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 …

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 …

to have children, and whether to engage in risky behaviors - all of which affect their future health and future … increasing public health costs and depleting human capital. This note briefly presents program and policy approaches that have …

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that we stand at a critical threshold for global health and … development. Too many women and children are still dying because they lack access to quality health care, especially in the least … extremely effective in getting high quality, essential health services to women and children. He remarks that empowering …

health services or interventions through comadronas (midwives) in Solola, Guatemala or the surrounding region. To this end … promoting the consideration and integration of Mayan maternal health practices and beliefs when designing maternal health …

David Malpass, President of the World Bank, discussed the severe health and economic impacts that the Coronavirus 2019 … tailored to the countries to effectively respond to the health, economic, and social shocks that that country are facing. On …

investigates the effect of a health intervention on physical activity, using a temporally randomized offer of malaria testing and …

Recent surveys show considerable progress in maternal and child health in Ethiopia. The improvement has been in health … outcomes and health services coverage. The study examines how different groups have fared in this progress. It tracked 11 … health outcome indicators and health interventions related to Millennium Development Goals 1, 4, and 5. These are stunting …

to have children, and whether to engage in risky behaviors - all of which affect their future health and future … increasing public health costs and depleting human capital. This note briefly presents program and policy approaches that have …

health and education sector. The focus is on the individual dimensions, whether effort (presence and workload) or knowledge … reported publicly in a comparable fashion, yet are among the factors that influence policy outcomes in health. The remainder of …