The main purpose of this document is to present current knowledge about the health effects of noise. The emphasis is … first of all to provide end users with practical and validated tools to calculate health impacts of noise in all kinds of … Health and Environment departments and professional organisations. No full bibliography is provided but the key statements …

The main purpose of this document is to present current knowledge about the health effects of noise. The emphasis is … first of all to provide end users with practical and validated tools to calculate health impacts of noise in all kinds of … Health and Environment departments and professional organisations. No full bibliography is provided but the key statements …

Climate change has been called the most important threat to human health in the 21st century. It is estimated that if … (WorldHealth Organization 2023). Historically, only pandemics or worldwars have posed such threats to human health. As a result …, the issue has aroused unprecedented attention. In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared climate changethe …

While on-track for child health and maternal health MDGs, Lao PDR continues to have some of the worst maternal and … child health (MCH) outcomes, both globally and in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Under-five and infant mortality … rates are high relative to GDP per capita, and utilization of essential health services is low, given significant demand …

Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100 … addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower … wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order to address these financial barriers …

This policy note provides an overview of government health financing in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR …), with an added focus on health center financing. The note summarizes overall trends in health outcomes and government health … financing over 2000-2014 and analyzes trends in planned and realized government budgetary health spending data covering fiscal …