Dr David Tovey, Editor - in - Chief, Cochrane, said, «Policymakers in low and
middle income countries need evidence that directly addresses the needs of their own health services.
Not exact matches
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.
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).
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.
Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that, as a
Middle -
income country, these donor resources will cease with time, emphasizing the urgent
need to boost domestic revenue mobilization.
Mr. Speaker, consistent with Government's objective of ensuring fiscal consolidation without compromising growth as well as our resolve to consolidate our LMIC status and move towards a
Middle Income country, and eventually wean ourselves from donor dependency, the
need to significantly improve our domestic resource mobilisation has become imperative.
President Mahama indicated that Ghana was a lower -
middle income country, and his government was therefore struggling to ensure that all the development
needs of the citizenry were provided.http: / / ghanapoliticsonline.com
«Evidence on the coverage of postnatal care services and other maternal and child health services is crucial to inform policies and health systems decisions addressing unmet
needs in low - and
middle -
income countries,» Langlois explained.
In low - and
middle -
income countries, the demand for animal products is rising sharply as economies and
incomes grow; in the next few decades, we'll
need to figure out how to produce enough protein for billions more mouths.
«Although our analysis did not examine these patterns, there is a critical
need to assess if similar associations exist in low - and
middle -
income countries,» said Dr. Sommer.
«But the research shows that there is still a
need for more programs for early infant diagnosis of HIV, as well as better mother - child prevention programs and better supply systems to provide pediatric strength ART
needed to reduce and eventually eliminate HIV in children in low and
middle -
income countries.»
«Support that is given to low - and
middle -
income countries that
need technical support should be given based on their own health priorities,» Alwan says, priorities that
countries are tasked with setting.
The team argue that the problem is more common in low - and
middle -
income countries, and hence more resources are now
needed in these areas to help expectant and new mothers.
The generic drug companies that supply the ARVs to three - fourths of the people in low - and
middle -
income countries say they also
need a more stable marketplace to scale up to what amounts to double the production they're doing today.
Estimates produced for this analysis show that all three packages could be immediately scaled up to nearly all people in
need with an investment of $ 6.2 billion in low -
income countries, $ 12.4 billion in lower
middle -
income countries, and $ 8 billion in upper
middle -
income countries.
The paper notes that preventive reproductive and sexual health services designed to suit the
needs of very young adolescents are virtually non-existent in lower - and
middle -
income countries and that worldwide, family life education, youth centers, and youth - friendly health services with programs specifically targeted to 10 to 14 year olds rarely exist.
Middle - class students are lagging far behind their peers in other
countries, adding a new perspective to beliefs that low -
income students are most in
need of better educational opportunities, according to a new study.
Any analysis
needs to consider
middle -
income and poor
countries whose energy demands are increasing as people move out of poverty leading to increased CO2 emissions.
Specifically targeted to the
needs of planners and allied professionals in low and
middle -
income countries where the challenges of planning for climate change are particularly high.
Low - and some
middle -
income countries still
need support to develop data collection, and adopt and finance strategies towards a just transition to an environmentally sustainable economy and society that includes everyone from all groups of society,» says Catherine Saget, the lead author of the report.
«So, REDD also could be put forward — maybe by a
middle -
income or lower -
income country — to say, «This is something we can do, but it
needs to be financed.
The range of institutional structures and integration in the global economy and in international institutions differs greatly among these
countries, but they
need to be persuaded to join a global agreement if it is to be effective, and the agreement
needs to be designed in a way that is not overly burdensome for
middle -
income countries.
In a future and more comprehensive arrangement, rich
countries would take immediate steps to curb emissions;
middle -
income countries would
need to join the agreement and reduce emissions in the near term; and, as is discussed shortly, poorer
countries could postpone participation or would receive assistance for their emissions reductions.
For example, few differences have been found when examining the views of African Americans and Whites, rural and urban adults, and low - and
middle -
income people as to what constitutes minimally adequate care for children.4, 5 Similarly, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child offers remarkable testimony to what diverse
countries and societies consider to be the basic
needs or rights of children.
She is passionate about the
need to decrease road injury in vulnerable road users in the low and
middle income countries of the region and is actively engaged in research with this aim.
Scoping Study - Health Promotion Workforce capacity and Education and Training
Needs in Low and
Middle Income Countries by B. Battel - Kirk & M. M. Barry
Developed with Columbia University and experts from the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing this series of briefs provides a much
needed review of contemporary research methodologies for adolescent well - being in low - and
middle -
income countries, covering: indicators and data sources, ethics, research with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, participatory research, measurement of the social and structural determinants of adolescent health, and adolescent economic strengthening interventions.