Improvement in key health indicators sets new benchmark in spite of serious insecurity KABUL – JUNE 01, 2017 – The World Bank today announced the results of a review of progress achieved in the health...
Date: June 1, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
KHULM DISTRICT, Balkh Province – Winter announces itself with a soft snowfall. The sidewalks are empty but some people walk across the yard of a hospital. Inside the hospital, one can hear whispers of...
Date: April 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Tereza Sahradyan is a fifth-year student at Yerevan State Medical University who wants to major in surgery. She takes every opportunity to gain hands-on experience before becoming a professional practicing...
Date: April 18, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Lin, 22, holds her seven-week-old daughter firmly as she wraps a piece of cloth tightly around the baby’s body. She is waiting to meet a health worker about family planning at the Maternal Neonatal and...
Date: August 15, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KAGNOL, May 9, 2016—Over the past several years, joint efforts on behalf on the Cameroonian government and international organizations have led to significant progress in combating malnutrition and maternal...
Date: May 9, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
I am told journalists claim that “no news is good news”. Well, I believe good news show us direction to improve our societies for the better. So, I decided to share one of them with you: the Serbian...
Date: February 10, 2014
Type: Opinion
Language: English
Siv Mao, 25, just had a caesarian operation. She feels some discomfort but is smiling. Her newborn baby is sleeping fitfully beside her and she says: “They saved our lives and I’m happy.” Ms. Mao encountered...
Date: August 20, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Xiao Huaqing, a pediatrician at the People’s Hospital of Yiyang County, Henan Province in central China, now follows standardized clinical protocols to treat his patients. Called a “clinical pathway”,...
Date: June 6, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
World Bank Supports Expansion of Affordable Electricity and Improved Health Services in Liberia WASHINGTON, May 30, 2013 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved two International Development...
Date: May 30, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
World Bank provides new funding to Afghanistan for basic health and hospital services WASHINGTON, D.C. ─ The World Bank approved today a $100 million grant from the International Development...
Date: February 28, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
So far the project has helped over 19,000 poor patients receive hospital care from public and private institutions NEW DELHI, November 20, 2012 - The government of India, the government of Karnataka and...
Date: November 20, 2012
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2012 - The World Bank today approved a $70 million additional credit to the Karnataka Health System Development and Reform Project to further support development of the state’s...
Date: September 27, 2012
Type: Press Release
Language: English
For the residents of Hrazdan, New Year's Eve was marked by the high-profile opening of the city's new Medical Center, made even more special with the participation of President Serzh Sargsyan. In the framework...
Date: January 14, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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