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DataInteractive 2017Child Malnutrition Estimates 2017: Data Interactive
This 2017 interactive data dashboard, using information collected by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and …
This 2017 interactive data dashboard, using information collected by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and the World Bank, displays the latest data for child malnutrition around the world. Updated regularly, the dashboard can display a global overview, regional trends, and prevalence for malnutrition stunting, overweight, and wasting, all sortable by organization-specific classifications, regions, and income groups. The interactive is accompanied by an informational brochure filled with infographics and a quick tutorial on how to use the…
Health Outcomes | Global | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Social Determinants | Food/Agriculture -
DataInteractive 2017Monitoring Health for the SDGs: Data Visualization Dashboard
This web portal from the World Health Organization (WHO) accompanies the 2017 report, World Health …
This web portal from the World Health Organization (WHO) accompanies the 2017 report, World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the SDGs. Powered by data in the WHO’s Global Health Observatory (GHO), the portal presents visualizations on 22 health and health-related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals from all member countries, covering a number of topics including poverty, health and well-being, malnutrition, sanitation, clean energy, sustainable urban development, and more.Published every year since 2005, World Health…
Health Outcomes | Global | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Social Determinants | Environmental Health | Global Governance | Climate/Environment | Education/Labor | Government/Law | Health/Medicine -
ArticlePublication 2016Costs and Benefits of Integrated RMNCH
This chapter assesses the costs and benefits of delivering a set of integrated reproductive, maternal, …
This chapter assesses the costs and benefits of delivering a set of integrated reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health interventions in countries with high child and maternal mortality to demonstrate that very high returns can be achieved through this investment and to underscore the importance of an accurate assessment of those returns. This includes the full range of costs involved in delivering integrated care and the full range of benefits that flow from the interventions.…
Priority Setting/Ethics | Global | Child/Nutrition | Costing Methods | Maternal/Reproductive Health | Health Systems | Economics/Finance | Health/Medicine -
ReviewPublication 2016Review: CEA for Maternal, Newborn, Child Health
This chapter summarizes the findings of a systematic search of the cost-effectiveness literature on interventions …
This chapter summarizes the findings of a systematic search of the cost-effectiveness literature on interventions to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health. Interventions for newborn health, treatment of febrile illness, immunization against preventable diseases, and micronutrient interventions remain among the most cost-effective and affordable. Other studies explore how to provide existing interventions using new platforms to increase outreach or decrease cost per person covered, or both. Interventions provided in the community may achieve both purposes to…
Priority Setting/Ethics | Global | Child/Nutrition | Costing Methods | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Infectious Diseases | Maternal/Reproductive Health | Health Systems | Education/Labor | Health/Medicine -
BookPublication 1980Clinical Decision Analysis
This text was conceived and developed in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health …
This text was conceived and developed in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health at the Center for the Analysis of Health Practices. The book had its origins in a set of classroom materials developed during the academic year 1974-75 for an elective course in medical decision making at the Harvard Medical School. In this book students are shown how to structure clinical decision problems, how to systematically formulate the intertwining roles of diagnosis and treatment, how to…
Health Outcomes | Global | Child/Nutrition | Probability/Bayes | Preferences/Values | Costing Methods | Test Performance | Value of Information | State-Transition | Decision Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Infectious Diseases | Chronic Disease/Risk | Economics/Finance | Health/Medicine | North America | Europe | Graduate | Doctoral | Critical Thinking/Analysis | Decision Making/Leadership | Quantitative Literacy