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7 Nov 23
Digitalising health services would boost efficiency as health spending falls across advanced economies, the OECD has said.
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17 Nov 20
Improving the quality and coverage of health services targeting vulnerable people through an internationally backed project will help Laos achieve universal coverage within five years, officials have...
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15 Sep 20
Nigerian health workers have begun a strike over demands for an allowance for dealing with Covid-19 patients.
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7 Sep 20
Sweden plans to invest billions of kronor in healthcare and help for the elderly, along with giving local governments large cash boosts, as the country recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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17 Dec 19
More than a third of the world’s low and middle-income countries are suffering a double burden of obesity and undernutrition, a major study has found.
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7 Oct 19
With heads of state sharing the platform at the UN to proclaim their commitment to universal health coverage, Chatham House’s Rob Yates asks country will be the next to socialise its health financing...
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3 Oct 19
No major donor country is “doing well overall” when it comes to aid, according to an organisation that has given 21 countries ‘scores’ for the size and effectiveness of their international...
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27 Sep 19
World leaders are discussing healthcare for all - whatever a person’s financial circumstances - at a time when the issue is increasingly politicised, says the Open Society Foundation’s Julia...
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16 Sep 19
Reducing health inequality across Europe would produce financial benefits to countries of between 0.3% and 4.3% of gross domestic product, a report from the World Health Organization has said.
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16 Jul 19
Global health chiefs have added their weight to calls for a ban on added sugar in baby foods which pose a risk to long-term health.
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25 Jun 19
Mongolia’s economy remains “extremely vulnerable” to external factors and it must strengthen its finances to achieve inclusive growth, it has been warned.
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3 May 19
Investing in human capital by improving health and education is vital to future growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, the World Bank has said.
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11 Apr 19
Britain’s international development secretary has put herself at odds with efforts by the US to erode abortion rights.
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12 Mar 19
The Finnish government has resigned ahead of the general election because it said it could not deliver a healthcare reform package seen as crucial to sustainable public finances.
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21 Dec 18
Spending more on health, education and social services could boost the Chinese economy, the World Bank has urged.
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28 Nov 18
Climate change could cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars a year by the end of the century if the current administration does not change its policies, a government report has warned.
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18 Jul 18
A lack of health care funding is leaving nearly one million people in Iraq without access to basic services, the World Health Organization has said.
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18 Jun 18
Spain’s new government has pledged to bring back free healthcare for undocumented migrants, which was removed as part of the former administration's cost-cutting.
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17 May 18
The world’s poorest countries could gain $350bn by 2030 by investing more in preventing and treating chronic diseases, according to the World Health Organization.
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13 Mar 18
Timor-Leste spends the least amount of money on healthcare than any other country in the world, a new map has revealed.
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8 Mar 18
Afghanistan has strongly improved its health outcomes despite continuing insecurity but still has a “long way to go”, the World Bank has said.
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26 Sep 16
Six candidates have been put forward to take the helm of the World Health Organisation when its current director-general’s term expires next year.
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10 Aug 16
Poor housing is costing EU economies €194bn (£164bn) every year in healthcare, social services and lost productivity, research has found.
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11 Feb 16
Efforts to eliminate poverty and food insecurity could be undermined unless international action is taken to counter the threat posed by antibiotic resistance, the chief of the United Nations Food...
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11 Feb 16
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has pressed Pakistan to step up its economic reform ambitions and seize related opportunities for growth.
7 Nov 23Digitalising health services would boost efficiency as health spending falls across advanced economies, the OECD has said.
17 Nov 20Improving the quality and coverage of health services targeting vulnerable people through an internationally backed project will help Laos achieve universal coverage within five years, officials have...
15 Sep 20Nigerian health workers have begun a strike over demands for an allowance for dealing with Covid-19 patients.
7 Sep 20Sweden plans to invest billions of kronor in healthcare and help for the elderly, along with giving local governments large cash boosts, as the country recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
17 Dec 19More than a third of the world’s low and middle-income countries are suffering a double burden of obesity and undernutrition, a major study has found.
7 Oct 19With heads of state sharing the platform at the UN to proclaim their commitment to universal health coverage, Chatham House’s Rob Yates asks country will be the next to socialise its health financing...
3 Oct 19No major donor country is “doing well overall” when it comes to aid, according to an organisation that has given 21 countries ‘scores’ for the size and effectiveness of their international...
27 Sep 19World leaders are discussing healthcare for all - whatever a person’s financial circumstances - at a time when the issue is increasingly politicised, says the Open Society Foundation’s Julia...
16 Sep 19Reducing health inequality across Europe would produce financial benefits to countries of between 0.3% and 4.3% of gross domestic product, a report from the World Health Organization has said.
16 Jul 19Global health chiefs have added their weight to calls for a ban on added sugar in baby foods which pose a risk to long-term health.
25 Jun 19Mongolia’s economy remains “extremely vulnerable” to external factors and it must strengthen its finances to achieve inclusive growth, it has been warned.
3 May 19Investing in human capital by improving health and education is vital to future growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, the World Bank has said.
11 Apr 19Britain’s international development secretary has put herself at odds with efforts by the US to erode abortion rights.
12 Mar 19The Finnish government has resigned ahead of the general election because it said it could not deliver a healthcare reform package seen as crucial to sustainable public finances.
21 Dec 18Spending more on health, education and social services could boost the Chinese economy, the World Bank has urged.
28 Nov 18Climate change could cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars a year by the end of the century if the current administration does not change its policies, a government report has warned.
18 Jul 18A lack of health care funding is leaving nearly one million people in Iraq without access to basic services, the World Health Organization has said.
18 Jun 18Spain’s new government has pledged to bring back free healthcare for undocumented migrants, which was removed as part of the former administration's cost-cutting.
17 May 18The world’s poorest countries could gain $350bn by 2030 by investing more in preventing and treating chronic diseases, according to the World Health Organization.
8 Mar 18Afghanistan has strongly improved its health outcomes despite continuing insecurity but still has a “long way to go”, the World Bank has said.
26 Sep 16Six candidates have been put forward to take the helm of the World Health Organisation when its current director-general’s term expires next year.
10 Aug 16Poor housing is costing EU economies €194bn (£164bn) every year in healthcare, social services and lost productivity, research has found.
11 Feb 16Efforts to eliminate poverty and food insecurity could be undermined unless international action is taken to counter the threat posed by antibiotic resistance, the chief of the United Nations Food...
11 Feb 16World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has pressed Pakistan to step up its economic reform ambitions and seize related opportunities for growth.
