Human capital is the combination of knowledge, skills and health that people accumulate throughout their lives, which … quality and availability of maternal and child health services more generally. Simply put, countries which invest heavily in …, the government of Malawi is implementing its ambitious Second Health Sector Strategic Plan (2017-2022) and an aligned …

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 …

, maternal, newborn and child health Services (RMNCHS) in Guinea-Bissau, to effectively improve their access and use by women and … children. Additionally, the research also explores aspects related to female genital cutting (FGC or FGM) and girls' access to … information on reproductive health. The demand barriers to improve access and coverage of quality of MCH services were previously …

Under nutrition levels in Lao PDR remain among the highest in the world, despite both rapid economic growth and a … significant decline in poverty over the past years. Concerns about the slow progress in reducing under nutrition have triggered … intense policy discussion and several analytical reports have been produced over the last few years on the Lao PDR nutrition …

of Health and Family Welfare (DoHFW) requested technical support for better understanding nutrition determinants and … objectives are to better understand the barriers to improved nutrition and health in Nagaland and to help the state government to … about the determinants of malnutrition in North East India; (ii) to identify gaps in maternal and child health and nutrition …

This study aims to assess the public financing for nutrition in Sri Lanka. The primary purpose is to understand the … size and share of public investments in nutrition relative to the overall level of public expenditure in the country …. Second, it discusses whether the nutrition interventions in which the government budget is spent are in line with the global …

(DR) a regional success story, yet the country's adolescent pregnancy rate remains far above the average for Latin America … and the Caribbean (LAC) and is closer to the levels observed in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Adolescent pregnancy poses … with sexual abuse and domestic violence. This report analyzes the DR's persistently high rate of adolescent pregnancy …

, everywhere; that can raise real incomes of the poorest people; that can provide safe food and adequate nutrition; and that can …