Documents et rapports

The Global Health Cost of PM 2.5 Air Pollution : A Case for Action Beyond 2021 (anglais)

According to the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study, air pollution from fine particulate matter caused 6.4 million premature deaths and 93 billion days lived with illness in 2019. Over the past decade...

When the Dust Settles : A Review of the Health Implications of the Dust Component of Air Pollution (anglais)

This review of the epidemiological literature on fugitive dust indicates the likelihood of significant public health impacts from both short- and long-term exposure to both fine and coarse dust. These...

Clearing the Air : A Tale of Three Cities (anglais)

Air pollution presents an increasingly apparent challenge to health and development across the globe. Exposure to PM2.5 is a major health risk and worldwide, an estimated 4.13-5.39 million people died...

Final Technical Assessment - Improving Quality of Health Care Services and Efficiency in Colombia - P169866 (anglais)

Young People : Global and Regional Burden of Disease (anglais)

Adolescence and youth are periods of opportunities but also of increasing vulnerability defined by social and political factors. Early marriages and risky behaviors are strongly associated with inequalities...

Vietnam National and Provincial Primary Health Care Scorecards (anglais)

This report aims to provide insights into how health services are delivered at the grassroots level to support the expansion of access to quality health services in Vietnam with a focus on primary health...

Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations ? If So, for Whom ? Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia (anglais)

Improved biomass cookstoves have been promoted as important intermediate technologies to reduce fuelwood consumption and possibly cut household air pollution in low-income countries. This study uses a...

Distributional Effects of Tobacco Taxation : A Comparative Analysis (anglais)

Tobacco taxes have positive impacts on health outcomes. However, policy makers often hesitate to use them because of the perception that poorer households are affected disproportionally more than richer...

Distributional Effects of Tobacco Taxation : A Comparative Analysis (anglais)

Tobacco taxes have positive impacts on health outcomes. However, policy makers often hesitate to use them because of the perception that poorer households are affected disproportionally more than richer...

South Asia : Challenges and Benefits of Research Collaboration in a Diverse Region (anglais)

Collaboration is vital to scientific innovation, as it facilitates the exchange of ideas and expands the range of perspectives on a given subject.South Asian economies and societies are rapidly evolving...

Allocating HIV funding efficiently in Myanmar: analyses using the Optima HIV Model - policy brief (anglais)

Improving Basic Health : The World Bank’s experience in the Philippines (anglais)

Ratings for the National Sector Support for Health Reform Project were as follows: outcome was moderately unsatisfactory, risk to development was negligible, Bank Performance was moderately unsatisfactory...

Project Information Document (Concept Stage) - Regional Program of Cancer Registries - P163187 (anglais)

The equitable access initiative : final report June 30, 2016 (anglais)

The Equitable Access Initiative (EAI) was launched in early 2015 by the heads of multilateral organizations engaged in global health: GAVI, the Global Fund, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNITAID, the World...

Optimizing Investments in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s HIV Response (anglais)

This report summarizes the findings of an Allocative efficiency analysis on the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia's national HIV epidemic and response conducted in 2014-2015. The report addresses...

The cost of air pollution : strengthening the economic case for action (Vol. 1 of 2) (anglais)

The Cost of Air Pollution: Strengthening the economic case for action, a joint study of the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), seeks to estimate the costs of premature...

Dominican Republic - Health Sector Reform Second Phase APL (PARSS 2) : P106619 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 13 (anglais)

Dominican Republic - Health Sector Reform Second Phase APL (PARSS 2) : P106619 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 12 (anglais)

West Africa - Regional Disease Surveillance Capacity Strengthening Project : procurement plan for Jan 2015 - Dec 2015 : Afrique de l'Ouest - Régional Disease Surveillance capacité renforcement Project : plan d'achats pour 2015 Jan - Dec 2015 (français)

Inequality of opportunity : the new motherhood and apple pie? (anglais)

The recent paper by Garcia-Gomez et al. (2014) in this journal is part of a rapidly growing industry aiming to quantify, and hence give some policy teeth to, the concept of inequality of opportunity. The...