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communities? Can a policy intervention that vaccinates children during their migration mitigate the impacts? To answer these … rise in the new polio cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Poorer vaccination levels among IDP compared to native children in … host communities are one of the main mechanisms. Implementing a vaccination policy targeting IDP children during their …
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adult refugees, particularly mothers, is widely recognized as a crucial determinant of their children’s psychological health … children under the age of two. Collaborating with BRAC, we conducted a cluster RCT involving 3,500 Rohingya mother-child pairs … activities for both mothers and children. The intervention proved largely successful, resulting in: (i) reductions in the …
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Today, the global pharmaceutical product value chain is becoming increasingly complex and this has led to the emergence of 'multiple quality standards' for medicines. But this non-uniformity in the quality of medicine is also contingent upon both the regulatory milieu in the country of...
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Until a vaccine is widely available, face masks and other nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) will continue to be the frontline defense against Covid-19 in developing countries. But their effectiveness depends critically on compliance by young adults, who are most likely both to become...
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This paper presents the results of a quasi-experimental study using information collected through a survey conducted in peri-urban areas of Metropolitan Lima between October and November 2021. The survey was applied to households residing close to and on both sides of the geographic boundary of...
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This study investigates the effectiveness of dynamic norm nudges in promoting second-dose HPV vaccinations among trendsetters-parents who initiated the firstdose HPV vaccine for their daughters between 2017-2020. Utilizing administrative data from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field...
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Individuals should be entitled to a "fair innings", and the primary role of health systems should be the prevention of premature mortality. In India, 66 percent of all deaths are premature. The burden of premature mortality has shifted from child (0-5 years) to adult (30-69 years) level over the...
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This paper examines why a larger share of COVID-19 deaths occurs among young and middle-aged adults in developing countries than in high-income countries. Using novel data at the country, city, and patient levels, we investigate the drivers of this gap in terms of the key components of the...
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We exploit an expansion in social protection to middle-income households to provide evidence on how middle-income households cope with economic shocks and how to build their resilience. We use a regression discontinuity design around the eligibility cutoff for a program that delivered monthly...
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for themselves and the children. The main implementation challenges reported were staff workload and managing groups. The … (through groups in clinics or home visits) into health services has the potential to reach a large number of children with …
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