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Afghanistan has made strong gains in health outcomes, health service coverage andhealth systems performance since 2003 …, with a particular impact on women and children's health. All told, Afghanistan has made notable progress towards achieving … the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets for improving maternal (MDG5) and child health (MDG4). According to United …
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of pathogens spilling over from animals to people. To decrease their burden, we must focus on prevention. The One Health … approach proposes a way forward to reduce risk of spillover. Recognizing that the health and well-being of humans, animals, and … their shared ecosystems are interdependent, One Health is designed as an integrated, practical, multisectoral framework for …
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Investing in One Health - cross-sectoral, multidisciplinary coordination and collaboration across the human health …, animal health, and environmental health sectors - is crucial for maintaining healthy agricultural and food systems and … addressing global health security risks. Such action can reduce the threat of future pandemics through upstream preventive …
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Central Asia has made much progress in public health and animal health in the last 20 years but was as unprepared as … public health concern because of the possible transmission of pathogens to humans. They can spread quickly from one country … to another, with impact on animal health, trade, food security, food safety and possibly creating public health …
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Haba Haba, which means "bit by bit" in Swahili, is a voluntary pension scheme in Kenya for workers in informal … savings by informal economy workers. Registration, contributions, and access can be handled via mobile phone by dialing USSD …
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This report presents an assessment of school health policies and institutions that affect young children in Uganda. The … countries reform their education systems to help ensure learning for all. School health policies are a critical component of an … effective education system, given that children's health impacts their school attendance, ability to learn, and overall …
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This report summarizes the findings of an allocative efficiency analysis to support Cote d'Ivoire's national HIV response. The study was conducted at the request of the Government of Cote d'Ivoire by the World Bank, the University of Bern, the Burnet Institute and the University of New South...
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This report presents an impact evaluation assessing the effect of incentives on improving the uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) in two districts in Malawi. The cluster randomised control trial was led by the National AIDS Commission of Malawi and implemented from December 2015...
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The Indonesian health sector is currently experiencing a financing transition that will have a profound impact on the … country's efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) and national health goals. The transition is marked, on the one … hand, by increasing per capita expenditure on health and, on the other, by declining of out-of-pocket payments (OOP) and a …
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National Department of Health in collaboration with the National Health Laboratory Service, the World Bank, and Boston … University/Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, the study used routine data from 24 health facilities in Gauteng …
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