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Knowledge, Stigma, and HIV Testing : An Analysis of a Widespread HIV/AIDS Program

Yang, Dean; Allen, James E.; Mahumane, Arlete; Riddell, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Using randomized methodologies, we study a common community HIV/AIDS program that seeks to promote HIV testing by improving knowledge and reducing stigmatizing attitudes. Contrary to expectations, the program has a substantial negative effect on HIV testing rates. We provide evidence of likely...

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The effect of altruism on COVID-19 vaccination rates

Hierro, Luis Á.; Patiño, David; Atienza, Pedro; … - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-12

countries, depending on supply (availability of resources) and demand (altruism and resistance to vaccination) factors. Methods …: This work considers the hypothesis that individuals’ health altruism has been an important factor to explain the diferent … levels of vaccination between countries, using the number of transplants as a proxy for altruism. Taking European Union …

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Case Study on the Role of Primary Health Care in the SARS COV-2 Pandemic in Colombia : Initial Phase - Period of 11th of March to May 31st, 2020

World Bank Group - 2020

framework, Colombia has tackled the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic formally announcedby the World Health Organization (WHO) on … March 11, 2020. This report examines the role of PHC in Colombia's preparation for, response to, and recovery from the …

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Public policy and mental health : what we can learn from the HIV movement

Scheerer, David; Nimeh, Zina; Weinmann, Stefan - 2016

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"Cast back into the dark ages of medicine"? : the challenge of antimicrobial resistance

Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2015

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is currently the focus of much media attention and policy discussion. A historical perspective on AMR suggests that although the challenge of AMR is real, the doomsday tone of most commentary is unwarranted. That is partly because most of the gains in life...

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A model of reporting and controlling outbreaks by public health agencies

Saak, Alexander E.; Hennessy, David A. - 2016

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Health cycles and health transitions

Chakraborty, Shankha; Papageorgiou, Chris; … - In: Macroeconomic dynamics 20 (2016) 1, pp. 189-213

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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword

Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022

This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...

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The shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword

Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022

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Economic vs. epidemiological approaches to measuring the human capital impacts of infectious disease elimination

Chuard, Caroline; Schwandt, Hannes; Becker, Alexander D.; … - 2022

A rich economic literature has examined the human capital impacts of disease-eliminating health interventions, such as the rollout of new vaccines. This literature is based on reduced-form approaches which exploit proxies for disease burden, such as mortality, instead of actual infection counts,...

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