Sharper focus needed on neonatal mortality NEW YORK, 16 September 2014 – New data released today by the United Nations show that under-five mortality rates have dropped by 49 per cent between 1990 and...
Date: September 16, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2014—With the theme of this year’s World Malaria Day being “Invest in the Future, Defeat Malaria,” there is welcome news out of Africa’s vulnerable Sahel region. Millions of...
Date: April 24, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Report assesses health loss from combined impact of road injuries, vehicle pollution LONDON, MARCH 31, 2014 - Safer and cleaner road transport is critical for achieving health and development goals around...
Date: March 31, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, February 19, 2014 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved support to Togo that will help the country offer lifesaving health and nutrition services to over 1.3 million...
Date: February 19, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Collaboration to accelerate progress on global health goals WASHINGTON, December 11, 2013–The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today a new partnership to...
Date: December 11, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, December 11, 2013 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved financing that will help deliver essential and often lifesaving health and nutrition services to thousands of...
Date: December 11, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, September 9, 2013 -- In the last two decades, the global health landscape has undergone rapid transformation. People around the world are living longer than ever before, and the population...
Date: September 9, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, August 30, 2013 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved US$ 18 million today to help Sierra Leone continue to expand improved health services to more mothers and children...
Date: August 30, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
FREETOWN, April 25, 2012—Over the past decade, there has been strong progress globally against malaria, an age-old disease transmitted through the bite of an infected anopheles mosquito. In Africa, with...
Date: April 25, 2012
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The World Bank Group has been a development partner in Nepal for the past four decades, providing financing, technical assistance and advice. Over the years, the Bank’s support has evolved in focus and...
Date: February 2, 2011
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
LUSAKA, December 18, 2010—An ambitious program by the government of Zambia to fight malaria has seen dramatic progress against the infectious mosquito-borne disease over the past few years. When the Malaria...
Date: December 18, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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