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Despite international support for adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and rights (SRHR) (for example, the 1994 International Conference on Population in Development), young people consistently face high levels of unmet need for contraception, unplanned pregnancies, unsafe...
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prevention. With limited resources, should the focus be on prevention or treatment? I discuss the range of prevention and …There are two approaches to reducing the burden of sickness and death associated with HIV/AIDS: treatment and … treatment alternatives, examine their cost effectiveness, and consider various arguments that have been raised against the use …
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The issue of criminal liability of the juvenile offender as well as the prevention and combating of juvenile … child needs special treatment in terms of criminal liability since he does not possess the correct representation of what … reform in the field of juvenile delinquency are?absolute priority of prevention, the necessity of the involvement of the …
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attributes and interaction effects. We included the attributes (i) type of intervention (cure versus prevention), (ii … patient’s lifestyle and age being the most influential. Interaction effects were found, showing that prevention was preferred …
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healthcare costs as well as the challenges caused by a double-aging society. The early detection and prevention of chronic … symptoms). Prevention strategies after diagnosis of pre-diabetes encompassed lifestyle and metformin interventions. Methods … prevention with metformin [year 2006 values]) and even cost saving in the subgroup diagnosed with pre-diabetes and …
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disease prevention and treatment. If the policy-maker funds substantially, the international community free rides by funding …, and individuals. A policy-maker chooses, in period 1, a fraction of funds to be allocated to disease prevention, and the … remaining fraction is allocated to disease treatment. The policy-maker chooses additional funds provision in period 2 for …
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Samoa currently faces two important public policy challenges in the health sector. One is to stem, and then reverse, the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second challenge is to put the country on a health-financing path that is effective, efficient, and financially affordable...
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This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from 118 countries between 1973 and 2004. Health aid has a statistically significant effect on infant mortality: doubling per capita health aid is associated with a 2 percent reduction in the infant...
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