Documents et rapports

Impact of Cigarette Price Increase on Health and Financing Outcomes in Vietnam (anglais)

This paper is part of additional efforts supported by the World Bank Global Tobacco Control Program to inform the Government of Vietnam on options for tobacco taxation by providing estimates of the impact...

Controlling Illicit Tobacco Trade : Lessons for Vietnam from Global Experience Implementing Track-and-Trace and Tax Stamp Systems (anglais)

This current analysis presents an overview of this WBG report (including a discussion of tobacco tax administration and strategies proven effective in addressing illicit trade as an integral approach to...

Is Tobacco Taxation Regressive? Evidence on Public Health, Domestic Resource Mobilization, and Equity Improvements (anglais)

Tobacco taxes are recognized as an effective policy tool to reduce tobacco consumption and improve health outcomes; however, policy makers often hesitate to use them because of their possible regressive...

Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority (anglais)

On April 19, 2018, the World Bank Group (WBG), with the support of the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Embassy of Canada, organized a high-level symposium on global mental health challenges and...

Moving the needle : mental health stories from around the world (anglais)

This note summarizes work on global mental health that has been conducted recently with the support of the World Bank Group (WBG). It provides an overview of the global events, country programs, technical...

Ethiopia : Modelling the Impact of Tobacco Tax Policy Reforms on Tobacco Use and Domestic Resources Mobilization Under Different Scenarios (anglais)

As part of the ongoing tax policy dialogue with the Government of Ethiopia, the World BankGroup organized a workshop in Addis Ababa, on June 20, 2016, to discuss tobacco use, its healthimpact, and excise...

The high toll of traffic injuries : unacceptable and preventable (anglais)

An estimated 1.25 million people are killed on the world’s roads every year, and between 20 and 50 million people are seriously injured. Every traffic crash is an individual loss. Existing estimates of...

Botswana - Botswana National HIV/AIDS Prevention Support Project : P102299 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 12 (anglais)

Botswana - Botswana National HIV/AIDS Prevention Support Project : P102299 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 11 (anglais)

Botswana - Botswana National HIV/AIDS Prevention Support Project : P102299 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 10 (anglais)

Botswana - Botswana National HIV/AIDS Prevention Support Project : P102299 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 09 (anglais)

Africa - Horn of Africa Emergency Health and Nutrition Project : P127949 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 03 (anglais)

Botswana - Botswana National HIV/AIDS Prevention Support Project : P102299 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 06 (anglais)

Project Information Document (Appraisal Stage) - Horn of Africa Emergency Health and Nutrition Project - P127949 (anglais)

Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (Appraisal Stage) - Horn of Africa Emergency Health and Nutrition Project - P127949 (anglais)

Private sector pharmaceutical supply and distribution channels in Africa : a focus on Ghana, Malawi and Mali (anglais)

Sustainable access to affordable, high-quality medicines is an important component in all health care systems but remains limited in many African countries. Supply and distribution of medicines are a fundamental...

Botswana - Botswana National HIV/AIDS Prevention Support Project : P102299 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 05 (anglais)

Southern Africa HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis plan of action, 2010-2011 for Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland (anglais)

This paper for senior World Bank (Bank) management and staff describes the current status and impact of the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in southern Africa, the strategic...

Intensifying action against HIV/AIDS in Africa - responding to a development crisis (anglais)

This study reviews the rapidly growing HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly in the Africa region, its devastating impact on development, and the desperate need for urgent action. Two thirds of the world's HIV/AIDS...