NCD prevention and control from three different entry points: risk factors or conditions, population groups … be seen globally for action on both specific NCD risk factors as well as in a more systemic approach to policy decision …

births, and has already achieved its MDG 4 target of reducing child mortality to 16 deaths per 1,000 live births. This note … explores the actions China has taken to reduce child and maternal mortality, focusing on key policies and programs since the …

mortality and morbidity. At the global level, adolescent females 10 to 14 years of age are twice as likely to die in childbirth …

Nepal has achieved its targets for MDGs 4 and 5a. Maternal mortality declined from 790 to an estimated 190 deaths per … 100,000 live births between 1990 and 2013 an impressive 76 percent decline. Under-five mortality showed a similarly … (HNP) note explores the actions Nepal has taken to reduce maternal and child mortality. …

improving maternal and child health. Child-mortality (under 5 years old) declined from 123 to 41 deaths per 1,000 live births … between 1990 and 2012. In addition, maternal mortality more than halved from 510 to 200 deaths per 100,000 live births between …