Setting the context for universal health coverage reforms in LAC -- Universal health coverage policies in LAC …

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 …

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 …

In 2004, a landmark study showed that an inexpensive medication to treat parasitic worms could improve health and …

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 …

population as per the World Health Organization standards. Several studies have shown that stunted growth during childhood … paper uses the 2016 geo-referenced Demographic and Health Survey in conjunction with relevant spatially gridded covariate …