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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 …
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Digital technologies have significant potential to improve efficiency, equity, and environmental sustainability in the food system. A range of digital technologies are already leading to: better informed and engaged consumers and producers, smarter farms, and improved public services. Adoption...
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This report is a product of the World Bank's monitoring efforts in Myanmar and provides an in-depth look at the country's agricultural sector and food security status. This study examines intertwined challenges, falling crop yields, escalating food costs, deteriorating dietary habits, changing...
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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 …
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-Saharan Africa has been solid and has supported improvements in nutrition outcomes and poverty rates.Despite some relative gains …
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Eliminating tuberculosis (TB) as a public health concern is not only about saving lives, but also equally an important economic investment. In line with this, the Government of India (GOI) has a target of elimination of TB by 2025, through innovative measures, including providing multiple direct...
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In contrast with the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil's poverty rate is estimated to have decreased between 2019 and 2020 to 13.1 percent. Auxilio Emergencial (AE), a large emergency cash transfer program launched in April 2020, is believed to be the main driver of that decrease,...
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This report provides recommendations to further develop the methodology for nutrition expenditure analysis. This report … carefully reviewed all available nutrition expenditure analyses available and drew methodological conclusions. Findings include … a need for a standardized way of classifying nutrition-related spending to be applied, of which the 2013 Lancet …
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Taking the Philippines Health Financing Strategy (HFS) 2010-2020 objective of 'sustaining membership in PhilHealth for all Filipinos' as its point of departure, this report assesses the expansion of health insurance coverage in the Philippines and the extent to which it provides protection from...
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'Integrating Nutrition Promotion and Rural Development' (INPARD) is a multisectoral approach to delivering nutrition … development programme could be employed to deliver improved human nutrition outcomes - an objective not typically included in …
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