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Improving health systems to ensure health for all in Lao People's

(3 days ago) WEBGDP growth slowed from 5.5% in 2019 to 0.5% in 2020 and 3.8% in 2022. Inflation rose from less than 2% in February 2021 to 38.46% in November 2022. With demographic, epidemiological and economic transitions underway, strengthening health …

https://www.who.int/laos/our-work/improving-health-systems-to-ensure-health-for-all

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CDC in Laos Global Health CDC

(9 days ago) WEBPhoto by Billy Weeks/TEPHINET. CDC’s global health security efforts help bolster Laos’ ability to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks before they become global epidemics. CDC works with local, …

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/countries/laos/default.htm

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Global Health Laos U.S. Agency for International …

(Just Now) WEBLaos. Global Health. Over the past two decades, Laos has significantly reduced poverty and hunger and improved health outcomes. USAID partners with Laos to reclaim and accelerate public health progress …

https://www.usaid.gov/laos/global-health

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Post-Covid-19 Economic and Health Recovery in Laos

(7 days ago) WEBThe Issue. The Lao economy was hit especially hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and is likely to see slower GDP growth rates for 2022. The informal sector and small businesses have fared the worst and will …

https://www.csis.org/analysis/post-covid-19-economic-and-health-recovery-laos

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Laos Health Strategy 2019-2023 Laos Document U.S. Agency …

(6 days ago) WEBThe development hypothesis that underlies this Strategy is that a healthy and well-educated population will foster resilient, equitable, and prosperous human and economic …

https://www.usaid.gov/laos/document/laos-health-strategy-2019-2023

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In recent decades Lao PDR has made incredible progress on health

(9 days ago) WEBIn 2016, Lao PDR rolled out the National Health Insurance scheme to all provinces except Vientiane Capital. It aims to ensure equitable access to health care …

https://reliefweb.int/report/lao-peoples-democratic-republic/recent-decades-lao-pdr-has-made-incredible-progress-health

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Health UNICEF Lao People's Democratic Republic

(4 days ago) WEBThe UNICEF Health and Nutrition programme works at national and sub-national levels to ensure that high-impact child survival interventions are reflected in national policies and budgets and reach all children and their …

https://www.unicef.org/laos/health

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Laos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

(7 days ago) WEBHealth risks and issues Health risks and issues Air pollution Alcohol use Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Burden of Proof Child health Diet Maternal health Mental health …

https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/health-by-location/profiles/laos

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HEALTH Policy Brief* - UNFPA Lao People's Democratic Republic

(Just Now) WEBAn increase in specific health care demands can be seen in the rapid increase of the population of females in the reproductive age group, 15–49 years, which is projected

https://lao.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/health_brief_eng.pdf

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Health in Laos - Wikipedia

(4 days ago) WEBHealthcare in Laos is provided by both the private and public sector. It is limited in comparison with other countries. [1] Western medical care is available in some …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_Laos

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Quality of Health Care in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

(3 days ago) WEBVignettes is a feasible tool to measure quality of care in the Lao PDR, but its methodology needs to be better understood by policy makers. We link our findings with current …

https://www.adb.org/publications/quality-of-health-care-lao-pdr

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Laos - Health, Welfare, Poverty Britannica

(6 days ago) WEBLaos - Health, Welfare, Poverty: Medical care in general is inadequate and unevenly distributed in Laos, with most of the health care facilities located in urban areas. …

https://www.britannica.com/place/Laos/Health-and-welfare

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A Policy Snapshot of Health and Nutrition in Lao PDR - World …

(5 days ago) WEBThis series of four policy notes provides a snapshot of health and nutrition in Lao PDR, with each note respectively focusing on government health spending, maternal and child …

https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/lao/publication/a-policy-snapshot-of-health-and-nutrition-in-lao-pdr

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Laos’ collective approach to healthcare - BBC

(2 days ago) WEBIn Laos, being surrounded by family and friends in ceremony is considered essential to wellbeing – and requires people to be literally bound.

