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...
In 2020, Malaysia passes a crucial milestone in its demographic trajectory and becomes an aging society. Driven by a precipitous decline in fertility accompanied by a sustained rise in life expectancy...
This case study on Malaysia is part of phase two of the multicountry Universal Health Coverage study series (UNICO), which explores propoor universal health coverage (UHC) programs, which expanded one...
This policy note provides an overview of government health financing in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), with an added focus on health center financing. The note summarizes overall trends in...
This policy note provides an overview of government health financing in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), with an added focus on health center financing. The note summarizes overall trends in...
While on-track for child health and maternal health MDGs, Lao PDR continues to have some of the worst maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes, both globally and in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region...
Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with mater¬nal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100,000 births in 1990 to 220 in 2013.1 However, in order for further gains to be realized...
Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with mater¬nal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100,000 births in 1990 to 220 in 2013.1 However, in order for further gains to be realized...
While on-track for child health and maternal health MDGs, Lao PDR continues to have some of the worst maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes, both globally and in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region...
Malaysia has in many ways become a success story in shared prosperity. Shared prosperity means that all households experience income growth, but growth is higher for those households at the bottom of the...
Over the period 2011-2013, Indonesia had universal maternal health coverage for its population. Facility-based deliveries, however, remain relatively low: only about 63 percent of all deliveries occurred...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for the largest share of the overall burden of disease in Indonesia. There are several challenges facing effective implementation of universal health coverage (UHC)...
Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy for the extent to which health is prioritized by governments. World Health Organization...