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 and, on the other, by declining of out-of-pocket payments (OOP) and a …

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 …

of pathogens spilling over from animals to people. To decrease their burden, we must focus on prevention. The One Health … approach proposes a way forward to reduce risk of spillover. Recognizing that the health and well-being of humans, animals, and … their shared ecosystems are interdependent, One Health is designed as an integrated, practical, multisectoral framework for …

Central Asia has made much progress in public health and animal health in the last 20 years but was as unprepared as … public health concern because of the possible transmission of pathogens to humans. They can spread quickly from one country … to another, with impact on animal health, trade, food security, food safety and possibly creating public health …

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 …

-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 …

women, men, girls, and boys. The interruptions of routine public health programs, such as vaccination campaigns, are common …Disasters and emergencies often have disproportionate impacts on a country's health system and the overall health of … 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 …

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 …

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