The development objective of the Uttarakhand Health System Development Project (UKHSDP) for India is to reduce disease burden through preventive and curative health services and also to work on other indirect...
South Asia Region (SAR) has decreased maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by 65 percent between 1990 and 2013, which was the greatest progress among all world regions. Such achievement implores the question...
The development objective of the Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Development Program (HPNSDP) for Bangladesh is to enhance social outcomes of the activities implemented for the physical facilities...
Bhutan is a small landlocked country in the Himalayas between China and India. Poverty reduction has been rapid from about 23 percent in 2007 to 12-13 percent in 2012. Gender equality and women's empowerment...
Nepal has made a remarkable progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially in extreme poverty and education. Nepal has achieved MDG 5 but only one in three births is attended...
Maldives, a middle income country, is on track to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), while gender gap requires attention. Maldives has made great progress in improving maternal health...
India is the third largest economy and has the second largest population in the world. It achieved millennium development goal (MDG) on poverty reduction; however, gender inequality still persists. Maternal...
Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Poverty remains high at 43 percent of the population subsist on less than United States (U.S.) $1.25 per day (2010). Bangladesh achieved...
This issue includes the following headings: integrated health systems: Lesotho's pioneering model; access to healthcare for the poor: lessons from Ghana, India, and Mexico; and cost efficiency: Singapore's...
Pakistan was selected as a case study because of its estimated 40 percent decline in fertility between 1980 and 2006. Pakistan's high fertility rate began to decline gradually after the late 1980s and...