Health Organization considers healthy (5 micrograms per cubic meter). This pollution causes an estimated 2 million premature …

While Ukraine has spent a significant amount of resources on health, its health outcomes fare poorly when compared with … death rates related to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) than the neighboring countries on their west. The suboptimal health … of theinefficiency and waste in the health sector …

A strong health financing system will be an important priority as Bangladesh seeks to meet theexpectations of its … foundation for an informed discussionabout government health spending and future health financing options in Bangladesh. It … analyzesalternative sources of additional health financing and their potential contribution to higher spending in the sector. The findings …

Guinea-Bissau meets many, if not all, criteria that characterize health systems in fragile states. The country's health … system faces persistent challenges related to low public spending, poor infrastructure, inadequate supply of health workers …, inadequate clinical and managerial training systems, malfunctioning referral system, non-operational health-information systems …

the Kyrgyz Republic based on its health outcomes and health expenditure. It is then analyzed to understand whether the … derives the base fiscal space scenario: what the health sector can hope for given macroeconomic projections, expectations of … external funding, and options to reprioritize health in the budget. These options do not require any specific action short of …

Bolivia has achieved significant improvements in its reproductive health indicators in recent years. Yet the country …, childbirth, and the post-partum period. In the past, there have been no studies that sought the views of health providers and … from institutional maternal health services. Increasing their use of quality maternal care is vital to long-term goals to …

This report presents an assessment of school health policies and institutions that affect young children in Nigeria … countries reform their education systems to help ensure learning for all. School health policies acritical component of an … effective education system, given that children's health impacts their school attendance, ability to learn, and overall …

private financing for health care. For citizens who pay for care for an ill family member, often at the risk of becoming … social cohesion and economic confidence. This note discusses the idea of cost-sharing for publicly funded health care as … Ukraine searches for a socially acceptable trade-off in the scale of public health care coverage. The note looks at possible …

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 …

toward recovery, focusing on the health and social response. It concentrates on the relief stage and support to restructure … resilience of essential health and education. (ii) Apply a gender equality lens to health and social crisis response actions … across sectors. (iii) Help countries strengthen regional cooperation and crisis response capacities for public health …