Sentences with phrase «lower middle income countries»

On the flip side, forest growing stock decreased about.29 percent per year in 27 lower middle income countries, and by.72 percent in 22 low income countries.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), for example, estimates that full implementation of the TFA can reduce trade costs by up to 14.1 percent for low income countries, 15.1 percent for lower middle income countries, and 12.9 percent for upper middle income countries.

Please note: there will be no submission processing fees for technologists, technologist students, or those residing in qualifying low and lower middle income countries.

«Today, Ghana's per capita is thousand two hundred [or] thousand three hundred so we are a lower middle income country.

He pointed out that, the President John Kufuor - led NPP, transformed the economy from Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) in 2001, to lower middle income country in 2008, after the NDC had run down the economy.

The coalition government led by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has launched a 20 - year Strategic Development Plan that began in 2011 aiming at transforming Timor - Leste in the course of the next two decades, from low middle income country to upper middle income with an annual per capita income of at least $ 10,000.

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«It will be the biggest transfer of wealth from low - and middle - income people to wealthy people in our country.

Selected from over 500 ideas submitted by healthcare experts around the world (including many from low and middle - income countries), these innovations could save countless lives over the years.

During a time of rising income inequality, the American left is increasingly invoking Scandinavian countries as models for how to maintain the economic growth that capitalist competition allows, while achieving more security and stability for the middle and lower classes.

California is one of the most expensive housing markets in the country, and that's prompting a wave of migration, particularly among lower - and middle - income residents, who are heading to cheaper states.

That has in turn driven declining inequality measures in low - and middle - income countries across the globe.

However, current spirometers are not affordable for the majority of health care providers in many low and lower - middle income countries, and are not widely used despite a massive and increasing burden of chronic lung disease.

We are bringing together fiscal policy, development, and health leaders from around the globe, including Ministers of Finance, to address the enormous and growing health and economic burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in lower and middle income countries (LMICs).

Agri - food MSMEs are crucial in both wealthy and low and middle - income countries (LMICs) in addressing food security, meeting growing demand for agricultural commodities and value - added foodstuffs, and in reducing poverty by generating income through strategies of inclusive growth.

With lead investment from Puffin Partners, the Ontario, Canada - based company is taking lifesaving blood - testing technology to low - and middle - income countries.

Globally in low - and middle income regions, private commitments in energy, transport, information and communication technology backbone, and water infrastructure totaled $ 93.3 billion across 304 projects in 52 countries.

A reform movement is needed that will unite the majority of low and middle income people in this country into a political coalition that can elect a Congress and a president who will change the system.

Summary: Maternal and child undernutrition is highly prevalent in low - income and middle - income countries, resulting in substantial increases in mortality and overall disease burden.

Later, Mr Brian Lipinski, using the «farm to fork» metaphor, explained that there are greater food losses closer to the farm in low and middle income countries and greater losses closer to the fork (fridge) in high income countries.

More than 80 % of diabetes deaths occur in low - and middle - income countries.»

What is the ideal design of parenting leave (maternity, paternity and parental leave) in high, middle and low income countries?

The Lancet's latest breastfeeding series was launched at the end of the month, suggesting that the lives of 823,000 babies could be saved around the world every year through improved breastfeeding rates (this estimate is for 75 low - income and middle - income countries countries in the Countdown to 2015 data project).

The Lancet series paper Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect states that in low - income and middle - income countries:

Men in low and middle income countries are generally positive about gender equality — but their participation in household and caregiving tasks remains low, and levels of intimate partner violence are still high, according to a study published in the Men and Masculinities journal.

Some 62 % of the women were from high - income countries, 34 % from middle income countries and 4 % from low - income countries

Background The promotion and support of breastfeeding is a global priority with benefits for maternal and infant health, particularly in low - income and middle - income countries where its relevance for child survival is undisputed.

Researchers found that this leads to higher earnings in later life — 12 % higher per hour in high - income countries, and 16 % in low - and middle - income countries.

Just 1 in 5 children is breastfed for 12 months in high - income countries, while a third of children aged between 6 months and 2 years receive no breast milk at all in low - and middle - income countries.

The authors concluded that health facility delivery is found to reduce the risk of neonatal mortality by 29 % in low and middle income countries.

Tura et al (2013) stated that although promising progress has been made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal four through substantial reduction in under - five mortality, the decline in neonatal mortality remains stagnant, mainly in the middle and low - income countries.

Further research is needed that assesses the impact of exclusive breastfeeding for longer periods of time and which takes into consideration various contextual factors, particularly in low - and middle - income countries, some of which are experiencing rapidly increasing rates of obesity (25).

However, midwives are the primary providers of antenatal and postpartum care in most low - and middle - income countries.

Home - based neonatal care by community health workers for preventing mortality in neonates in low - and middle - income countries: a systematic review.

A Systematic Mapping of Barriers in Low and Middle Income Countries from the Provider Perspective».

Infant - feeding patterns and cardiovascular risk factors in young adulthood: data from five cohorts in low - and middle - income countries.

A review of the effects of emergency obstetric referral interventions, compared to no intervention, included 19 studies from low - and middle - income countries (Hussein 2012).

In Brazil, the length of breastfeeding increased dramatically from 2.5 months in 1974 - 75 (one of the shortest in any low - or middle - income country) to 14 months in 2006 - 07 due to a combination of policy, health service, civil society, and mass media initiatives.

The purpose of our research is to review strategies to engage men in exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) promotion or support in 28 project areas across 20 low - and middle - income countries.

Unfortunately, the majority of mothers and newborns in low - and middle - income countries do not receive optimal care during these periods.

It occurs in high, low, and middle - income countries.

For example, in high - income countries breastfeeding reduces the risk of sudden infant deaths by more than a third, while in low - and middle - income countries about half of all diarrhoea episodes and a third of respiratory infections could be avoided by breastfeeding.

Just 1 in 5 children in high - income countries are breastfed to 12 months, whilst only 1 in 3 children in low and middle - income countries are exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months.

Almost all growth in the foreseeable future in sales of standard milk formula (infants < 6 months) will be in low - income and middle - income countries, where consumption is currently low,» [1] explains Series author Dr Nigel Rollins from the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at WHO, Geneva.

The Comment examines what is currently being done, and what should be done nationally and internationally to address nutritional and developmental needs of women and children in low - and middle - income countries.

In low - and middle - income countries, 1 in 5 babies is born too small (with a low birth weight) resulting in 20 % of newborn deaths.

The 73 studies were published / conducted between 1979 and 2016 and show increases over time both in number of studies (five studies are dated before 1990, 10 between 1990 and 1999, 40 between 2000 and 2011, and 18 are dated between 2012 and 2016), and range of country settings (the seven studies with dates before 1994 were all undertaken in high - income countries, and the eight studies from low - / low - middle income countries were published in 2000 or later).

These 28 studies include 16 of the 20 USA studies, with four other studies from high - income countries (Jones 1985; Mejdoubi 2014; Quinlivan 2003; Wen 2011), three of the studies from Brazil (Barros 1994; Coutinho 2005; Vitolo 2005), three of the studies from low - middle income countries (Ochola 2013; Sikander 2015; Yotebieng 2015), and the two studies from low - income countries.

In low - and middle - income countries, these latter views have led to policy initiatives and incentives towards universal institutional birth [29 — 31].

The numbers of trials include one (Tylleskar 2011a; Tylleskar 2011b; Tylleskar 2011c) that was conducted in three countries; two low - income and one upper - middle income countries.

Due to the lack of standardised infant feeding indicators in high - income countries, it is difficult to compare rates of breastfeeding across high - income countries, or between high - income, and low - and middle - income countries.