Documents & Reports
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Financial Protection Outcomes in Four East Asian Countries During COVID-19 : Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia (English)
This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and financial protection in four East Asia and Pacific (EAP) countries, focusing on the dynamics of healthcare...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 194490 Document Date: October 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Katelyn Jison Yoo,Sharma, Jayendra,Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou,Christophe Lemiere
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The Burden of Road Traffic Injuries in Jordan : Evidence for Policy (English)
Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a critical public health issue in Jordan, as highlighted in the 2022 Annual Report on Road Traffic Injuries. With 169,409 crashes recorded, resulting in 562 deaths and...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 192774 Document Date: June 30, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bader, Rania,Fawzi, Imad,Diya Nitham Mousa Elfadel,Bajaj, Tripti,Sameh El-Saharty,Sunna, Lana,Said Dahdah
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Investing in Vaccine Security in the ASEAN Region (English)
Vaccine security and self-sufficiency have received increased global attention in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as low- and middle-income countries were heavily dependent on high-income countries...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 191136 Document Date: June 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Schäferhoff, Marco,Gandham N.V. Ramana,Zimmerman, Armand,Fewer, Sara,Andreas Seiter,Pandu Harimurti,Sowers, Erin,Ronald Upenyu Mutasa
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Health Economics Institutions: A Review of Global Experience (English)
This paper was prepared to support the Libyan Ministry of Health in designing and establishing its health economics unit. Over the past decade, Libya’s health system has been significantly and negatively...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 190948 Document Date: April 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rakic,Severin,Hamza,Mariam Mohamed Samir Amin,Mathivet,Benoit,Duran,Denizhan,Alzarouq,Alzarouq Khaleefa
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Review of Telemedicine Business Models in Vietnam : Findings, Challenges, and Recommendations (English)
This review was conducted using secondary data combined with key informant interviews aiming to (1) understand the current state of telemedicine services in Viet Nam, their business models and challenges;...
Report No.: 190016 Document Date: April 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lung Vu,Sang Minh Le,Vu, Thai
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Digital Journey in Primary Health Care - Empowering Patients with Noncommunicable Diseases in Vietnam (English)
The study reviewed available patient-facing digital applications for people with noncommunicable diseases along their journey in primary health care settings and proposed strategic action areas to advance...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 188289 Document Date: February 29, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Le,Sang Minh,Quang,Hông Trân
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Integrating the Response to Ncds and Mental Health in the Context of Building Resilient Health Systems in Africa: Workshop Summary (English)
From June 6 to 8, 2023, the Ministry of Health of Rwanda organized an event entitled “Integrating the Response to Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health (MH) in the Context of Building Resilient...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 188740 Document Date: January 2, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Francisca Ayodeji Akala,Amparo Elena Gordillo-Tobar,Rialda Kovacevic,Medici,Andre,Nugent,Rachel
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Payment Incentives for Improved quality of Health Service Delivery in Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (English)
This report outlines a strategic approach to introduce pay-for-performance (P4P) incentives for improved noncommunicable disease (NCD) care in Republika Srpska (RS) and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 186129 Document Date: November 30, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Huseinagic,Senad,Stevic,Sinisa,Birungi,Charles,Chukwuma,Adanna Deborah Ugochi
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Mental Health among Adolescents and Young Adults in Latin America and the Caribbean: Indirect Costs of Mental Health Illness and the Economic Impact of Mitigation Policies (English)
This document analyzes the indirect costs of mental health for adolescents and young adults in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region and its potential impact in lowering human capital in the region...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 185672 Document Date: November 6, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gordillo-Tobar,Amparo Elena,Medici,Andre Cezar,Calvo Cardenas,Nashira Scarlet
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Primary Health Care for Addressing Obesity and Preventing Noncommunicable Diseases in World Bank Projects (English)
A whole-of-society approach encompassing integrated health services, empowered people and communities, and multisectoral policy and action, primary health care (PHC) is an essential building block of universal...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 186535 Document Date: November 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wahnschafft,Simone Lydia,Bayona Garcia,Jaime Nicolas,Villar Uribe,Manuela
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Public Health Expenditure for Universal Health Coverage in Ghana (English)
