This paper assesses the effect of a sequence of natural disasters on children’s health that hit Mozambique at the start … literature on the subject of the impact of shocks on child health in the developing world by focusing on measurement errors …

The main objectives of this paper are to review policies on health services and to provide an assessment of public … health facilities and the access of people to health care services in Vietnam. Medical facilities and staffs in public … establishments have been increasing. Health insurance has been expanded rapidly in the recent years. It is very encouraging that the …

(FIIs) in the provision of health care services in Africa. While estimates based on facilities data, especially for … market share of FIIs in health care systems as a whole than is the case for any single type of measure. …

Health Survey food consumption data for over 93,000 children from 21 African countries and Global Land Cover Facility tree … relationship between animal source food consumption and tree cover. Overall our findings suggest that children in Africa who live …

Faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) commonly have as their stated mission a desire to provide quality health services to … representative household surveys in Africa, this paper suggests that when compared with public providers on a broad macro scale, FIIs … services more affordable. However, it suggests that in current African health contexts, FIIs may no longer be that different …

The issue of whether faith-inspired providers are able to reach the poor depends in part on the cost of the health … assess to what extent the cost of healthcare is a major reason for not being satisfied with health services and whether …

Ghana has the lowest under-five mortality rate in West Africa. Understanding why Ghana’s child mortality rate is lower … health. This paper explores whether Ghana’s lower mortality rate is mostly a result of greater household wealth, better … implementation of national health policies, or more favorable geography. The paper uses micro level data for children under five to …

/AIDS in Africa that have emerged from the recent literature, how these discourses has changed over time (from religiophobia to …

lead households to rely on traditional as opposed to modern health providers, and within modern providers, on faith … traditional healers for specific health issues that they encounter. As to the choice between modern providers, faith …, especially for those who for feel marginalized in the public health system. …