, adaptation policies can foster neonatal health and thus have positive long-run implications. …

Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100 … addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower … wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order to address these financial barriers …

development. Too many women and children are still dying because they lack access to quality health care, especially in the least … extremely effective in getting high quality, essential health services to women and children. He remarks that empowering …Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that we stand at a critical threshold for global health and …

Although Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal and child health (MCH), attainment of the Millennium … findings from a household, village and health center survey The policy implications of the findings from the survey are: 1 … utilization of MH services by wealthier households, 3) health providers at all levels of health facilities would experience …

health of low income families. A large body of literature evaluates the extent to which the Supplemental Program for Women … Infants and Children (WIC) has accomplished this goal, but most studies have been based on research designs that compare … estimate the impact of the program on infant health. We find that the implementation of WIC lead to an increase in average …