India has the world's highest reported number of annual road crash fatalities. According to the World Health …

, according to World Health Organization data the estimated fatality rate in 2016 was 15.9 per 100,000 population, which is nearly …

World Bank and IFC (World Bank Group) to support countries' efforts to build capacity of SOE boards and senior managers. It …

Climate change has been called the most important threat to human health in the 21st century. It is estimated that if … (WorldHealth Organization 2023). Historically, only pandemics or worldwars have posed such threats to human health. As a result …, the issue has aroused unprecedented attention. In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared climate changethe …

While on-track for child health and maternal health MDGs, Lao PDR continues to have some of the worst maternal and … child health (MCH) outcomes, both globally and in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Under-five and infant mortality … rates are high relative to GDP per capita, and utilization of essential health services is low, given significant demand …

Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100 … addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower … wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order to address these financial barriers …

This policy note provides an overview of government health financing in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR …), with an added focus on health center financing. The note summarizes overall trends in health outcomes and government health … financing over 2000-2014 and analyzes trends in planned and realized government budgetary health spending data covering fiscal …

Thailand has succeeded in expanding coverage of publicly-funded and publicly-managed health insurance schemes …, following the introduction of universal health coverage policy in 2001. While Thailand's achievement of universal health … coverage (UC) is well noted, recent researches and studies have indicated that there are still gaps in health utilization and …