, including diabetes and heart disease, but governments are already fiscally constrained in how much more they can provide to the …

Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise …

care only from female providers, one barrier to expansion of services was the lack of qualified female health workers who … key to saving those women at risk of dying due to pregnancy and childbirth complications. In a society where women seek … could be deployed to remote health facilities. Very few midwives who had trained in Kabul or other big cities were willing …

intervention in community-based nutrition programs, it can have profound effects on maternal and child health and nutrition. When … breastfeeding levels and increased contraception use. Additionally, although the design of the intervention studies did not make it … volunteers, and health workers; involvement of husbands; moving implementation decisions closer to the users of the program; and …

outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education, environment, welfare, agriculture, and transportation. HiAP can be … applied to NCD prevention and control from three different entry points: risk factors or conditions, population groups … be seen globally for action on both specific NCD risk factors as well as in a more systemic approach to policy decision …

and distribution figures, key information on the quality of Indonesian physicians, nurses, and midwives is limited. The … physicians and midwives; it offered a shorter contract and higher monetary benefits for rural and remote postings. Nevertheless …Indonesia launched the national health insurance program - Jaminan Kesehatan National (JKN), on January 1, 2014, and …

diagnosis and inadequate disease surveillance. Laboratory professionals are predominantly male with relatively limited female …

from diverse country experiences may enable to foster global and country progress toward that goal. The study seeks to … progress in Vietnam, examining both the breadth and the depth of health coverage and assessing financial protection and equity …