“Rapid-Impact Interventions”: How a Policy of Integrated Control for Africa's Neglected Tropical Diseases Could Benefit the Poor

Controlling seven tropical infections in Africa would cost just 40 cents per person per year, and would permanently benefit hundreds of millions of people

A comparison of trends in caesarean section rates in former communist (transition) countries and other European countries

Caesarean section rates are rising across Europe, and concerns exist that increases are not clinically indicated. Societal, cultural and health system factors have been identified as influential. Former communist (transition) countries have experienced radical changes in these potential determinants, and we, therefore, hypothesized they may exhibit differing trends to non-transition countries. By analysing data from the WHO Europe Health for All Database, we find transition countries had a relatively low caesarean section rate in 2000 but have since experienced more rapid increases than other countries (average annual percentage change 7.9 vs. 2.4)

Memorandum and recommendation of the president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to the executive directors

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Report and recommendation of the president of the international bank for reconstruction and development to the executive directors on a proposed loan to the Republic of Korea for a vocational training project

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Report and recommendation of the president to the executive directors on a proposed loan to the Korea development finance corporation with the guarantee of the Republic of Korea

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