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Cook, Joseph; Jeuland, Marc; Maskery, Brian; Lauria, Donald; Dipika, Sur; Clemens, John; Whittington, Dale – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2009
Although it is well known that vaccines against many infectious diseases confer positive economic externalities via indirect protection, analysts have typically ignored possible herd protection effects in policy analyses of vaccination programs. Despite a growing literature on the economic theory of vaccine externalities and several innovative…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Mathematical Models, Immunization Programs, Economics
Pridmore, Pat – Online Submission, 2007
This literature review synthesises the findings from published reviews and key individual studies of health, nutrition and educational access with a particular emphasis on issues of gender, poverty, social exclusion and innovative practices. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the range of research designs and methods employed in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Public Health, Child Health
Black, Maggie – 1990
The case histories of water and sanitation schemes described in this volume can best be understood by identifying the moments at which critical hurdles were encountered and surmounted. The first case study, which concerns Bangladesh, discusses promising prospects that existed amid the pollution and the technical and managerial expansion of the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Health Programs