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  • Charting a programmatic roadmap for sexual minority groups in India (English)

    Discrimination and stigma are constant companions in the life of the rainbow people. Apart from the demand for decriminalization, the main issues that confront the community are discrimination and violence...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 71270 Document Date: July 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Singh,Suneeta,Dasgupta, Sangita,Patankar, Pallav,Hiremath, Vijay,Claeson,Mariam,Chhabra, Vibha

  • Glue sniffing and other risky practices among street children in urban Bangladesh (English)

    The inhalation of solvents among children and adolescents for recreational purposes has been a long standing problem in the developed world, although it is an emerging issue in South Asia, especially in...

    Document Type: Health Sector Review Report No.: 70431 Document Date: November 27, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mahmud,Iffat,Ahsan,Karar Zunaid,Claeson,Mariam

  • HIV and AIDS in South Asia : an economic development risk (English)

    This book offers an original perspective on HIV and AIDS as a development issue in South Asia, a region with a heterogeneous epidemic and estimated national HIV prevalence rates of up to 0.5 percent. The...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 47608 Document Date: February 19, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Haacker,Markus,Claeson,Mariam

  • Understanding the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Asia (English)

    In thinking about how to support effective national HIV/AIDS responses in the countries of South Asia, an important starting place is a clear sense of the epidemic's pattern and trends. Three diverging...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 37219 Document Date: June 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Claeson,Mariam,Wilson, David

  • Public health in the Middle East and North Africa : meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century (English)

    This report documents the main highlights and findings from the Middle East Regional Symposium, "Meeting the Public Health Challenges of the 21st Century in the Middle East and North Africa/Eastern Mediterranean...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 29163 Document Date: May 10, 2004 Disclosure Status: Author: Akala, Francisca Ayodeji [editor],Claeson,Mariam,Downing,Andrew,Jenkins,Carol Feldman,Karam, Hadia Samaha [editor],Kickbusch,Ilona,Musgrove,Philip A.,Pierre-Louis, Anne M. [editor],Rawaf, Salman,Robalino,David A.,Sadrizadeh, Bijan,Salhab,Nisrine,Yartey,Juliana

  • Inequalitites in child health : are we narrowing the gap? (English)

    This paper reviews what is known about the causes of socioeconomic inequalities in child health and thus the points where programs aimed at reducing child health inequalities should be focused. The proximate...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 29231 Document Date: May 1, 2003 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Axelsson,Henrik Bjorn,Bryce, Jennifer,Bustreo,Flavia,Claeson,Mariam,Wagstaff, Adam

  • Public health and World Bank operations (Russian)

    The twentieth century witnessed greater gains in health, nutrition and population outcomes than at any other time in history. These gains are partly the result of improvements in income and education...

    Document Type: Departmental Working Paper Report No.: 26522 Document Date: January 1, 2003 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Claeson,Mariam,Elmendorf,A. Edward,Miller,Daniel Charles,Musgrove,Philip A.,Preker, Alexander S. [editor]

  • Public health and World Bank operations (English)

    The twentieth century witnessed greater gains in health, nutrition and population outcomes than at any other time in history. These gains are partly the result of improvements in income and education...

    Document Type: Departmental Working Paper Report No.: 26522 Document Date: January 1, 2003 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Claeson,Mariam,Elmendorf,A. Edward,Miller,Daniel Charles,Musgrove,Philip A.,Preker, Alexander S. [editor]

  • A sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies (Vol. 1 of 2) : Core techniques and cross-cutting issues (English)

