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Aid and child health : local effects of aid on stunting in Malawi
Durevall, Dick; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie - 2022
Motivated by a recent setback in the fight against child malnutrition, this study explores whether aid projects help to reduce stunting, or impaired growth, among children in the local area. Focusing on Malawi, a country with very high stunting prevalence and for which we have access to...
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Aid and child health : local effects of aid on stunting in Malawi
Durevall, Dick; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311793
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A response to COVID-19 and beyond : expanding African capacity in vaccine production
Correa, Carlos María - 2023
The unequal global distribution of vaccines against the deadly COVID-19 virus has cast a spotlight on the lack of access to vaccines on the African continent, and the vulnerability that such a lack places on both the economies of African nations and the health of their people. Various...
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Markets of well-being : navigating health and healing in Africa
Dekker, Marleen (ed.); Dijk, Rijk van (contributor) - 2010
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The effects of female HIV/AIDS status on fercility and child health in Cambodia
Okada, Keisuke - In: Journal of Asian economics 23 (2012) 5, pp. 560-570
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The influence of imprisonment on HIV and its impact on health-related inequalities in New York City
DeLaCruz, Juan J.; Papanikolaou, Nikolaos; Wu, Rongning - In: International journal of economics and business research 6 (2013) 2, pp. 115-126
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Determinants of ill health in Uganda : is it just the wealthy that are more healthy?
Lawson, David - 2004
This paper adopts a reduced form demand approach to analyse the key determinants influencing the health status of individuals in Uganda. In particular, we examine the importance of wealth, relative to other key determinants, and by employing both self reported and anthropometric sickness...
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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 Role of HIV Positive Women in Management of Livelihood, Health and Nutrition
Noronha, Laveena - 2017
this the major challenges of the some sector at present society is the HIV/AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired … problems faced by the HIV/AIDS infected families and (ii) the Management of problems with the help of support system provided … life. But those people who are HIV positive have to take more concern about their health and the family. The economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957692
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The Role of HIV Detection on Reproductive Health : Outcomes in Cameroon
Tequame, Miron - 2017
The paper compares fertility outcomes between women enrolled in HIV clinics and the DHS sample which were both … which women are detected HIV positive. Younger women self-select into HIV during their antenatal VCT but their preference …
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