constraints in the health system, consistent with the new strategy Health Nutrition and Population World Bank, Strategy adopted in … health of its population. This effort is part of the long-term vision of the country. Improving health status, especially for … reflected in the current Growth Strategy for Poverty Reduction (GPRS 2007-2009). Benin is particularly committed towards the …

. This book takes an in-depth look at health, nutrition, and population (HNP) challenges faced by Sub-Saharan Africa …, particularly how disease, malnutrition, and high fertility affect poverty reduction. The authors contend that the World Bank has a … comparative advantage in contributing within four broad areas: 1) macroeconomics and health, 2) multi-sectoral action for health …

some of the worst maternal and child health (MCH) and nutrition outcome indicators, both globally as well as in the East … Child Health (MCH) and nutrition in mostly rural areas of six central and southern provinces of Lao People's Democratic … summarizes data on service availability and readiness of health centers in terms of their ability to provide key MCH & nutrition …

The Bank Group now funds a smaller share of global support for health, nutrition, and population (HNP) than it did a …, analytic work, and engagement in global partnerships by the World Bank and $873 million in private health and pharmaceutical …-front institutional analysis, and incorporating more evaluation to promote evidence-based decisions. The performance of IFC health …

This study discusses how to effectively engage in community-based nutrition and health programs aimed to improve … maternal, newborn, and child nutrition and health outcomes, particularly in Northern Nigeria. It provides the comparative … synthesis of four case studies, each of which included a community action component for improving nutrition and health outcomes …

estimates that less than ten percent of government, and non-government expenditures, with an explicit nutrition, or food … under two. Public and private expenditures on nutrition are often misdirected, for although Bolivia did achieve successes in … the advancement of nutrition over the past twenty years, the problem of malnutrition still requires action on several …