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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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the poorest and most vulnerable people. Globally, about 4.5 billion people, more than half of the world population, lack …, demographic, and political trends which threaten to reverse hard-won health gains around the world …
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Mangroves provide essential ecosystem functions and services that support coastal communities. Despite their importance, they have been degraded and removed globally resulting in loss of resilience of coastlines, their communities, and economies. Myanmar in particular has suffered from high...
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The world has waited long enough for high-performing primary health care (PHC). It's time to deliver. Forty years ago … report charts an agenda toward reimagined, fit-for-purpose PHC. It asks three questions about health-systems reform built … coming to bear on health systems in the post-COVID world. The challenges include future infectious outbreaks and other …
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Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100,000 births in 1990 to 220 in 2013.1 However, in order for further gains to be realized, at least two barriers need to be addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH)...
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As Lao PDR prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2020 to become an upper-middle-income country by 2030, it also expects to face declining funding from external sources and the need to increase domestic financing for health. This report aims to provide a snapshot of...
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This report reviews the current provider payment arrangements and policies of the Philippines, and the extent to which they have contributed to the achievement of the HFS goals. It focuses on the pillars of the HFS that center on provider payment issues, including what is paid for and by whom...
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policy challenge for Bangladesh because it currently has one of the lowest levels of government health spending in the world …
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