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Role of Social Health Insurance in Achieving Universal Health

WEBBackground: Sustainable financing is the key to achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Kenya is keen on attaining the UHC by expanding the National …

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Forests and Human Health EfD

WEBThe Forest Collaborative is developing a unique multi-country research project to help fill those gaps, initially focusing on pathway #2. Leveraging the …

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Impact of landfills on health EfD

WEBAir pollution is the cause of a variety of diseases, such as lung cancer and heart disease leading to mortality. Unscientific designs of landfills in Delhi have resulted …

Category:  Cancer Go Health

Air Pollution and Mental Health: Evidence from China

WEBA large body of literature estimates the effect of air pollution on health. However, most of these studies have focused on physical health, while the effect on …

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Comparing patient safety culture in primary, secondary and …

WEBObjective: This study compared patient safety culture among health professionals in tertiary, secondary and primary hospitals.Design: We conducted a cross-sectional …

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Mwai, Daniel EfD

WEBInvestment case for primary health care in low- and middle-income countries: A case study of Kenya. Dr. Daniel Mwai holds a PhD in Health economics …

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Optimal health and environmental policies in a pollution-growth …

WEBThis paper shows how policies aimed at insuring health risks and those intended to improve the environment are (and should be) deeply intertwined. In the …

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The impact of health insurance on households’ financial choices

WEBThis paper investigates the impact of health insurance on families' financial service choices in Vietnam using TVSEP data from three waves in 2013, 2016, and …

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The short-term impact of air pollution on medical expenditures

WEBWe identify the short-term effects of PM2.5 concentrations on medical costs in Beijing by analyzing two datasets: one detailing daily air quality indexes over a four …

Category:  Medical Go Health

Climate Impacts Awards: Unlocking urgent climate action by …

WEBThe aim of this scheme is to make the impacts of climate change on physical and mental health visible to drive urgent climate policy action at scale.

Category:  Health Go Health

Factors influencing public and private healthcare utilisation in …

WEBIn Uganda, health care utilisation remains very low despite a number of government reforms that have beenimplemented in the health sector since the 1990’s …

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Does Traffic Congestion pose Health Hazards

WEBHighlights: Nearly 5000 deaths per year in Delhi can be attributed to traffic congestion. Increased traffic congestion worsens air quality. The worsening is greater …

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Technical Efficiency of Health Systems in African Least Developed

WEBThe objective of this study is to estimate the technical efficiency of the health systems in 29 African Least Developed Countries for the 2008-2018 period. …

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Maniragaba, Abias EfD

WEBAbias Maniragaba holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Health with deep training in Environmental Economics from different international organizations like GIZ and the …

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Agradi, Mawunyo EfD

WEBMawunyo Agradi holds a PhD from the Department of Economics, University of Insubria in Italy. His research interests are in energy economics, development …

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Damte Beyene, Abebe EfD

WEBAbebe D. Beyene is a senior research fellow at the Environment and Climate Research Center (ECRC) based at the Ethiopian Policy Studies Institute (PSI). His field of …

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Martínez, Ruth EfD

WEBM. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez received her PhD in Environmental Anthropology from the University of Georgia, and also holds a Bachelor's degree in …

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Does legislation improvement alleviate the decoupling …

WEBWith an increasing decoupling trend between welfare and wealth, alleviating the decoupling trend has become a key issue on the agenda of sustainable development. This paper …

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Infrastructure for adaptation and sustainability in the

WEBInfrastructure for adaptation and sustainability in the Global South. Start date. 1 October 2021. This 18-month project is part of a larger project titled “Inclusive Low …

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Incorporating Just Transitions in Kenya’s Low-Carbon Economy

WEBDespite its low contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Kenya bears a disproportionate burden of climate change impacts, which have been …

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Inya, Agha Egwu EfD

WEBInya, Agha Egwu is a staff of the Information and Public Relations Unit of the University of Nigeria and the Communication Officer of EfD Nigeria. He holds Master of …

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