Health: A Practical Indicator for Sustainable Development
When communities take charge of their health needs with the support of the national government, people's lives improve. This paper presents an overview on why health is both a determinant and an outcome of sustainable development interventions .
Tackling Health Problems
This paper presents how Rwanda tackled its health problems under the Millennium Development Goals on Health issues and goals.
COVID 19 - the deadly disease that sparked a global turmoil
Early in December of 2019, a mysterious virus emerged in Wuhan - a sprawling capital of Central China’s Hubei province. A mega city that contains many lakes and parks, including expansive, picturesque East Lake. It is the second largest city to host many universities in China. A city of roughly 11 million people, it is considered the political, economic, financial, commercial, cultural and educational center of Central China. It is also a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and expressways passing through the city and connecting to other major cities.
The Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Africa
The global commitment to fight against HIV/AIDS resulted to a steady progress in the reduction of AIDS-related deaths, but efforts to reach the 2020 target for reductions in HIV infections are clearly off-track.
DRC Multisectoral Nutrition and Health Project
The objective of Multisectoral Nutrition and Health Project for Democratic Republic of Congo is to increase the utilization of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions targeting children 0-23 months of age and pregnant and lactating women in the project regions and to respond to an eligible crisis or emergency.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Nutrition Profile
Malnutrition in childhood and pregnancy has many adverse consequences for child survival and long-term well-being. It also has far-reaching consequences for human capital, economic productivity, and national development overall. These consequences of malnutrition should be a significant concern for policy makers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where over six million children under 5 (43 percent) suffer from chronic malnutrition (stunting or low height-for-age), according to the most recent Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) (Ministère du Plan et Suivi de la Mise en oeuvre de la Révolution de la Modernité [MPSMRM], Ministère de la Santé Publique [MSP], and ICF International 2014).
Successful Nutrition Programs in Africa
This paper - a product of the Population, Health, and Nutrition Division, Population and Human Resources Department of the World Bank --- is part of a larger effort in to identify "best plractices" in program implementation in thc population, health, and nutrition sectors.
School-based health and nutrition
The rationale for school-based health and nutrition programs and the approach to their implementation have undergone a paradigm shift over the past two decades.
The traditional perception of these programs as seeking to improve the health of schoolchildren cannot be justified on the basis of mortality or public health statistics alone. Instead, it is increasingly recognized that a major-perhaps the major- impact of ill health and malnutrition on this age group is that on cognitive development, learning, and educational achievement.
This World Bank report presented the clearest benefit of school health and nutrition programs that are measurable in terms of education outcomes and their economic returns. The scale of benefit is significant: school health and nutrition interventions can add four to six points to IQ levels, 10 percent to participation in schooling, and one to two years of education. This scale of benefit can add 8 to 12 percent to labor returns and provide a rate of return that offers a strong argument for public sector investment.
The report concluded that compelling evidence suggests that education qua education can help protect individuals from HIV infection. Achieving EFA goals and combining this outcome with school health programs that help establish lifelong positive behaviors are now recognized as essential to the multisectoral prevention response to HIV/AIDS.
