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Fuente: Reuters U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will announce on Wednesday a $40 billion launch to a plan to save the lives of 16 million women and children over the next five years

Fuente: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health Political, historical, intellectual and economic context of a Latin American/North American discussion about societal determinants of between-country and within-country health inequities

Fuente: The Lancet The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent an unprecedented global consensus about measures to reduce poverty. The eight goals address targets to

Fuente: Issuu This book in PDF draws on two of the World Bank's flagship publications, the Global Monitoring Report and the World Development Indicators. 

Fuente: Preventing Chronic Disease The pace of progress in population health can be influenced by the incentives in play and the metrics that trigger them. The MATCH (Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health) articles in this issue of Preventing Chronic Disease explore the use of incentives to…

Fuente: Americas Quartely Conditional cash transfer programs reach 100 million Latin Americans. CCT programs are now widespread in Latin America. Fifteen countries run CCT programs, benefiting approximately 100 million people and 21 million households.

Fuente: The Economist Brazil's Bolsa Família -- The limits of Brazil's much admired and emulated anti-poverty programme.

Fuente: Countdown to 2015 Countdown collects and analyses data from the 68 countries that account for at least 95% of maternal and child deaths. It produces country profiles that present coverage data for a range of key health services.

Fuente: The Washington Post Two of the richest men on the planet, along with the government of Spain, announced Monday that they are donating a total of $150 million to fund new public-private health programs for the poorest citizens in Central America and southern Mexico. Billionaires Bill Gates…