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Open Source for Global Public Goods
World Bank Group - 2019
This technical note is intended to contribute to understanding of how to leverage open source software (OSS) for global public goods particularly in resource-constrained environments. The aim is to enable a more deliberate approach to building information systems that can serve as a global...
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Delivering Quality Health Services: A Global Imperative
OECD; OECD; World Bank Group - 2018
Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to provide health security and universal access to essential care services without financial hardship to individuals, families and communities. UHC enables a transition to more productive and equitable societies and economies and is enshrined in the 2030...
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The World Bank's Early Support to Addressing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health and Social Response : An Early-Stage Evaluation
World Bank Group - 2022
This evaluation assesses the quality of the World Bank's early response to the COVID-19 crisis and the initial steps … Evaluation Group evaluation looks at the World Bank Group support to address the economic implications of the pandemic. To assess … recommendations for ensuring stronger future preparedness: (i) Use the World Bank's crisis recovery efforts to strengthen the …
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Public-Private Dialogue in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations : Experiences and Lessons Learned
World Bank Group - 2014
economy. To support PPD projects in FCS, the World Bank Group has conducted a survey of 27 task team leaders and other program …
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Shaping Healthier Societies and Building Higher Performing Health Systems in the GCC Countries
World Bank Group - 2015
practice of the World Bank in support of the health sector reform priorities of these countries. The areas of engagement focus … institutional and policy frameworks in the GCC countries. The note builds on an earlier HNP regional strategy prepared by the World …
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DRC Health Financing Reform for UHC : Part 2. Mobilization and Allocation of Resources for Health
World Bank Group - 2021
Several studies have identified problems in the DRC health sector, including: low budget allocation, high household expenditure, dependence on external funding, poor use of available resources, low budget execution, governance problems and a decentralization process that remains largely...
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Walking the Talk : Reimagining Primary Health Care After COVID-19
World Bank Group - 2021
The world has waited long enough for high-performing primary health care (PHC). It's time to deliver. Forty years ago … coming to bear on health systems in the post-COVID world. The challenges include future infectious outbreaks and other …
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Towards Effective Chronic Case Management : Improving the Efficiency of Outside Medical Referrals in West Bank and Gaza
World Bank Group - 2021
The Palestinian health system suffers from chronic challenges related to protracted conflict and limited health system inputs, coupled with a high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD). Over 75 percent of the disease burden is attributable to NCD, particularly cancers, diabetes,...
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Tanzania : Re-positioning Health Service Delivery in Response to the Changing Disease Burden
World Bank Group - 2022
Over the last two decades, Tanzania has registered improvement in the health status of the population and a reduction in the overall disease burden. However, the burden of communicable diseases and maternal and child health conditions, including nutrition, remains persistently high. These...
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Karnataka : A Rapid Private Health Sector Assessment
World Bank Group - 2005
This paper presents a rapid private health sector assessment for Karnataka. Karnataka is a middle-tier Indian state with most state-wide health indicators mirroring those for the nation as a whole. In addition to these health statistics, more than half of Karnataka's children suffer from...
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