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Mapping, Cost, and Reach to the Poor of Faith-Inspired Health Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, Volum...

Oliver, Jill; Wodon, Quentin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

This role of faith-inspired health care providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of interest in the role of faith in...

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Achieving MDGs 4&5: China's Progress on Maternal and Child Health

Cortez, Rafael; Saadat, Seemeen; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

China has made great progress in improving maternal and child health (MCH). It reduced maternal deaths from 1,500 per 100,000 live births and over 200 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 1949 to 120 per 100,000 live births and infant deaths to 42 per 1,000 by 1990. Currently China is on track...

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A Study on the Implementation of Jampersal Policy in Indonesia

Achadi, Endang L.; Achadi, Anhari; Pambudi, Eko; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Indonesia launched Jampersal in 2011, a nationwide program to accelerate the reduction of maternal and newborn deaths. The program was financed by central government revenues and provided free and comprehensive maternal and neonatal care with an emphasis on promoting institutional deliveries....

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Contracting for Primary Health Care in Brazil: The Cases of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro

Araujo, Edson; Cavalini, Luciana; Girardi, Sabado; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

models differ considerably in context, needs, modalities, and outcomes. This paper identifies their strengths and weaknesses …

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Maldives: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance

El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

rise. Maldives has initiated a number of interventions to increase adolescents? needs for sexual and reproductive health …

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Bhutan: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance

El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Bhutan is a small landlocked country in the Himalayas between China and India. Poverty reduction has been rapid from about 23 percent in 2007 to 12-13 percent in 2012. Gender equality and women's empowerment are important determinants of reproductive health. Contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR)...

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HIV Response. Reducing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Lessons from Argentina

Lavadenz, Fernando; Miachon, Lais - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Argentina reduced its HIV/AIDS burden by 21 percent from 2000 to 2010, saving an estimated 4,379 lives. This makes Argentina?s HIV/AIDS burden the second lowest in South America after Chile. Argentina reduced the mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission rate by 62 percent from 2000 to 2011. The...

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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

the selection of the most cost-effective interventions as well as strategies for scaling these up. The paper looks at both … relevant nutrition-specific interventions, largely delivered through the health sector, and at multisectoral nutrition …-sensitive interventions delivered through other sectors such as agriculture, social protection, and water and sanitation that have the …

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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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Fungibility of Donor Assistance to Liberia: Focusing on Aid to the Health Sector, a case study

Fairbank, Alan - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

The main purpose of this work is to develop a case study assessing the recent patterns and impacts of ODA (official development assistance) and DAH (development assistance for health) to Liberia on overall government spending and domestic revenue generation as well as domestic government health...

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