Equity in health is a pressing global concern. Disparities in health status and access to health care within and across countries are both a cause and a consequence of social inequality.
Women in Cairo are now able to report rape, harassment, and assaults through Harrassmap, a pilot project in Cairo, Egypt. The goal is to change the social acceptability of sexual harassment in Egypt.
The most direct and effective method for reducing tobacco consumption is to increase the price of tobacco products through legislating higher taxes.
Under "Healthy China 2020," universal basic healthcare coverage will be provided to all Chinese by 2020. To realize the reform's goals, the Chinese government's 2011-2015 five-year plan builds on previous efforts.
Adding a social science perspective to the field of health policy and systems research can help developing countries address health problems in a more comprehensive way.
West Africa has many of the lowest development indicators in the world - 10 of the 15 member states of the West African Community number among the world's 35 low-income countries.
Despite sustained economic growth and efforts to expand universal health coverage in Indonesia, many poor people still have little or no access to proper healthcare services.
While the Arab World has enjoyed substantial economic progress, there has been little improvement in ensuring equitable access to health care. In most countries, the majority of people have limited access to basic health services.
As African countries move toward universal health coverage, it is clear there is a shortage of African experts with applied research skills in health financing such as fiscal space analysis, needs-based resource allocation methods, and benefit inc
The prospects of finding gas off the coast of Lebanon have triggered high hopes for the country's economic outlook.