effectiveness, cost, and cost-effectiveness of priority health interventions. The volume presents data on the surgical burden of … disease, disability, congenital anomalies, and trauma, along with health impact and economic analyses of procedures, platforms ….5 million deaths a year and rank among the most cost effective of all health interventions. Existing health care delivery …

programs in Ghana. Both broad-based programs (such as spending for education and health, and subsidies for food, oil …

-Food Security Module (available for free downloading), was developed to produce food security indicators from food consumption data … collected in household surveys. These indicators, derived at the national and subnational levels, include the consumption of …

This report examines the health and economic impact of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) in Latin America and the … policy decisions involving multi-sectoral interventions to prevent health risk factors are taken, which stakeholders directly …

As the world recently turned its attention to the struggle of expanding health insurance coverage for 40 million people … designed and coupled with public subsidies, health insurance can contribute to the well-being of poor and middle …-class households, not just the rich. And it can contribute to development goals such as improved access to health care, better …

This report is about how to improve health system outcomes in countries in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region …. Long-term historical trends indicate substantial room for improvement, especially when ECA's health outcomes are compared … ECA have been falling behind. This report, which explores the development challenge facing health sectors in ECA …

herein are based on analyses of trends in consumption poverty in Jordan and assessment of the impact of government programs …