Despite the recent gains, the poverty rate in BARMM in 2021 was more than double the national poverty rate. In addition, the near-poor population increased to 36 percent in 2021 from 22 percent in 2018. "Numerous households remain in fragile economic conditions despite having risen above the ...
However, when theAsian Financial Crisisrocked the financial foundations of Indonesia in 1997-1998 it had a devastating impact on poverty alleviation, causing the poverty rate to slip back from 11.3 percent to 19.9 percent in late-1998, meaning that much of the New Order's good work had been ...
Combating Poverty in Malaysia: The Role of Zakatdoi:10.13106/JAFEB.2021.VOL8.NO5.0505Muhammad Faris ZulkifliRoshaiza TahaMohd Nazli Mohd NorAzwadi AliKorea Distribution Science Association
Rate of achievement of therapeutic outcomes and factors associated with control of non-communicable diseases in rural east Malaysia: implications for policy and practice Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an increasing problem worldwide, including in Malaysia. National surveys have been performed by th...
Mounting evidence is pointing to the world having entered a sixth mass extinction. If the current rate of extinction continues we could lose most species by 2200. The implication for human health and wellbeing is dire, but not inevitable. ...
"At the rate of decline observed from 1990 to 2005, it would take another 88 years to eradicate extreme poverty," said Nepal's representative, speaking for the Group of Least Developed Countries, as the Committee considered the eradication of poverty, women in development, human-resource ...
In terms of household structure, a recent econometric analysis by Antonelli and De Bonis (2021) of the Eurostat data showed that as the number of non-traditional families (i.e., extended families, single parents) increases, so does the poverty rate. According to research by Main and ...
In French Polynesia alone, a Zika outbreak during 2013–2014 that caused 28,000 cases (11% of the population) [5, 6] was followed by a chikungunya outbreak in 2014 that resulted in 66,000 cases (25% attack rate) [4]. To address the increasing global burden of these diseases, the ...
Although all participants in 2017 were febrile, the positive rate among febrile participants in 2018 was 1.4%. The positive rate among the afebrile participants was 1.7%. RDT and microscopy did not detect any Plasmodium infection among the afebrile participants. Microscopic parasitemia varied, ...
Two strains of TMUV and Chaoyang virus (CHAOV) and 47 strains of Quang Binh virus (QBV) were detected in 412 mosquito pools, with the infection rate of 0.16, 0.16, and 3.92 per 1000 Culex tritaeniorhynchus, respectively. Furthermore, TMUVs viral RNA was found in serum samples of domest...