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The Potential for Integrating Community-Based Nutrition and Postpartum Family Planning: Review of Evidence and Experience in Low-Income Settings

Alvesson, Helle M.; Mulder-Sibanda, Menno - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

intervention in community-based nutrition programs, it can have profound effects on maternal and child health and nutrition. When … smaller scale intervention studies. However, the controlled studies that were identified indicate positive correlation between … breastfeeding levels and increased contraception use. Additionally, although the design of the intervention studies did not make it …

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Electricity outages and health outcomes of children : empirical evidence from transition economy

Sargsyan, Yermone - 2021

The electricity prices in developing countries are relatively low to recover its costs of generation and provision. This results in under-investment in infrastructure, which usually leads to frequent outages or rolling blackouts by the electricity suppliers. Outages may have an adverse impact on...

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The Role of the Private Sector in Reproductive Health Services in Bangladesh

Al-Sabir, Ahmed; Alam, Bushra Binte; El-Saharty, Sameh - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

The key actors in Bangladesh's Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Development Program (HPNSDP) are the public sector, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the non-profit private sector, and the for-profit private sector. The public health infrastructure is considered one of the largest in...

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Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Marriage

Cortez, Rafael; Yarger, Jennifer; Decker, Mara; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) is one of five areas of focus of the World Bank's Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010-2015 (RHAP), which recognizes the importance of addressing ASRH as a development issue with important implications for poverty reduction. Delaying childbearing...

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Vietnam: Learning from Smart Reforms on the Road to Universal Health Coverage

Barroy, Helene; Jarawan, Eva; Bales, Sarah - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Universal Health Coverage is a powerful framework for a nation aiming to protect their population against health risks. However, countries face multiple challenges in implementing, achieving and sustaining UHC strategies. Sharing and learning from diverse country experiences may enable to foster...

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Globalization and Child Health in Developing Countries: The Role of Democracy

Welander, Anna; Lyttkens, Carl Hampus; Nilsson, Therese - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2014

Good health is crucial for human and economic development. In particular poor health in childhood seems to be of utmost concern since it causes irreversible damage and have implications later in life. Recent research suggests globalization is a strong force affecting adult and child health...

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Child Mortality and Injury in Asia: An overview

Michael (et al.) Linnan - 2007

Special Series on Child Injury no. 1. This paper presents an overview of the IRC Child Injury Series, a working paper series on child injury that has its first focus on injury in developing countries. The series summarizes the findings of 6 national and sub-national surveys in Asia, in...

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Child Mortality and Injury in Asia: Policy and programme implications

Michael (et al.) Linnan - 2007

Special Series on Child Injury no.4 This paper presents a summary of the findings of the national and sub-national surveys and discusses the implications of the results on child health policy and programmes.The principal finding is that injury has generally been unrecognized as a leading cause...

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Child Mortality and Injury in Asia: Survey results and evidence

Michael (et al.) Linnan - 2007

Special Series on Child Injury no.3 This paper presents a detailed description of the survey results which were introduced in the Overview Paper. Detailed results are presented first for proportional mortality in children by age group for a population-weighted composite of the surveys, and then...

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Child Mortality and Injury in Asia: Survey methods

Michael (et al.) Linnan - 2007

Special Series on Child Injury no.2 This paper presents a more detailed description of the survey methodology for technical specialists interested in understanding the major differences between the surveys and the methods previously used to estimate child deaths. A detailed description is...

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