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  • Human Resources for Health (HRH) in the Republic of Congo : Status and Challenges (English)

    There is still a lack of health workers in the Republic of Congo (RoC) to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. There is a significant variation in the proportion of staff on Payroll versus...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 183638 Document Date: July 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Verhaahe, Johan,Lepassa-Litedi,Aubain,Kasonde,Lombe,Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise

  • Fiscal Space and Short-term Financing Options in the Health Sector (English)

    The analysis of Fiscal space in the health sector allows us to identify and document the different opportunities and limitations of creating additional financial resources in the health sector without...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 183637 Document Date: July 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kasonde,Lombe,Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise,Lepassa-Litedi,Aubain

  • A Legacy : The Case of the Health Sector Project in El Salvador (English)

    The El Salvador Strengthening Public Health Care System Project’s success resulted largely from the Salvadoran government’s unwavering commitment to and ownership of the Project and its goals. The Project...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 141905 Document Date: April 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gordillo-Tobar,Amparo Elena,Figueroa, Patricia,Molina Alas,Salvador Alejandro

  • Options for Tobacco Taxation in Afghanistan (English)

    Men are the primary consumers of tobacco products in Afghanistan: 48 percent of men from 15–49 years of age that have ever been married use tobacco, compared with 6 percent of women. Approximately 22 percent...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 133101 Document Date: December 17, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Medici,Andre C.,Haven,Bernard James,Rahimi,Lutfi Rahman,Sayed,Ghulam Dastagir

  • Equity and targeting adolescents and youth in health service delivery (English)

    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. For TTLs, policy makers and program/project...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 115794 Document Date: May 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Quinlan-Davidson,Meaghen Bridget Anne,Cortez,Rafael A.

  • An investment framework for nutrition in Kenya (English)

    This knowledge brief presents the costs of scaling up key effective nutrition interventions in Kenya and compares different scale-up scenarios to determine which one produces the best results for the lowest...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 113242 Document Date: December 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Eberwein, Julia Dayton,Kakietek,Jakub Jan,De Beni,Davide,Moloney, Grainne,Pereira,Audrey Leslie,Akuoku,Jonathan Kweku,Volege, Marjorie,Matu, Sicily,Shekar,Meera

  • Africa’s demographic transition : dividend or disaster? (English)

    Declines in child mortality, followed by declines in fertility, produce a youth bulge generation and a period when a country has a large number of working age people and a smaller number of dependents...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 103549 Document Date: October 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Canning,David J.,Jobanputra,Sangeeta Raja,Yazbeck,Abdo S.

  • Ten principles of effective tobacco tax policy (English)

    This brief provides guidance in the design of effective tobacco tax policies in countries such as the emerging ASEAN economies, where tax administration and enforcement capacity may not be as strong as...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 98420 Document Date: July 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bredenkamp,Caryn,Iglesias,Roberto Magno,Kaiser,Kai-Alexander

  • Tobacco consumption in Papua New Guinea (English)

    Tobacco use is a major challenge to international development. Despite being a signatory to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and a Tobacco Free Pacific, Papua New Guinea is one of the...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 96795 Document Date: May 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hou,Xiaohui

  • Stagnant stunting rate despite economic growth in Papua New Guinea (English)

    Despite rapid economic growth during the past decade, the stunting rate for children under 5, one of the primary indicators for child under-nutrition, is estimated at 46 percent in Papua New Guinea. An...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 97508 Document Date: May 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hou,Xiaohui

  • Community action for health and nutrition in North East India (English)

    Involving communities in monitoring of services is often undertaken, but involving them in directly managing health service delivery is less common. Incentivizing health staff to improve performance is...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 101660 Document Date: April 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Newton-Lewis, Tom,Singh, Pooja,Saith,Ruhi,Singh, Prabal Vikram,Gill,Kaveri

  • Exploring the phenomenon of missing girls in the South Caucasus (English)

    Sex ratio at birth, the number of boys born for every 100 girls, has increased in the South Caucasus in the past decades. A World Bank study sought to produce rigorous and supporting evidence on the issue...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 96002 Document Date: April 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Advancing cervical cancer prevention in India (English)

    In 2010, nearly 74,000 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed among Indian women. This number is estimated to increase to as high as 225,000 cases by 2025. Cervical cancer is also the leading cause...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 95707 Document Date: March 27, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Krishnan, S,Madsen,Egon H.,Poehlman, J.,Porterfield,Mark R.,Taylor,Terrence O.,Varghese, B.