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This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection … refinements to the estimation of out-of-pocket expenditures. On the health equity side, the 2019 database includes 198 more data …
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water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions on health and non-health outcomes, ranging from behavior change-such as the …
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health. For this reason, developing countries often do not have the budget to update their estimates of poverty and health …
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caregiving resources at the maternal, household, and community levels; and access to health services and a safe and hygienic … (i) reveals that progress toward improved access to adequate food security and adequate environment and health has been … health …
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countries; the focus in this paper is human health. The main human health impacts of climate change are increased incidence of … the health sector such as disaster reduction programs, food and water security measures, and the provision of … is limited to conventional public health adaptation activities, with a focus on malaria and diarrhea. This study also …
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In the last five years, the number of voices calling for stronger international action on climate change and health has … increased, as has the scale and depth of activities. But current global efforts in climate and health are inadequately … opportunities to simultaneously promote better health outcomes and resilience.This paper begins by identifying the health impacts …
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Disability and poverty are dynamic and intricately linked phenomena. In developed countries, a large body of empirical research shows that persons with disabilities experience inter alia comparatively lower educational attainment, lower employment and higher unemployment rates, worse living...
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What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the Development Research Group. This paper assembles a set of 13...
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provided of selected services related to reproductive, maternal and child health, and hypertension-related services. The study …
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