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A health impact assessment makes people healthier and projects more effective.
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A project in Bangladesh used behavior change communication as a large-scale health care intervention to help women and poor households access health care.
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Youth can help address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by supporting behavior change efforts and initiatives targeted toward encouraging other youth to make healthier choices.
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Singapore’s biophilic public hospital was built by rehabilitating and incorporating a nearby stormwater collection pond to create a waterfront healing space popular with patients and nearby residents alike.
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Many transport projects include specific measures to prevent HIV/AIDS among migrant construction workers.
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Myanmar’s second largest city tackles the challenges of improving and privatizing waste management.
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Sorsogon City in the Philippines is investigating options for upgrading its open dumpsites to a properly managed landfill.
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One of the most populous cities in the Philippines examines ways to make its waste collection system financially sustainable.
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A town in northeast Thailand looks into the feasibility of a design-build-operate scheme for developing a controlled landfill site.
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Latin America's long experience with conditional cash transfers offers lessons for implementing these innovative human development programs in Asia and the Pacific.
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The use of unique identification in health systems is improving the quality of health care, cutting costs, and decreasing fraud.
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What is needed: Increased financing, reliable supplies of affordable and effective medicines, improved data from health information systems, stronger implementation of national malaria programs, and leadership that looks beyond the health sector.
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Information and communication technology solutions are key to helping countries achieve universal health coverage.
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In Bangladesh, access and use of high-quality primary health care facilities are being improved, particularly for women and girls.