made significant advancements due to a strong commitment to improving maternal and child health. To do this, strong … most vulnerable populations helped increase access to and use of services. Empowering women and families through education …, employment, and poverty reduction programs have led to better health outcomes. These countries still face challenges, however, in …

The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on … identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to … outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education, environment, welfare, agriculture, and transportation. HiAP can be …

improve education quality and raise student learning levels, which lag far behind those of OECD countries and East Asian …

Afghanistan's health services in the immediate post conflict period were in a deplorable and chaotic state. In 2002 … reproductive health services and skilled care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the first month after delivery. These services are … only from female providers, one barrier to expansion of services was the lack of qualified female health workers to deploy …