Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is often thought to be a problem of wealthy, industrialized nations. The term “cardiovascular disease” is used throughout the report to refer to cardiac disease, vascular diseases of the brain and kidney, and peripheral vascular disease. The report’s main focus is
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on the major contributors to global CVD mortality, coronary heart disease and stroke, and on the major modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. In fact, as the leading cause of death worldwide, CVD now has a major impact not only on developed nations but also on low and middle income countries, where it accounts for nearly 30 percent of all deaths. The terms “developed” and “high income countries” are used interchangeably throughout the report to refer to countries classified by the World Bank as high income economies. The terms “developing” and “low and middle income countries” are used interchangeably throughout the report to refer to countries classified by the World Bank as low, lower middle, and upper middle income economies. The increased prevalence of risk factors for CVD and related chronic diseases in developing countries, including tobacco use, unhealthy dietary changes, reduced physical activity, increasing blood lipids, and hypertension, reflects significant global changes in behavior and lifestyle. The term “chronic diseases” is used throughout the report to refer to CVD and the following related chronic diseases that share many common risk factors: diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease. These changes now threaten once-low-risk regions, a shift that is accelerated by industrialization, urbanization, and globalization. The potentially devastating effects of these trends are magnified by a deleterious economic impact on nations and households, where poverty can be both a contributing cause and a consequence of chronic diseases. The accelerating rates of unrecognized and inadequately addressed CVD and related chronic diseases in both men and women in low and middle income countries are cause for immediate action.
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Under the newly established Africa Trust Fund on Disability, World Bank-UNICEF and USAID are jointly organizing a series of 3 webinars on the topic of disability-inclusive education. The series expl
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ores essential components of the enabling environment and service delivery that can support efforts to create inclusive education systems for all, including students with disabilities, and help reach the Sustainable Development Goal of equitable quality education for all by 2030. World Bank will be hosting the first webinar. The rest of the webinars will be hosted subsequently by other institutions. This webinar seeks to: 1) Increase knowledge regarding the policy development process and regional policy diagnostics 2) Strengthen understanding around disability data collection, instruments of collection, dis-aggregation and how that fits into the broader context of education data.
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Results from a High Frequency Cell Phone Survey November 19, 2014
Ebola has substantially impacted all sectors of employment in the Liberian economy, in both affected and non-affected counties, according to the most recent round of mobile phone surveys conducted by the
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World Bank Group in partnership with the Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services and the Gallup Organization. In all, nearly half of those working in Liberia when the Ebola outbreak began are no longer working as of early November 2014
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Results from a High Frequency Cell Phone Survey Round 1
Accessed online July 2018
Assessment and Guidance for Strengthening Integration of Mental Health into Primary Health Care and Community-Based Service Platforms in Ukraine
The war is having a devastating impact on health and human capital in Ukraine and is expected to affect generations to come. The most obvious effects on health are immediate: an estimated 4,339 conflict-related deaths and 5,246 people injured. Less visible is the illness caused, and exacerbated, by
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people not being able to access care for acute and chronic conditions.
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Amid a barrage of shocks during the past four years, the global economy has proved to be surprisingly resilient. Major economies are emerging mostly unscathed after the fastest rise in interest rates in 40 years—without the usual scars of steep unemployment rates or financial crashes. Global infla
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tion is being tamed without tipping the world into a recession. It is rare for countries to bring inflation rates down without triggering a downturn, but this time a “soft landing” seems increasingly possible.
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Relevant indicators drawn from the World Development Indicators, reorganized according to the goals and targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These indicators may help to monitor SDGs, but they are not always the official indicators f
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or SDG monitoring.
Accessed 6th May 2019
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The necessity to support displaced persons (IDPs) and to provide social assistance and pension payments has put the welfare system in Ukraine under extreme stress. The invasion has resulted in massive employment losses. According to ILO, around 44 percent of jobs may be lost , while according to the
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national statistics the wage income comprised 60 percent of total disposable income.
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This brief presents the prospects for sustaining enrollment of Ukrainian students in educational services and addressing accumulating learning losses.
Displacement of Students and Educators. The war in Ukraine has resulted in more than 6
million Ukrainians fleeing to neighboring countries. This in
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cludes nearly 665,000 students (16% of total number of enrolled students) and over 25,000 educators (6% of total educators in the country).
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At a glance. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed structural weaknesses in health systems worldwide and underscored the importance of building stronger, more integrated health systems to help prevent, prepare for, and respond to health crises. The critical moment that will determine countries’ resilienc
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e against future shocks is now
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В системі соціального захисту України спостерігається складна ситуація, яка пов’язана із необхідністю надати допомоги внутрішньо переміщеним особам (ВПО) та одн
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часно забезпечувати виплату інших видів соціальної допомоги та пенсій. Повномасштабне вторгнення в країну призвело до масової втрати робочих місць. За даними Міжнародної організації праці, близько 44 відсотків робочих місць можуть бути втрачені, в той час як, згідно із статистичними даними, дохід від заробітної плати в країні становить 60 відсотків від доходу домогосподарств.
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Вторгнення спричинило нову кризу в системі охорони здоров'я в Україні, саме в той момент коли країна продовжувала боротьбу з COVID-19. Пандемія завдала значного удару
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країні, потенційно спровокувавши в країні 200 000 смертей з її початку до кінця 2021 року,2 оскільки країна також зіткнулася з високим рівнем неприйняття вакцинації.
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У цьому короткому огляді представлені перспективи збереження рівня охоплення українських учнів і студентів освітніми послугами та вирішення проблеми накопиченн
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я прогалин у навчанні.
Переміщення учнів й студентів та викладачів. Внаслідок війни в Україні понад 6 мільйонів українців були змушені тікати до сусідніх країн. Серед них майже 665 000 студентів (16% від загального числа
зареєстрованих учнів і студентів) і більше 25 000 викладачів (6% від загального числа викладачів в країні).
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Website last accessed on 08.09.2022
This page presents high-level information for Bolivia's climate zones and its seasonal cycle for mean temperature and precipitation for the latest climatology, 1991-2020. Climate zone classifications are derived from the Köppen-Geiger climate classification syst
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em, which divides climates into five main climate groups divided based on seasonal precipitation and temperature patterns. The five main groups are A (tropical), B (dry), C (temperate), D (continental), and E (polar). All climates except for those in the E group are assigned a seasonal precipitation sub-group (second letter). Climate classifications are identified by hovering your mouse over the legend. A narrative overview of Bolivia's country context and climate is provided following the visualizations.
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