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In 2006-07, the Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia (WSP-SA) initiated a research toidentify barriers to service delivery for the urban poor. The research included a review ofvarious initiatives from across the globe that have resulted in improved service delivery for theurban poor and...
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Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to provide health security and universal access to essential care services without …, integrated and efficient. High-quality care improves health outcomes and reduces waste. It is integral to a high …-value, sustainable health system. Universal access to high-quality health care is not a luxury only rich countries can afford. It can be …
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The world faces a triple crisis of three interconnected issues-development, climate, and nature- and current levels of … World Bank launched the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) in 2022. This core diagnostic tool aims to help … global climate change challenge. The first set of CCDRs covered only 10 percent of the world's tropical forests, but the …
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to improve the quality and reproducibility of development research around the world …
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To permanently end poverty and hunger by 2030, the world needs a food system that can feed every person, every day … better steward the world's natural resources. Urgently, we need a food system that is more resilient and that shifts from …
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This report presents an assessment of school health policies and institutions that affect young children in Uganda. The … analysis is based on a World Bank tool developed as part of the systems approach for better education results (SABER … countries reform their education systems to help ensure learning for all. School health policies are a critical component of an …
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While Ukraine has spent a significant amount of resources on health, its health outcomes fare poorly when compared with … death rates related to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) than the neighboring countries on their west. The suboptimal health … of theinefficiency and waste in the health sector …
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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 …
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Investing in One Health - cross-sectoral, multidisciplinary coordination and collaboration across the human health …, animal health, and environmental health sectors - is crucial for maintaining healthy agricultural and food systems and … addressing global health security risks. Such action can reduce the threat of future pandemics through upstream preventive …
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guidance on integrating disability into health service programming and delivery supported by the World Bank … delivering health care services that are inclusive of disability. More specifically, the ambition of this Technical Note is to … improve awareness and skills of TTLs and other World Bank employees toward recognizing the rights of persons with disabilities …
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