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. Results Analysis of the data of infected and deceased suggest that the evolution of the coronavirus epidemic in Peru has …
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This article aims to prevent the possible recurrence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) by understanding the status of South Korea's public healthcare system through a literature review. In addition, it presents measures to reinforce the public health system by analyzing the roles...
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Abstract The dominant model of addictive consumption in economics is the theory of rational addiction. The addict in this model chooses how much they are going to consume based upon their level of addiction (past consumption), the current benefits and all future costs. Several empirical studies...
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The dominant model of addictive consumption in economics is the theory of rational addiction. The addict in this model chooses how much they are going to consume based upon their level of addiction (past consumption), the current benefits and all future costs. Several empirical studies of...
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Abstract Vaccination provides indirect benefits to the unvaccinated. Despite its important policy implications, there is little analytical or empirical work to quantify this externality, nor is it incorporated in a number of cost-benefit studies of vaccine programs. We use a standard...
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during the coronavirus pandemic. The primary objective of these documents would be to begin reopening societies, restarting … recent news coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, this article provides a contemporary overview and conceptual analysis of … and verifying individuals' immunity, vaccination or risk-free status from the coronavirus that would, in term, determine …
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unknown outbreak−type fatal epidemic to the coming biomedicine age. Main findings of the investigation in Amoy Gardens by the …
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Primarily a disease of young adults, AIDS imposes economic costs that could be devastatingly high in the long run by undermining the transmission of human capital—the main driver of long-run economic growth—across generations. AIDS makes it harder for victims’ children to obtain an...
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Data from the first five Demographic and Health Surveys to include HIV testing for a representative sample of the adult population are used to analyze the socioeconomic correlates of HIV infection and associated sexual behavior. Emerging from a wealth of country relevant results, some important...
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Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have recently received considerable attention as a potentially innovative and effective approach to the prevention of HIV/AIDS. We evaluate a conditional cash transfer program in rural Malawi which offered financial incentives to men and women to maintain their...
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