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Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the broader financial position of the government as a whole. These...
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mortality and malnutrition rates of infants. Family planning, which promotes contraceptive use and the lactational amenorrhea …
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This paper was developed for World Bank task team leaders (TTLs) and teams designing results-based financing (RBF) programs in family planning (FP). It explores the rationale for introducing such incentives based on insights from classical and behavioral economics, to respond to supply- and...
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births, and has already achieved its MDG 4 target of reducing child mortality to 16 deaths per 1,000 live births. This note … explores the actions China has taken to reduce child and maternal mortality, focusing on key policies and programs since the …
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Nepal has achieved its targets for MDGs 4 and 5a. Maternal mortality declined from 790 to an estimated 190 deaths per … 100,000 live births between 1990 and 2013 an impressive 76 percent decline. Under-five mortality showed a similarly … (HNP) note explores the actions Nepal has taken to reduce maternal and child mortality. …
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of (1) rural migration, (2) women's age at marriage, (3) children mortality, and (4) educational level - constitutes part …ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on demographic behaviour in Kenya, with particular reference to the effect on fertility …
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Working paper on the interrelationship between employment of women workers and fertility in Hungary. Discusses … occupational structure, trends (1949-1980), wage structure, factors affecting fertility (incl. standard of living, occupational … status, educational level, urbanization, infant and child mortality, family and maternity benefits), and the impact of labour …
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participation of woman workers, cultural factors, children mortality, etc. On reproduction and family planning, and discusses …ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on a survey of household attitude and behaviour relating to fertility in urban areas and …
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(children mortality, fertility, family planning, etc.); presents multivariate models of demographic behaviour and causes of …, India - summarizes current mortality, fertility, migration, family size and household characteristics; examines bivariate …
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, considerably less evidence about the situation of children related to these matters. Within this context, this paper explores the … evolution of social disparities by analysing the trends in the Under-5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) by wealth level. It is common … knowledge that child mortality is higher among the poorest than the richest. However, the size of this mortality gap or the way …
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