, most of these studies focused on economic growth with very little attention paid to health outcomes. Moreover, among the … studies that took account of health outcomes, none of them investigated the effect of FDI on child health outcomes across a … sample of African countries. However, focusing on African countries is very important because sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has …

child mortality in Madagascar and the potential bottlenecks in the flow of funds for maternal and child health. Methods …, often realized through transfers of funds to the health system, does not affect children's health (0.22; p-value=0.88). The …Background Previous studies have argued that the relationship between health expenditures and health outcomes is more …

-country comparisons of countries from Africa, Latin America, and South Asia, this study does not only consider on average outcomes and …

This study explores the impact of the arrival of Syrian refugees in Turkey on access to health-care resources and … subsequent changes in infectious disease rates among native children. Employing a distance-based instrument, it finds that native … children living in regions that received large inflows of Syrian refugees experienced an increase in their risk of catching an …

of vaccinations and high-frequency indicators of economic activity - nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions, carbon monoxide …, 2021. Using surprises in vaccines administered, we find that an unexpected increase in vaccination per capita is associated … marginal economic benefits being larger when vaccination rates are higher. Country-specific conditions play an important role …

cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …Using recent Demographic Health Survey data for Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and …; dietary preferences related to religion and ethnicity; nutrition education; and administration of public health and nutrition …

This study investigates the effectiveness of dynamic norm nudges in promoting second-dose HPV vaccinations among … from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field experiment, we measure the impact of various norm nudges, including trending …, qualitative, and quantitative dynamic norms, on actual vaccination rates. Contrary to our hypothesis, dynamic norms alone fail to …

-theoretical model of HBV dynamics that incorporates government-provided vaccination at birth coupled with voluntary vaccinations of … vaccination program for newborns, a significant number of susceptible adults and teens remain. In this paper, we analyze a game … susceptible adults and teens. We show that the optimal voluntary vaccination brings the disease incidence to very low levels. This …

In this paper we empirically analyze the effect of the vaccinations against the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the Covid-19 … evidence for a negative relation between vaccinations and the rate of hospitalizations. …

Information from social media can have a strong influence on health behaviors in general population. The aim of this … study is to explore the association between exposure to COVID-19 information gained through social media and health … behaviors in line with public health recommendations, including COVID-19 vaccine intention and immunization. The study is based …