-level evidence from the demographic and health surveys (DHS); and (b) to examine, at the within-country regional level, the impact … that health improvements may have had on economic well-being. Two cases of empirical findings are presented: one using the … most cases, with large downward shifts postulating the existence of significant exogenous shocks for the health conditions …

Health is an essential input for development of human resources and quality of life and in turn the social and economic … development of nation .A positive health status is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not … only the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO, 1946).Health is a regardless priority for sustained development …

This paper describes the pattern of reductions in mortality across Brazilian municipalities between 1970 and 2000, and … expectancy has shifted consistently in the recent past. But reductions in mortality within Brazil have been more homogeneously … in mortality. The results suggest that gains in life expectancy had a welfare value equivalent to 39% of the growth in …

the first period to the next depends upon health capital that can be augmented through public investment. High mortality …Conventional wisdom attributes the severity of mortality in poorer countries to widespread poverty and inadequate … mortality. Endogenous mortality risk is introduced in a two-period overlapping generations model: probability of survival from …

This paper revisits the relationship between health and growth in light of modern endogenous growth theory. We propose … a unified framework that encompasses the growth effects of both, the accumulation and the level of health. Based on …

about the augmented Preston curve relate to discussions of health policy. …