This study shows that Uganda has similar or somewhat better health indicators than other African countries with a … similar income level. However further effort is needed to address inequality in health outcomes and in the health system …) prioritizing interventions that affect infant and maternal mortality, (b) improving health promotion and disease prevention …

illness through collective financing of health care. Managing scarce resources effectively and efficiently is an important … health sector of lessons from this experience is now successfully implemented in many developing countries. Public …

This report was written as part of a broader Health Sector Review in Timor-Leste currently being undertaken by the … World Bank. Timor-Leste struggles with a burden of disease since independence. Poor health is related to environmental … are specific to Timor-Leste: violence during the Indonesian occupation, the destruction of the health care sector, and a …

This report was written as part of a broader Health Sector Review in Timor-Leste currently being undertaken by the … World Bank. Timor-Leste struggles with a burden of disease since independence. Poor health is related to environmental … are specific to Timor-Leste: violence during the Indonesian occupation, the destruction of the health care sector, and a …

causal links. The evidence on the micro linkages from health investments to productivity and income are robust. Progress in …"This paper reviews the correlations and potential links between health and economic growth and summarizes the evidence … on the role of government in improving health status. At the macroeconomic level, the evidence of an impact of health on …