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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 …
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Women face many barriers to using public transport services, despite representing the largest share of public transport users around the world. Transport and infrastructure-oriented barriers are related to constraints in its affordability, acceptability and availability, as well as to the...
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end violence against women, including health, social assistance, public security, and justice services, were stalled …
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El Salvador has a long history of political and social challenges, including a 12-year civil war that ended in 1992. The country has struggled with high levels of crime, poverty, and inequality, which have hindered its economic and social development. The service sector is an important component...
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implications for women's physical and emotional health. Survivors were more likely to have suicidal thoughts and to use …
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market in Grenada is reflective of the global situation where unemployment is higher for women than men, and female … participation is lower. Available data also shows that the majority of business- related loans go to men, and where women access … such loans, they do so in collaboration with men, rather than on their own. Together these indicators suggest that women …
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Haiti is a Caribbean country with a population of approximately 11 million people, 50.4 % of whom are female. Haiti's progress in economic and social development has been impeded by persistent political instability, surging violence, and record-high levels of insecurity, all of which amplify its...
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A year after the onset of Ebola, the estimated GDP losses for the three countries through 2015 total US$2.2 billion (US$240 million for Liberia, US$535 million for Guinea and US$1.4 billion for Sierra Leone). This is the result of the severe impact of the epidemic which has been exacerbated by...
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National Department of Health in collaboration with the National Health Laboratory Service, the World Bank, and Boston … University/Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, the study used routine data from 24 health facilities in Gauteng …
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outreach activities among key populations such as prisoners, cross-border miners and community health workers. In addition …
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