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UNU-WIDER : Working Paper : Healthcare equity and COVID-19

WebScholars of public health typically focus on societal equity for explaining public health outcomes. Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a spate of studies showing a tight …

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UNU-WIDER : Book : Health Inequality and Development

WebAcross the world, while income inequality among countries is declining, there is clear evidence that health related inequities are on the increase. Health is a key component …

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Health Improvements and Health Inequality during the Last 40 Years

WebThis paper juxtaposes changes over the last forty years in income growth and distribution with the mortality changes recorded at the aggregate level in about 170 countries and at …

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UNU-WIDER : Journal Article External : Health-system equity

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to a spate of studies showing a close connection between inequitable access to health care, welfare services and adverse outcomes from the …

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Does women’s education reduce rates of death in childbirth

WebAttaining basic health knowledge at low levels of education may have important effects on an individual’s likelihood of dying in child birth. Moving an additional one per cent of …

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Analysing the spread of education and healthcare in Asia

WebThe transformation of Asia’s education and health systems over the last 50 years has been breathtaking and unprecedented in human history. There are some central features of …

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Six sets of policy actions to promote social mobility

WebPromoting social mobility is an essential task of development, and a multi-faceted one. Precarious livelihoods are widespread. Containing downward mobility is an important …

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Why all countries should contribute to ending global poverty

WebIn 1969, richer countries agreed to commit 0.7% of their gross national income to international development aid. The world has changed since then, and a new …

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UNU-WIDER : Blog : The debate around intellectual property rights …

WebThe most effective way to fight COVID-19 is by vaccinating against infection. But once the vaccine is developed, how can it be distributed across the world’s population? The key …

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Social and Political Indicators of Human Well-being

WebThere is currently a vast array of political and social indicators of development. These measures include information on access to services, housing, environmental …

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Do resource rich economies have better or worse human

WebA look at the data suggests that countries with greater income from natural resources do not seem to have a clear relationship with human development outcomes. …

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The 1918-20 influenza pandemic: A retrospective in the time of …

WebThe influenza pandemic of 1918 (the Spanish Flu) is by far the greatest humanitarian disaster caused by an infectious disease in modern history. It infected over …

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Measuring Human Well-being: Key Findings and Policy …

WebIn general terms, ‘well-being’ is a concept or abstraction that refers to the state of a person’s life. It reflects the various activities or achievements that constitute a good form of life. …

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Investing in Health for Economic Development

WebAbstract. Health is an asset with an intrinsic value as well as an instrumental value. Good health is a source of wellbeing and highly valued throughout the world. Health is not …

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COVID-19 and the Global South — From crisis response to …

WebThis was the focus of our 2021 WIDER Development Conference, COVID-19 and development – Effects and new realities for the Global South. The three-day virtual …

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Income, Income Inequality, and Health

WebThe main purpose of our study is to examine the correlation between individual health and income inequality or relative income. We also perform panel data analysis using four …

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Social Science Medicine

Web6RFLDO 6FLHQFH i 0HGLFLQH 2eP βdedd0 ssudee s Our study contributes primarily to the emerging literature on health care reforms in low- and middle-income countries …

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UNU-WIDER : Journal Article External

WebProblem The lack of proper water and sanitation infrastructures and poor hygiene practices in health-care facilities reduces facilities’ preparedness and response to disease …

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WIDER Working Paper 2022/30

Web1 (Njagi et al. 2018; Salari et al. 2019; Shikuro et al. 2020). This is a result of women’s lower financial status and higher potential exp osure to diseases and other health needs.

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UN SUPPLIER CODE OF CONDUCT

WebUN Supplier Code of Conduct Rev.03 - May 2007 Page 1 UN SUPPLIER CODE OF CONDUCT UN Charter : The values enshrined in the United Nations (UN) Charter, …

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