Third, the statistical data for some member states have not been updated for several year, meaning that there might be a change in the inequity pattern of maternal-child health services in these countries in recent years. (e.g. The COVID-19 pandemic may have magnified inequities and ...
The scientific community now advocate that “food must be viewed more as a common good rather than as a consumer good”, as has been the tendency in the past. To achieve a sustainable food system, the central goal of all relevant policy development and assessment must be to ensure food sus...
Creating ‘liveable’ cities has become a priority for various sectors, including those tasked with improving population health and reducing inequities. Two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050, with the most rapid urbanisation i
This amount is four times lower than the recommended minimum of US$74 for low-income countries to have a chance of achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, which focuses on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all people at all ages [13,14,15]. ...
Midwives can play a vital role in meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.1, reducing maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births, and Target 3.2, reducing neonatal mortality to 12 per 1000 live births [6]. However, research indicates that there continues to be a ...
This study examined whether maternal depression is related to Early Childhood Developmental (ECD) delay among children by quantifying the mediating contribution of responsive caregiving. We used data from 1235 children (Children’s mean age = 50.4 months; 582 girls, 653 boys, 93.9% were Han)...
According to the Global fund annual report for 2021, TB cases were down 18% which on the surface seems encouraging but the reason for the decrease is less testing and less active case finding meaning that more people are living with the disease instead of receiving treatment [61]. The ...
A final ingredient of DML is the strategy of sample splitting. Estimating the nuisance functions on the same dataset used for the parameter θ0 can lead to overfitting bias. However, this issue can be mitigated through sample splitting, meaning that the nuisance functions η0 are estimated using...
for example, pension systems have shifted from a defined benefits to a defined contributions model, meaning there is a potential for wide variability in older adults’ pensions, depending on how much they chose to save over the course of their working careers. There are also important differences...