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Putting Pandemics Behind Us : Investing in One Health to Reduce Risks of Emerging Infectious Diseases
World Bank Group - 2022
The COVID-19 crisis brought home the high costs of pandemics, triggering a historic setback in the fight against poverty. It also reinforced the interconnections between people, planet and economy, calling attention to the zoonotic nature of pathogens spilling over from animals to people. To...
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Preventing, Preparing for, and Responding to Disease Outbreaks and Pandemics : Future Directions for the World Bank Group
World Bank Group - 2023
This paper has outlined an ambitious agenda for the WBG to support PPR enhancement at country, regional, and global levels as part of a broader approach to strengthen health systems. It is an agenda that not only seeks to deliver on the Bank's IDA commitments related to disease outbreaks and...
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Case Study on the Role of Primary Health Care in the SARS COV-2 Pandemic in Colombia : Initial Phase - Period of 11th of March to May 31st, 2020
World Bank Group - 2020
The reforms of the Colombian Health System in the last decade have sought to position primary health care (PHC) as an essential strategy to guarantee integrated and comprehensive care of the population's health needs. The Primary Health Care approach includes three integrated, interdependent...
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Assessing HIV, TB, Malaria and Childhood Immunization Supply-Side Readiness in Indonesia
World Bank Group - 2018
The Indonesian health sector is currently experiencing a financing transition that will have a profound impact on the country's efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) and national health goals. The transition is marked, on the one hand, by increasing per capita expenditure on health...
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Update on the Economic Impact of the 2014-2015 Ebola Epidemic on Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea
World Bank Group - 2014
impact of the epidemic which has been exacerbated by the large decline in the world price of iron ore and severe corporate … World Banks most recent analysis of the economic and fiscal effects of the Ebola epidemic on the three countries. In … on growth. As of April 2015, the Ebola epidemic has been largely contained but the negative effects on the economies of …
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Protecting Food Systems, Preventing Future Pandemics : The Case for a Central Asia One Health Program
World Bank Group - 2023
Central Asia has made much progress in public health and animal health in the last 20 years but was as unprepared as other regions in the world to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The region also faces challenges from other emerging diseases, re-emerging diseases, and climate change. Since...
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The Role of Belize's Primary Health Care System in Pandemic Preparedness and Response
World Bank Group - 2023
While the incidence of COVID-19 in Belize has subsided, the lasting healthand economic impacts caused by the pandemic have demonstrated theneed to build a resilient health system. The most recent figures from theStatistical institute of Belize confirm that there have been over 60,000cases and...
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Russia Economic Report, No. 44, December 2020 : Russia's Economy Loses Momentum Amidst COVID-19 Resurgence; Awaits Relief from Vaccine
World Bank Group - 2020
In Q2, Russia's GDP contracted sharply, faced with domestic supply and demand, and terms of trade shocks. Yet supported by exports, GDP growth performed slightly above expectations. In the third quarter, as COVID-19 cases declined, restrictions eased and on the back of fiscal, monetary, and...
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Assessing Country Readiness for COVID-19 Vaccines : First Insights from the Assessment Rollout
World Bank Group - 2021
The global COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the largest public health initiative ever undertaken, presents challenges …
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South Asia Economic Focus : South Asia Vaccination
World Bank Group - 2021
South Asia region's economies are beginning to recover, though unevenly: economic activity in industry and export sectors have recovered to pre-COVID levels but some labor-intensive services sectors and tourism have not. Inequality has worsened on many dimensions. The process of vaccinating...
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