Sentences with phrase «middle income countries in»

Her project aims to utilise datasets from the early Human Capability Index (eHCI) in low and middle income countries in order to explore the tool's psychometric properties and inform future strategies in measuring and monitoring early childhood development.

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) are a pair of multilateral trust funds that provide funding to 48 developing and middle income countries in support of low carbon and climate resilient development.

This program directed by Dr. Edward L. Murphy, Senior Investigator at BSRI and professor at UCSF, provides clinical and epidemiologic research training to blood bank professionals from low and middle income countries in a critical effort to provide safe and sustainable blood supplies internationally.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 150,000 children with HIV under 15 years of age died of opportunistic infections in low - to - middle income countries in 2014 alone.

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.

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Group GPT: Countries not in Group Spec or LDCT, but are eligible for the General Preferential Tariff (GPT) thanks to their middle - income status.

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

Several high - and middle - income countries, including the U.S., have put in place legislation and regulation for cleaner air and water.

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.

The recent decline in China's GDP to below 7 percent from an average of 10 percent from 1980 to 2010 has some worried that the country is on the verge of hitting the middle - income trap, and a dangerous downward growth streak is ahead.

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).

Many countries in Central Europe, as well as China, South Korea and Taiwan, are still classified as «developing» but have actually reached middle - income status, with aging populations and slower long - term growth prospects.

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.

Among the 30 countries that belong to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Canada is in the middle of the pack in terms of taxes on corporate income.

Rising incomes within the middle class will play a major role in boosting China's consumer economy from $ 4.2 trillion last year to $ 6.5 trillion by 2020, he noted, all despite the country's oft - discussed slowing GDP.

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.

In reality, up until the middle of the 1970s, inequalities of income between the inhabitants of the same country tended to decline - excluding those who have a personal fortune or an inheritance - thanks to the redistributive effects of the State and of Welfare.

Welfare indirectly allows many in this country to buy I - phones, flat screen TVs and cars that are nicer than those owned by the middle class with their marginal income, by paying for all of life's necessities (food, clothing, shelter and medical services) that those in the middle class pay for out of pocket.

The best friends that capitalism has in this country today are the antitrust laws, the graduated income tax, the inheritance taxes, the social security program, and all the other legislation that has tempered the capitalist system, spread the wealth, provided for adequate public services, and created the great middle class that makes the American economy strong.

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.

The growing middle income sectors in Asian countries are going to demand more of the food commodities and processed foods Australian businesses produce.

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.

Although Step 10 of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiatives requires that accredited maternity units provide post-natal breastfeeding support groups, the availability and uptake of these services remains unclear.40 The effectiveness of peer - support for long - term breastfeeding success has been well documented in middle - income countries, 35,41 and a systematic review has emphasized the importance of skilled post-natal breastfeeding support in the UK.39 However Graffy et al. 40 concluded from a randomized controlled trial of support provided by volunteer breastfeeding counsellors that although such support was rated by mothers as helpful, volunteer support was not effective at increasing breastfeeding duration, perhaps owing to mothers not actively taking up such support.

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).

Miller and colleagues [34] use the term «too much, too soon» to refer to the over-medicalization of birth following the rapid increase in the use of hospital as the place of birth in high - and middle - income countries, which they claim, might offset recent gains from improvements in maternal and perinatal health.

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.

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 initiativeIn 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 initiativein 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 initiativein 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 initiativein 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.