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Optimal sequencing of antiretroviral drug cocktails under uncertainty and irreversibility

Bezabih, Mintewab; Stolpe, Michael - 2007

This paper develops a real options approach to the optimal sequencing of antiretroviral drug cocktails for HIV/AIDS …

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Epidemics and Informality in Developing Countries

Salinas, Cesar - 2021

Developing countries are facing the Covid-19 epidemic with particular challenges, such as their economic and labor force composition. In this research I will extend the so-called SIR-macro model with demand and supply effects to study how the size of the informal sector impact the ability of...

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Poverty and HIV/AIDS in Namibia – Causes, Consequences and Policy Options

Rena, Ravinder - 2015

This article deals with the impact of poverty on the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Namibia. It considers the scale and scope of … studies. The study found out that there is a negative relationship between HIV/AIDS and economic growth in Namibia. This means … that indeed HIV/AIDS can hamper economic growth in the country …

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Cofactor Infections and HIV Epidemics in Developing Countries : Implications for Treatment

Sawers, Larry; Stillwaggon, Eileen; Hertz, Tom - 2010

This article shows that the burden of certain tropical disease infections, after controlling for other factors, is positively correlated with HIV prevalence. Using cross-national data and multivariate linear regression analysis, we investigate the determinants of HIV prevalence in low- and...

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Adult mortality, AIDS, and fertility in rural Malawi

Durevall, Dick; Lindskog, Annika - In: The developing economies 54 (2016) 3, pp. 215-242

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Are Urban Children really healthier?

van de Poel, Ellen; O'Donnell, Owen; van Doorslaer, Eddy - 2007

On average, child health outcomes are better in urban than in rural areas of developing countries. Understanding the nature and the causes of this rural-urban disparity is essential in contemplating the health consequences of the rapid urbanization taking place throughout the developing world...

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Developing and Distributing Essential Medicines to Poor Countries: The DEFEND Proposal

Ganslandt, Mattias; Maskus, Keith E.; Wong, Eina V. - 2001

and distribute them at low cost. Recent price reductions for HIV/AIDS drugs are encouraging but offer only a limited …

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A multilevel approach to explain child mortality and undernutrition in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

Harttgen, Kenneth; Misselhorn, Mark - 2006

While undernutrition among children is very pervasive both in Sub- Saharan Africa and South Asia, child mortality is rather low in South Asia. In contrast to that Sub-Saharan African countries su er by far the worst from high rates of child mortality. This di erent pattern of child mortality and...

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Gradients of the intergenerational transmission of health in developing countries

Bhalotra, Sonia; Rawlings, Samantha - 2009

This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to exogenous changes in income, education and public health, changes that are often delivered by economic growth. It uses individual survey data on 2.24 million children born to 600000 mothers during...

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When does improving health raise GDP?

Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Lester, Ashley; Weil, David N. - 2008

We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous health improvements on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for a direct effect of health on worker productivity, as well as indirect effects that run through schooling, the size and age-structure of the population, capital accumulation,...

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