improving maternal and child health. Child-mortality (under 5 years old) declined from 123 to 41 deaths per 1,000 live births … between 1990 and 2012. In addition, maternal mortality more than halved from 510 to 200 deaths per 100,000 live births between …Bolivia is a lower-middle income country, but one of the poorest in South America, with a per capita GNI of US$ 5 …

China has made great progress in improving maternal and child health (MCH). It reduced maternal deaths from 1,500 per … 100,000 live births and over 200 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 1949 to 120 per 100,000 live births and infant … births, and has already achieved its MDG 4 target of reducing child mortality to 16 deaths per 1,000 live births. This note …

Nepal has achieved its targets for MDGs 4 and 5a. Maternal mortality declined from 790 to an estimated 190 deaths per … impressive decline going from 142 to 42 deaths per 1,000 births between 1990 and 2012. This Health, Nutrition, and Population … 100,000 live births between 1990 and 2013 an impressive 76 percent decline. Under-five mortality showed a similarly …

services and financial protection against health shocks for informal-sector workers (ISWs). Along with their families, ISWs … expand health coverage are characterized by a common enrollment and financing pattern, starting with formal-sector workers … than that of formal workers and charging them a premium that is only a fraction of that charged to formal workers is a …

supposedly greater number of patients travel to Hungary to receive mainly dental treatment and cosmetic surgery (Category III … of this phenomenon as well as the barriers to a further increase. Austrian patients may receive health care treatment in … Hungary in three different ways. First, patients may receive benefits in the context of the European Community Regulations …

Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy … differences in national income. However, significant variations exist in health's share of government spending even after … controlling for national income. This paper provides a global overview of health's share of government spending and summarizes key …