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The issue of whether faith-inspired providers are able to reach the poor depends in part on the cost of the health services provided. This paper relies on recent nationally representative household surveys for sub-Saharan African countries to assess to what extent the cost of healthcare is a...
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partnership and cooperation with the private sector in health has in recent times been variously identified.In Africa, the private …
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Economic growth accelerated during the first decade of the 2000s in many poor countries, especially in Africa. This … descriptive method, which is analogous to growth incidence curves, and apply it to eight countries from Africa, Asia and Latin …
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-Saharan Africa—a more important agenda for resolution and significance for sub-Saharan countries like Nigeria. Fifty-eight million … the 41 countries globally that suffer from all three forms of malnutrition, 30 are in Africa.Secondary data and literature … security, SDGs, and Africa’s social and economic development. Measures to improve health and Nutrition can be considered a pro …
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The inclusiveness of growth depends on the extent of access to economic and social opportunities. This paper applies the concept of social opportunity function to ascertain the inclusiveness of growth episodes in selected African countries. Premised on the concept of social welfare function,...
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in Africa and created new inequities which have further widened the inequality gap. In exploring the concept of … wealth in the world and Africa in particular. Analysis of the subject matter revealed that to bridge the gap, African … opportunities and power, investment in Africa-led institutions, implementation of a marshal plan on inclusive health for Africa and …
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receive policy attention. In this article, we explore the state of COVID-19 vaccination in Africa, the supply chain issues and …
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This response document will briefly address concerns about the ethical, legal and methodological flaws with past research informing aspects of present PEPFAR program areas; concerns about adverse consequences of PEPFAR program areas; and concerns about the absence of oversight of the activities...
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Measuring progress towards Millennium Development Goal 6, including estimates of, and time trends in, the number of malaria cases, has relied on risk maps constructed from surveys of parasite prevalence, and on routine case reports compiled by health ministries. A critique of both methods are...
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