Economist, interested in global health, leads talented team working on human development http://t.co/3Udn3HZi http://t.co/RbvWpHIg. Tweets are personal views
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Today, Universal Health Coverage Day, we publish a new index that combines health service coverage with financial protection. How does your country fare? #UHCDay2019 #UHCDay #HealthForAll thelancet.com/journals/langl…
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The Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators (HEFPI) sheds light on two major concerns in global health: 1) The poor do not get left behind in the rush to achieve global health goals; 2) Health services should be affordable. More info here: wrld.bg/n0Eu30mkv7K
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Introducing the World Bank's 2018 Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators database @WorldBank #HEFPI thelancet.com/journals/langl…
Just launched big global health dataset on health equity and financial protection. Over 1,600 HH surveys used. 51 indicators. 12,856 datapoints at pop. level. 194 countries. Dataset buff.ly/2Cwl1gO. Portal buff.ly/2Cwl1xk. WP buff.ly/2Cwl24m.
Impoverishment from out-of-pocket health expenses at $1.90-a-day poverty line only in low- & mid-income countries, according to @WorldBank and @WHO. But at a relative poverty line, also in high-income countries. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. @LancetGH paper: buff.ly/2BpfIQa
1.4% of global population impoverished by out-of-pocket health expenses in 2010 at $1.90-a-day (extreme) poverty line according to @WorldBank and @WHO, with highest rate in Asia. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. @LancetGH paper: buff.ly/2BsH0F0. Report: buff.ly/2Brn1XC
100 million people impoverished by out-of-pocket health expenses in 2010 at $1.90-a-day (extreme) poverty line according to @WorldBank and @WHO, down from 130 million in 2000. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. @LancetGH paper: buff.ly/2AtrdlH. Report: buff.ly/2As5mek
12% of global population spent more than 10% of total expenditure on health in 2010 according to @WorldBank and @WHO. Highest rate in Latin America but down since 2005. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. @LancetGH paper: buff.ly/2B4qNDw. Report: buff.ly/2B5wOjv
800 million people spent more than 10% of total expenditure on health in 2010 according to @WorldBank and @WHO, up from 590 million in 2000. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. @LancetGH paper: buff.ly/2o9s7C7. Report: buff.ly/2o7Lvzr
New data on catastrophic and impoverishing out-of-pocket health expenses from @WorldBank and @WHO. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. Data portal: buff.ly/2CputQk. Dataset: buff.ly/2Cn1b4S
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Voting closes at 11:45 PM ET tomorrow night - don't forget to vote in the #iHEA board elections! teapawt.org/healtheconomics/status…
Only 3 days left to vote in the #iHEA Board elections! Vote today! teapawt.org/healtheconomics/status…
Program to reduce childhood stunting yields a good rate of return. Blogpost buff.ly/2od2Upn and research buff.ly/2ocLbyr.
The economic cost to a country of stunting in childhood. Blogpost buff.ly/2ocPvxH and new research buff.ly/2ocXQkA.
Childhood stunting rates falling in most countries but not all and not always very quickly. New research out today. buff.ly/2olGIq7
Childhood stunting rates continue to shock. New research out today. buff.ly/2ocSt59
Financial incentives in health: supply- vs. demand-side. Pls help us identify studies for syst rev & meta-analysis. buff.ly/2gwuEx4
My thoughts on why #UHCDay will need to be around for some time to come. buff.ly/1NuZoZq
Worried your program or organization isn't reaching the poor? Check using easy-to-use "equity tool." buff.ly/1SKDq80
New index reveals gap between rhetoric and reality on universal health coverage. buff.ly/1kEzuv4