    This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 29800 Document Date: January 1, 2002 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Achikbache,Bahjat,Alkire,Sabina,Ames,Brian,Aoki,Aya,Baharoglu,Deniz,Bamberger,J. Michael,Bebbington,Anthony J.,Belkindas,Misha V.,Blackden,C. Mark,Bojö, Jan,Bosch,Christophe E.,Brown, Ward,Bruns,Barbara,Bucknall,Julia,Christiaensen,Luc,Claeson,Mariam,Cord,Louise J.,Coudouel,Aline,Devarajan,Shantayanan,Dinc,Mustafa,Domelen, Julie Van,Dongier,Philippe,Donnelly-Roark,Paula,Drabble,Michael,Eele,Graham,Esmail,Talib B. K.,Ezemenari,Kenechukwu Maria,Fort,Lucia,Fozzard,Adrian,Gannon,Colin A.,Girishankar,Navin,Griffin,Charles C.,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Hamilton,Kirk E.,Hammergren,Linn A.,Hentschel,Jesko S.,Hoekman,Bernard M.,Holmes,Malcolm R. G.,Hommann,Kirsten,Izquierdo, Alejandro,Johnston,Timothy A.,Kenny,Charles J.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Kishor,Nalin M.,Klugman, Jeni [editor],Knack,Stephen,Kraus,Christiane,Lamech,Ranjit J.,Levy,Brian David,Litvack,Jennie I.,Liu,Zhi,Malmberg Calvo,Christina,Manning,Nicholas Paul,Manoukian,Violeta,Marope,Mmantsetsa,Mclachlan,Mildred,Messick,Richard E.,Michalopoulos,Constantine,Mingat,Alain Jean Louis,Moock,Peter Russell,Mozammel,Masud,Murphy,Patrick D.,Navas Sabater,Juan Francisco,O'Sullivan,Kyran,Ostrom,Elinor,Paci,Pierella,Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Pillai,Poonam,Polski,Margaret M.,Prennushi,Giovanna,Rinne,Jeffrey James,Ryan Rizvi,Andrea C.,Rubio Soto,Gloria Martha,Sadoff,Claudia Winkelman,Schiff,Maurice,Scott, Christopher,Shah,Parmesh,Sherburne-Benz,Lynne D.,Soucat,Agnes L. B.,Subbarao,Kalanidhi,Sutch,M. Helen,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Tan,Jee-Peng,Tarr,David,Thomas,Christopher J.,Tikare,Seema,Travers,Sumter Lee,Wagstaff, Adam,Wakeman,Wendy E.,Winter,Carolyn,Withers, Kate,Wodon,Quentin T.,Yang,Hongyu,Yazbeck,Abdo S.,Yitzaki, Shlomo,Youssef,Deborah,Zatlokal,Barbara

  • A sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies (Vol. 2 of 2) : Macroeconomic and sectoral approaches (English)

    This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 29800 Document Date: January 1, 2002 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Achikbache,Bahjat,Alkire,Sabina,Ames,Brian,Aoki,Aya,Baharoglu,Deniz,Bamberger,J. Michael,Bebbington,Anthony J.,Belkindas,Misha V.,Blackden,C. Mark,Bojö, Jan,Bosch,Christophe E.,Brown, Ward,Bruns,Barbara,Bucknall,Julia,Christiaensen,Luc,Claeson,Mariam,Cord,Louise J.,Coudouel,Aline,Devarajan,Shantayanan,Dinc,Mustafa,Domelen, Julie Van,Dongier,Philippe,Donnelly-Roark,Paula,Drabble,Michael,Eele,Graham,Esmail,Talib B. K.,Ezemenari,Kenechukwu Maria,Fort,Lucia,Fozzard,Adrian,Gannon,Colin A.,Girishankar,Navin,Griffin,Charles C.,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Hamilton,Kirk E.,Hammergren,Linn A.,Hentschel,Jesko S.,Hoekman,Bernard M.,Holmes,Malcolm R. G.,Hommann,Kirsten,Izquierdo, Alejandro,Johnston,Timothy A.,Kenny,Charles J.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Kishor,Nalin M.,Klugman, Jeni [editor],Knack,Stephen,Kraus,Christiane,Lamech,Ranjit J.,Levy,Brian David,Litvack,Jennie I.,Liu,Zhi,Malmberg Calvo,Christina,Manning,Nicholas Paul,Manoukian,Violeta,Marope,Mmantsetsa,Mclachlan,Mildred,Messick,Richard E.,Michalopoulos,Constantine,Mingat,Alain Jean Louis,Moock,Peter Russell,Mozammel,Masud,Murphy,Patrick D.,Navas Sabater,Juan Francisco,O'Sullivan,Kyran,Ostrom,Elinor,Paci,Pierella,Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Pillai,Poonam,Polski,Margaret M.,Prennushi,Giovanna,Rinne,Jeffrey James,Ryan Rizvi,Andrea C.,Rubio Soto,Gloria Martha,Sadoff,Claudia Winkelman,Schiff,Maurice,Scott, Christopher,Shah,Parmesh,Sherburne-Benz,Lynne D.,Soucat,Agnes L. B.,Subbarao,Kalanidhi,Sutch,M. Helen,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Tan,Jee-Peng,Tarr,David,Thomas,Christopher J.,Tikare,Seema,Travers,Sumter Lee,Wagstaff, Adam,Wakeman,Wendy E.,Winter,Carolyn,Withers, Kate,Wodon,Quentin T.,Yang,Hongyu,Yazbeck,Abdo S.,Yitzaki, Shlomo,Youssef,Deborah,Zatlokal,Barbara

  • The family health cycle : from concept to implementation (English)

    For children in developing countries, health outcomes are determined largely by decisions made within the household, by the family and the mother and father, in particular. From infancy to adulthood, parents...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 28905 Document Date: October 1, 2001 Disclosure Status: Author: Simon, Jonathon,Rosen,Sydney,Claeson,Mariam,Breman,Anna,Tulloch, James