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 …

-attributable diseases, catastrophic health expenditures, and extreme poverty averted. The additional tax burden is, however, borne mostly by … the top income group in the 62 percent price increase scenario. Thus, tobacco taxes are an effective way to improve health …

Disasters and emergencies often have disproportionate impacts on a country's health system and the overall health of … women, men, girls, and boys. The interruptions of routine public health programs, such as vaccination campaigns, are common … in the wake of a disaster, setting back gains to overall public health. This guidance note for post- disaster health …

surface, in place of a previous warning which covered 10 percent of the front surface and stated: 'Ministry of Health warns …: smoking is bad for your health.' Since October 4, 2012, large (50 percent of the pack surface area), graphic health … predict the health and related cost impacts that may stem from the implementation of a tobacco excise tax increase in Ukraine …

Health Organization considers healthy (5 micrograms per cubic meter). This pollution causes an estimated 2 million premature …

unhealthy levels of ambient air pollution, especially in densely populated, poor locations. The World Health Organization's (WHO … pollution is a public health crisis for South Asia, not only imposing high economic costs but also causing an estimated 2 … million premature deaths each year. The health impacts of air pollution range from respiratory infections to chronic diseases …

This report presents the findings of the primary health care (PHC) system assessment in the Republic of Moldova … undertaken by the World Bank in collaboration with the Moldovan government and under the leadership of the Ministry of Health …

health (ASRH) services and promote universal and effective PHC coverage in The Gambia: 1. Establish a PHC-specific policy … NCD services. 4. Increase capacity for adolescent sexual and reproductive health service delivery …