-specific interventions, but also exploring costs for a selected number of nutrition-sensitive interventions implemented outside of the health … health, social protection, education, and agriculture sectors. …

Interest in environmental health has increased in recent years, largely because the most vulnerable groups remain … disproportionately exposed to and affected by health risks from environmental hazards. More than 40 percent of the global burden of … early in life. Malnutrition is an important contributor to child mortality; malnutrition and environmental infections are …

The largest global equity gap in health, is among children, and concentrated in communicable diseases. This note … examines the work of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) - a strategy to improve child health outcomes …, developed by the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Children's Fund - whose aim is to reduce childhood deaths …

of HIV/AIDS. It was developed in response to numerous requests for a simple forum to help countries share their practical …

Young people are central in the battle against HIV/AIDS. Each day 5,000-6,000 new infections occur among young people …, reducing partners, and increasing condom use. As one of Africa's largest donors for HIV/AIDS, the World Bank can help ensure … examples, examines the experience of the World Bank in addressing the youth dimension of the HIV/AIDS epidemic through its …

This report aims to strengthen the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) aspects of HIV/AIDS components in road projects … identify problems that need to be tackled. The report assesses the extent of M&E in current HIV/AIDS components in the … measuring results of HIV and AIDS prevention, specifically focusing on the monitoring of results of transport related activities …

The epidemic spread of HIV/AIDS has been ferocious, posing a great threat, not only to public health, but to social … sectors, and to development itself, while the fiscal cost of HIV/AIDS is significant as well. A set of effective prevention …