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Essays on Health Financing for the Poor
(2015-04-27)
Health systems aim to improve population health. Despite global efforts, millions of children still die every year from vaccine preventable diseases and undernutrition attributed deaths. Moreover, about 293,000 maternal ...
Improving Health Measures: Evidence From a List Experiment, Cognitive Interviews, and a Vignette Study
(2015-04-27)
Measuring health through surveys is challenging. Participants may respond in a socially favorable but untruthful way, and responses across respondents may be difficult to compare. List experiments and anchoring vignette ...
Essays on HIV and Malaria Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2015-05-04)
Malaria and HIV are the two diseases that cause the most disability and loss of life in sub-Saharan Africa. Treatments play a critical role in ameliorating the impact of these diseases on patients and their communities. ...
Evaluation of Strategies and Outcomes in Maternal and Child Health
(2015-05-01)
Maternal and child mortality, particularly during the neonatal period, are among the most challenging global health issues of this era. This burden disproportionately affects the poorest populations, across and within ...
Managing Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors in Developing Countries: Tobacco Control, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Surveillance, and Diabetes Prevention
(2015-04-28)
Non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental illnesses) and associated risk factors (unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol, physical ...