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200819-laos-collective-approach-to-healthcare

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WHO75 Highlighting health milestones in Lao PDR

(1 days ago) WEBFrom 2000 to 2020, the number of women who lost their lives during childbirth fell by 78.7 per cent – one of the fastest-falling rates in the world. In 2019, Lao PDR became one of …

https://www.who.int/laos/news/spotlights/milestones-for-who75

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Lao People’s Democratic Republic Health System Review

(7 days ago) WEBThe Lao People’s Democratic Republic health system review (Health Systems in Transition, Vol. 4 No. 1 2014) 1. Delivery of health care. 2. Health care economics and …

https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/920950/retrieve

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in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

(7 days ago) WEBThe Lao People’s Democratic Republic has a population of 5.6 million (2005), a population growth rate of 2.1%, and a sparse population density of 23.7 per square kilometre, with …

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/207667/9789290616139_eng.pdf

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9 Health Care Facts about Laos - The Borgen Project

(7 days ago) WEBDespite the increased cost of care in Thailand, Laotians travel internationally because of the better quality of care. Health care in Laos at the local levels suffers from …

https://borgenproject.org/9-health-care-facts-about-laos/

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Cyberattack disrupts operations at major US health care network

(6 days ago) WEBA cyberattack has disrupted “clinical operations” at major health care nonprofit Ascension, forcing it to take steps to minimize any impact to patient care, an …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/tech/cyberattack-disrupts-healthcare-network/index.html

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DOJ announces task force on health care monopolies and collusion

(6 days ago) WEBThe task force will consider widespread competition concerns shared by patients, health care professionals, businesses and entrepreneurs, including issues …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-05-10-doj-announces-task-force-health-care-monopolies-and-collusion

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Do Not Use Cue Health’s COVID-19 Tests

(3 days ago) WEBThe FDA issues alert about risk of false results with Cue Health’s COVID-19 Tests due to modifications made without FDA authorization that have a strong …

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/do-not-use-cue-healths-covid-19-tests-due-risk-false-results-fda-safety-communication

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Biden accuses Trump of 'coming for your health care' in new - NPR

(7 days ago) WEBA new KFF survey found Biden has an edge with independent voters when it comes to health care issues. Independents trust Biden more than Trump to ensure …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/20/1252453299/biden-campaign-ad-obamacare-trump

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Ascension Health, largest Catholic hospital chain in the US, hit by

(2 days ago) WEBAscension Health, largest Catholic hospital chain in the U.S., hit by cyberattack, disrupting patient care The attack follows another one that has caused a …

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/ascension-health-cyberattack-disrupts-patient-care-what-happened-rcna151462

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Building climate-resilient health systems in Lao People’s …

(1 days ago) WEBThe Challenge. In 2019, Lao People’s Democratic Republic joined the project Building Resilience of Health Systems in Asian LDCs to Climate Change, along with five …

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/building-climate-resilient-health-systems-in-lao

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Patients with female doctors have lower risk of death, research …

(8 days ago) WEBMultiple studies have shown that having a female doctor could lower one's risk of death or major health issues after a surgery or hospitalization.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/female-doctors-patients-lower-risk-death-complications-rcna151968

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How Generative AI Will Change Jobs In Healthcare - Forbes

(1 days ago) WEBHealthcare jobs are changing, and whether you are involved in delivering frontline care, developing new treatments or managing resources and infrastructure, …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2024/05/21/how-generative-ai-will-change-jobs-in-healthcare/

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The Benefits of AI in Healthcare IBM

(7 days ago) WEBAccording to Statista, the artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare market, which is valued at $11 billion in 2021, is projected to be worth $187 billion in 2030.That …

https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/ai-healthcare-benefits

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Connecting communities to transform local health in Lao People's

(2 days ago) WEBIn Lao PDR, long-standing challenges in community health were highlighted and exacerbated by COVID-19, particularly for some of the country’s 50 ethnic groups. …

https://www.who.int/laos/our-work/connecting-communities-to-transform-local-health

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South Africa's National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Why it is - BBC

(6 days ago) WEBPresident Ramaphosa approves a law that seeks to provide universal health care for all - but not everyone is happy.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1030v3p1r8o

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KFF Health Tracking Poll May 2024: Voters’ Views of Health Policy

(Just Now) WEBWhen it comes to trust of the presumptive 2024 presidential candidates, larger shares of voters trust President Joe Biden than former President Donald Trump on …

https://www.kff.org/medicare/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-may-2024-voters-views-of-health-policy-issues-in-context-of-presidential-campaigns/

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Protecting health amid a changing climate in Lao People's …

(5 days ago) WEBThe health system and people of Lao PDR are vulnerable to the health impacts of climate change. The country is projected to experience more extreme weather, a 10– 30% …

https://www.who.int/laos/our-work/protecting-health-amid-a-changing-climate

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