From its inception, the Disease Control Priorities series has focused attention on delivering effective health interventions that can result in dramatic reductions in mortality and disability at relatively modest cost.
... See More + Disease Control Priorities, third edition builds on the foundation and analyses of the first and second editions (DCPI and DCPl2) to further inform program design and resource allocation at the global and country levels by providing an up-to-date comprehensive review at the effectiveness of priority health interventions, In addition, DCP3 presents systematic and comparable economic evaluations of selected interventions, packages, deliver, platforms, and policies based on newly developed economic methods. More children born today will survive to adulthood than at any time in human history. This is true both in terms of the proportion of live births and of absolute numbers. The current cohort of children who have survived to age 5 years will transition to adulthood around 2030 and will be the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) generation. The health, nutrition, and education of these young people as they develop from ages 5 to 19 years will have lifelong consequences for the adults they become and for their role in the development of the next generation. This volume presents its analyses and conclusions in thirty chapters grouped into five parts as follows: Part 1. Estimates of Mortality and Morbidity in Children (Ages 5 to 19 Years) explores mortality and morbidity in this age group, with a focus on low- and lower-middle-income countries; Part 2. Impact of Interventions during the Life Course (Ages 5–19 Years) reviews development issues at different stages in the life course and presents a conceptual framework for health and development from birth, through middle childhood and adolescence, to young adulthood; Part 3. Conditions and Interventions describes the evolving age distribution of disease and how new understanding of interventions and epidemiology has transformed the ways in which health systems can contribute to health and development objectives; Part 4. Packages and Platforms to Promote Child and Adolescent Development explores how novel approaches to policy that deliver health and development interventions to children and adolescents are slowly being implemented in low-income countries; and Part 5. The Economics of Child Development assembles economic data and seeks to prioritize interventions within three age classes of early childhood, school-age, and adolescence.
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Publication 121611 NOV 20, 2017
Patton,George C. (editor); Horton,Susan (editor); Silva,Nilanthi de (editor); Bundy,Donald A. P. (editor); Jamison,Dean T. (editor)Disclosed
Population aging is a global issue that is either affecting or will soon affect virtually every country around the world. With large numbers of older people experiencing significant losses of intrinsic capacity, leading a dignified and meaningful life is often only possible with the care and support of others.
... See More + Long-term care (LTC) has therefore become one of the most rapidly developing policy areas in OECD countries, where significant institutional change and innovation have taken place over the last two decades. Governance and finance arrangements for the delivery of LTC differ between countries. LTC in the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, The Republic of Korea, the Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Denmark and Finland), England, the United States, France1 were selected to cover differences between systems. However, across the different systems debates about intergenerational and state responsibilities are increasing evident. The paper delivers an up-to date assessment of design parameters and captures the measures being taken to build financial sustainability into LTC policy and program reforms. Rapid population aging in low and middle income countries (LMICs) will inevitably generate an increased demand for long-term care (LTC) services. Research and practical experience from high income countries – and the very diverse patterns of LTC in terms of funding mechanism, the balance of formal and informal services, the degree of state participation, and the overall level of provision – hold important lessons.
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This knowledge brief provides an overview of equity and targeting and the value-add of using an equity-based approach to adolescent and youth health service delivery.
... See More + For TTLs, policy makers and program/project managers, applying an equity-based approach to adolescent and youth health services begins with understanding why certain groups of young people are vulnerable, and within that, identifying those at greatest risk. It entails analyzing dimensions of inequality (e.g., income, location, gender) and the interaction between those factors using inequality analytics, and undertaking a comprehensive assessment of health systems and services at the sub- national and service delivery levels. It involves ensuring the participation of vulnerable groups of young people.
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This note discusses avenues for multi-sectoral approaches and strategies to address adolescent and youth health. Successful application of any multi-sectoral approach requires strong and continuous partnerships with different stakeholders including within the Bank.
... See More + It requires building effective multi-sectoral teams with dedicated resources that can build bridges across different sectors within the Bank and at the country level. While opportunities for collaboration depend on country contexts, keeping adolescents and youth at the center of an intervention will help align and define multi-sectoral actions across different areas. For more information on this topic, go to: www.worldbank.org/health.
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This short note analyzes the fiscal and distributive impacts of the proposed pension reform currently under discussion in Brazil. It argues that the projected aging of Brazil`s population makes pension reform a necessity to regain the financial sustainability of the public pension system.
... See More + Further, it analyses the distributional impact of the proposed reform showing that the biggest gains of the current system go to the top three quintiles of the population. Consequently, a reform of the pension system, by reducing the subsidies received by these groups, aside from contributing to its future sustainability would make the public pension system less regressive.
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