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Lessons from OECD countries: mental health is critical for human capital...
October 11, 2018 - BALI, INDONESIA. 2018 IMF / World Bank Group Annual Meetings. Human Capital Summit 2018: A Global Call to Action. Photo: Grant Ellis / World Bank At the World Bank Group...
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What countries can learn from Moldova’s successful tobacco taxation efforts
Smoking begins at a young age in Moldova, with people starting to smoke at the average age of 17 years old. It’s a bigger concern among men here, as 30 percent of men in Moldova smoke, according to...
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How Russia can further improve its tobacco taxation efforts to boost health...
Over the past 10 years Russia has made great progress in increasing the life expectancy of its people. Back in the mid-2000s, we documented the dramatic decrease in life expectancy in the post-Soviet...
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Antimicrobial resistance is a priority issue for all people
Bogota, Colombia. Photo credit: Dominic Chavez/World Bank If, like most people, you think antimicrobial resistance is something that only doctors and scientists need to worry about, you should...
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All hands on deck: Halting the vicious circle of stunting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Betty teaches mothers with small children about nutrition, Uganda. Photo: © Stephan Gladieu / World Bank In a large, complex, or urgent situation, the command goes out: “All hands on deck!”...
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Ce pot învăța alte țări din experiența de succes a Republicii Moldova privind...
Fumatul începe la o vârstă fragedă în Republica Moldova, iar vârsta medie a fumătorilor începători este 17 ani. Acesta constituie o problemă și mai mare în rândul bărbaților, întrucât 30 la sută din...
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Building human capital starts with health
Mothers register their babies while seeking health care at the Primary Health Centre New Karu, in Karu Village, Nigeria on June 19, 2018. Photo © Dominic Chavez/GFF Health is a foundational investment...
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Globally, over one-third of women report having experienced some form of physical or sexual violence. Many cases of violence, such as domestic abuse and rape, are underreported, so the true incidence...
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Financing the health systems of the future: A proposed framework for...
Photo courtesy of Jessica DuVernayThis blog first appeared on Medium, Financing the Health Systems of the Future: A Proposed Framework for Including Non-Communicable Diseases A series of studies put...
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A personal perspective from the medical care frontlines
Image courtesy Patricio Marquez Despite health-promotion and disease-prevention efforts, we are all at risk of catastrophic health events, which can strike at any moment, in the form of a traffic...
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Climate change and malnutrition must be tackled together
Meera Shekhar served as Commissioner representing the World Bank Group on the Lancet Commission on Obesity As climate change challenge continues to worsen, its impacts extend far beyond the extensive...
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Confronting tobacco illicit trade: a global review of country experiences
Illicit trade in tobacco products undermines global tobacco prevention and control interventions, particularly with respect to tobacco tax policy. From a public health perspective, illicit trade...
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Drones and blood safety can save lives
Zipline uses drone technology to save livesPhoto: Sarah Farhat / World Bank Recently, I was intrigued when I read a Gates Foundation tweet that asked, “How do you get access to urgent medical supplies...
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Ethiopia’s new tobacco control law: a step forward that needs to be...
Recently, Ethiopia’s parliament unanimously approved one of Africa’s strongest anti-tobacco laws. Ethiopia’s new tobacco control law is comprehensive as it requires 100 percent smoke-free public and...
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Community Involvement Is Key to Eradicating Ebola
16 January 2019 - Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo. Health workers monitors the health of a patient through the quarantine transparent cube, that allows health workers and family to see the patient...
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Building National Civil Registration Systems that Ensure Effective Service...
Ensuring that each individual at birth has a unique identification, and that such civil registration is then linked with better and easier access to critical public services such as education, health,...
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Lutte contre ebola : impliquer la communauté représente la clé du succès
16 Janvier 2019 - Beni, République Démocratique du Congo. Vincent Tremeau / World Bank 2019 Depuis plusieurs années, Ebola frappe de manière disproportionnée notre continent, et plus particulièrement...
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Her burden to bear – women, aging, and depression
An elderly woman sits outside a health clinic in rural Nepal. Photo © Aisha Faquir/World Bank Tell me if this sounds familiar. You are speaking to someone, who says “this is just the way it is”, or “I...
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In Papua New Guinea, a modern fight against an old disease: tuberculosis
The World Bank has joined the fight to kick TB out of Papua New Guinea. (World Bank / Tom Perry) My last surviving grandparent, my Nanna, passed away peacefully late last year. And the end of a loved...
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Paradigm Shift: Peru leading the way in reforming mental health services
We recently participated in an event held in Lima by Peru’s Ministry of Health and the Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University for the launching of a new report that assesses the initial results at the...
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