The news-based Economic Policy Uncertainty indices (EPU) of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom display discernible trends that can be found neither in other European countries nor in other uncertainty indicators. Therefore, we replicate the EPU index of European countries and show that...

Background Financial risk protection is one indicator of universal health coverage (UHC). All people should be protected from financial risks such as catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) to ensure equitable health services. Ethiopia has launched community-based health insurance (CBHI) since...

Background Many countries have sought to promote well-being for their entire populations through the imple- mentation of universal health coverage (UHC). To identify the extent to which UHC has been attained, it is necessary to evaluate equity of access to use of needed care and the cost burden...

In Cameroon, major inequalities exist in women's access to antenatal care (ANC), yet underlying circumstance drivers remain understudied. Using recently available Demographic and Health Survey data, we conducted multilevel model and spatial analyses to identify circumstance factors driving ANC...

Humanitarian logistics plays a vital role in disaster management. However, it often faces the challenge of unpredictable road conditions when solving relief prepositioning problems to effectively respond to natural disasters. This study examines the location-allocation problem in humanitarian...