This paper reviews what is known about the causes of socioeconomic inequalities in child health and thus the points … where programs aimed at reducing child health inequalities should be focused. The proximate determinants affect child health … directly and include food and nutrition, indoor air pollution, hygiene and other preventive activities, and care during illness …

health and nutrition outcomes through both service provision and supply of health related goods. In this context, this paper … analyzes World Bank projects in Health, Nutrition and Population between fiscal years 1993-2002. The paper identifies the range … of approaches taken to involve the private sector in improving child health outcomes; the actors involved; the type of …

interventions and programs that could significantly contribute to improved child health, particularly in the areas of nutrition …This paper presents a survey of the theory and the evidence on the economic impact of investing in child health. It … shows that investing in the health of children is justified not only because it fulfills a basic human right, but also …

This document assesses the current importance and potential of the private sector in contributing to child health. In … many countries private and non-governmental providers are more commonly consulted for child health illnesses than public … document focuses on the role of the private sector in the direct provision of child health services. The private sector clearly …

Early life health and net nutrition shape childhood and adult cognitive skills and human capital. In poor countries …

This paper estimates two sources of benefits related to sanitation infrastructure access on early childhood health: a …

This report complements Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development by looking at environmental health issues … that affect child health broadly, while also exploring the links through malnutrition. This report argues that … environmental health interventions are preventive measures that are imperative to improve child survival with sustainable results in …

This article presents unique evidence that orphanhood matters in the long run for health and education outcomes in a … assess permanent health and education impacts of orphanhood. In the analysis, we control for a wide range of child and adult …

This paper empirically examines the determinants of child health in developing countries and how public policy may … determinants controlling for possible endogeneity, and by using a more comprehensive and richer panel dataset, drawing on a health …