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Toward a Healthy and Harmonious Life in China : Stemming the Rising Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases

World Bank - 2011

China's 12th five-year plan (2011-2015) aims to promote inclusive, equitable growth and development by placing an … multisectoral response to NCDs in China to help achieve the ultimate goal of 'harmonious' development and growth …

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The economic consequences of health shocks

Wagstaff, Adam - 2005

"While there is a great deal of anecdotal evidence on the economic effects of adverse health shocks, there is relatively little hard empirical evidence. The author builds on recent empirical work to explore in the context of postreform Vietnam two related issues: (1) how far household income and...

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Armenia : Increasing Preventive Screening for Non-Communicable Diseases in Armenia

World Bank - 2021

cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, and heart disease, prematurely kill more than 15 million people between ages … diseases like Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study targeted adults between the ages of 35 and 68 in Armenia who had …

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The Growing Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Eastern Caribbean

World Bank - 2012

The purpose of this report is to examine and propose options for policy design and implementation, based on a situational analysis for six Eastern Caribbean countries and a review of the lessons of other nations in prevention and control. A committed partner of the Organization of Eastern...

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Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica : Moving from Prescription to Prevention

World Bank - 2012

Jamaica is a Caribbean country that has initiated comprehensive programs to address Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). The government created the National Health Fund (NHF) to reduce the cost of treatment of NCDs and finance some prevention programs. The main objective of this study is to learn...

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Disease and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Jamison, Dean T. (contributor) - 2006 - 2nd ed

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Dying Too Young : Addressing Premature Mortality and Ill Health Due to Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries in the Russian Federation

World Bank - 2012

economic and social development. What factors contribute to the excessive mortality, ill health, and disability in Russia …

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Effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies

Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2009

"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post … institutional development. In China relatively more estimates suggest that privatization to domestic owners improves the level of …-communist economies, but foreign joint ventures rather than wholly owned foreign firms have a positive effect in China. Worker or …

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Growing old in an older Brazil : implications of population ageing on growth, poverty, public finance and service delivery

Gragnolati, Michele (contributor) - 2011

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Growing old in an older Brazil : implications of population aging on growth, poverty, public finance and service delivery

Gragnolati, Michele (contributor) - 2011

This chapter introduces the main issues associated with population aging, many of which will be investigated in detail throughout the volume. The next section describes the demographic transformation that Brazil has been experiencing and highlights its specific features, including a very rapid...

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