Ghana has made substantial progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) andcompares relatively well in health outcomes among its economic peers. Internationalcomparisons of government current health...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 187649 Document Date: September 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Agyekum,Enoch Oti,Ngetich,Elisha Kipkemoi,Smith,Owen K.,Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise,Chen,Dorothee,Corral Rodas,Paul Andres
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Global Experience of Institutional Development : Support for Libya’s Primary Health Care Institute (English)
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the significance of national and local actors in responding to health emergencies, prompting a reevaluation of public health paradigms. Prior to the pandemic, effective...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 185584 Document Date: August 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Distributional Impact of Health Taxes on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Sugar-sweetened Beverages in Brazil (English)
This study estimates the distributional effects of increasing taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). It uses the latest Brazilian Consumer Expenditure Survey (Pesquisa de Orçamento...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 194311 Document Date: August 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bernardo Dantas Pereira Coelho,Edson Correia Araujo
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From Scheme to System: Understanding the Concept and Measurement of Hospitalizations for Ambulatory-Care-Sensitive Conditions (English)
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs)—conditions for which hospitalization could be prevented or reduced with timely access to effective preventive and early disease management services in primary...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 184862 Document Date: August 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tandon,Ajay,Chandrashekar,Sudha,Chhabra,Sheena,Manchanda,Navneet Kaur
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Cross-Country Analysis of Case-Mix in Selected Hospitals (English)
This study presents a comparative analysis of inpatient care data from six countries (Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Croatia, Estonia, and the Republic of Korea). It uses diagnosis related groups (DRGs) as...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 183204 Document Date: June 2, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Doroshenko,Olena,Kuzmyn,Marta,Kahur,Kristiina,Bales,Sarah,Kasyanchuk,Solomiya
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Food Subsidies to Promote Healthy Eating and Reduce Healthy Food Prices: A Rapid Literature Review (English)
This working paper presents the results of a rapid literature review of program evaluations of food subsidies to promote healthy eating that address sales/prices, consumption, and/or health outcomes. It...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 186130 Document Date: May 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cristián Mansilla,Herrera Riquelme,Cristian Alberto,Von Uexkull,Jan Erik
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Old Scars, New Wounds? : Public Financing for Health in Times of COVID-19 in the Asia-pacific Region (English)
Despite a rebound in economic growth following the pandemic, new geopolitical developments and macroeconomic shocks-inflation and monetary responses to inflation, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 182061 Document Date: May 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tandon,Ajay,Yap,Wei Aun,Sharma,Jayendra,Cain,Jewelwayne Salcedo,Irava,Wayne Jeremy,Eng,Rochelle Se Yun,Ruest Archambault,Maude,Sohail,Jahanzaib,Ghimire,Mamata,Hossain,Atia,Dong,Di,Eozenou,Patrick Hoang-Vu,Neelsen,Sven,Nagpal,Somil,Higashi,Hideki,Cros,Marion Jane
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Forgone Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic : 2020 and 2021 Survey Trends from 25 Developing Countries (English)
During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, health system disruptions, fear of becoming infected with COVID-19, mobility restrictions and lockdowns, and reduced household incomes likely contributed...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 184470 Document Date: May 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kakietek,Jakub Jan,Eberwein, Julia Dayton,Kerr,Amanda Caitlin,Stacey,Nicholas Kamohelo
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Models of Integrated Care: The Global Experience (English)
This Global Experience Paper on Integrated Health Care was developed to provide the Primary Health Care Institute (PHCI) in Libya with insights as it designs and develops its plans to rebuild primary health...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 183468 Document Date: April 30, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mallender,Jacqueline Anne,Hatefi,Arian,Allen,Luke Nelson,Amoore,Zara,Kak,Mohini,El-Saharty,Sameh,Karem,Ghassan
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Gender-Responsiveness of Primary Health Care : How is the Delivery of Primary Care Measured and Assessed Using a Gender-sensitive and Responsive Approach at the Facility Level? (English)
In the past two decades gender-responsive and gender-sensitive assessment of primary health care (PHC) services in a global and specific geographical context have gained considerable attention. This scoping...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 184376 Document Date: April 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Diallo,Awa,Noonan,Caitlin Marie,Ramadan,Marwa,Feil,Cameron Scott,Okara,Latifat Agharese,Bernal Acevedo,Oscar Alberto,Gutierrez,Jose Carlos,Villar Uribe,Manuela