economic and social development. What factors contribute to the excessive mortality, ill health, and disability in Russia …The poor health status of Russia's economically active adult population-its human capital-is imperiling sustainable … projects the health and economic gains that could result from such a program. …

"Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable concerns about the welfare of … health and education. One hypothesis for this variability is the resilience of the extended family network in some countries …

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), seeks to estimate the costs of premature deaths related to air pollution, to …

coordination and partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), multilateral development banks, other international agencies …-particularly managers and staff of the World Bank working in the transport, health, education, and governance sectors, to raise awareness …

increased emphasis on human development. Good health is an important component of human development, not only because it makes … contributes to society. Indeed, good health is a fundamental right of every human being. Good health among a population can also … effectively address the growing burden of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including a better alignment of the health system with …

The Government of Tajikistan has identified improving maternal and child health (MCH) as key priorities in its new … Health Sector Strategy for 2010-2020. The Government recognizes that improving MCH outcomes is critical to achieve the … Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for maternal and child health over the next four years. Tajikistan's data on most of the MDG …

aged 15-19. High maternal mortality rates in many countries result from poor reproductive health care, including not having … effective means of preventing maternal health is to improve health systems and primary health care to ensure availability of …

demographic consequences of the Rwandan genocide and how the excess mortality due to the conflict was distributed in the … population. Data collected by the 2000 Demographic and Health Survey indicate that although there were more deaths across the …