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Government of Vietnam on options for tobacco taxation by providing estimates of the impact of cigarette price increase across …-effectiveness analysis to examine the distributional impactof a 32 percent and a 62 percent increase in cigarette prices under Scenario A and … Scenario B,respectively. In conclusion, we found that higher cigarette prices would particularly benefit the poorest income …
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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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leading causes of morbidity and mortality, but non-communicable diseases appear to be trending upward. Critical skills and …
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environmental risk to health and the cause of morbidity and mortality from diseases such as ischemic heart disease, lung cancer … mortality and morbidity-from exposure to ambient PM2.5 air pollution in 2016. Using the estimates of mortality and morbidity … mortality and morbidity from exposure to ambient PM2.5 air pollution to be USD 5.7 trillion in 2016, equivalent to 4.8 percent …
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- and middle-income countries are most affected by mortality and morbidity from air pollution. The death rate associated …
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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...
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This Public Expenditure Review (PER) is the result of collaboration among UNICEF, the World Bank Group, and Lesotho's Ministries of Health and Finance. Senior economists from the Clinton Health Access Initiative provided invaluable support in analyzing health expenditure data. The PER covers a...
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This report presents the result of the qualitative evaluation to understand the implementation of five adherence interventions from the provider perspective in four South African provinces. The research is part of the evaluation of the new Adherence Guidelines for HIV, TB and other chronic...
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This report seeks to formulate a long-term vision for Haiti's health sector to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC), a key objective of the government's National Health Policy (Politique Nationale de Sante, PNS)-MSPP (2012). Progress toward this goal has been hindered by...
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This report identifies critical opportunities and constraints faced by Solomon Islands health system as it makes progress towards Universal Health Coverage. Protecting the achievements that have been made over recent years, while continuing to improve a broader range of health outcomes, requires...
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