This policy review identifies and evaluates science and technology innovations in health from developing countries in Southeast Asia, such as Cambodia, Philippines, and Vietnam.
Objective: Compare patterns of catastrophic health expenditures in 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Material and Methods: Prevalence of catastrophic expenses was estimated uniformly at the household level using household surveys.
CILY has had an important environmental impact in the coconut-growing areas of Grand-Lahou since the late 1990’s when the first symptoms were spotted in the village of Palmindustrie V1, and since its very first outbreak.
Côte d'Ivoire Lethal Yellowing (CILY) has already destroyed over 400 hectares of coconut groves in Grand-Lahou and is threatening over 7,000 hectares, including the GenBank located at CNRA.
Women are still at a disadvantage, whether they are academics or farmers, as participants in a recent workshop at the University of Toronto discovered.