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- How to meet future demand for long term care services for the elderly in the new EU member states
- ( Europe and Central Asia, World Bank , 2011)
- Experience from OECD countries shows long term care (LTC) for the elderly is expensive and generates financial burden for individuals and households. The increasing “good practice” i...
- Disability in Eurasia is still a stigma, and related institutionalisation remains a challenge
- ( C. Galbraith (ed) / Social Transitions, USAID , 2009)
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People with disabilities face restriction of movement, have fewer opportunities to participate in civic life or lead full, productive, independent lives. The purpose of this paper is to raise aware...
- Creating coordination body and advocacy group to support the employment of disabled people in Eurasia
- ( J. Tines (ed);D. Buzducea (ed) / Social Transitions, USAID , 2009)
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In Europe and Eurasia, (excluding Russia) the estimated number of persons with disabilities is 16.5 million. Governments spend up to 1% of GDP in service and care provision by means of a centralise...
- The worldwide costs of dementia are set to soar
- ( A. Wimo;M. Prince / Alzheimer's Disease International , 2010)
- Aound 0.5% of the world’s total population currently live with dementia. The total estimated worldwide costs of dementia are US$604 billion in 2010. This report argues that these figures are a g...
- Mechanisms for effective dementia care treatments
- ( M.J. Prince;D. Acosta;E. Castro-Costa;J. Jackson;K.S. Shaji / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2009)
- Two-thirds of people with dementia live in low- and middle income countries (LMICs), where there are few services available and levels of awareness is low. This paper focuses on the effective ma...
- Dementia needs to become a priority on the world health agenda
- ( M. Prince (ed);J. Jackson (ed) / Alzheimer's Disease International , 2009)
- This Report gives an overview and analysis of the prevalence and impact of Alzheimer's disease, based on systematic review identifying studies in 21 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) world regions....
- What are the biggest health challenges and are donors doing enough?: countries have their say
- ( M. Brodie;A. Kohut;E. Hamel / Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation , 2007)
- This survey, conducted jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Pew Global Attitudes Project, asked people in 47 countries around the world how they perceived and prioritised health challenges,...
- Review of health reform and policy initiatives in Kazakhstan
- ( M. Kulzhanov;B. Rechel / European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies , 2007)
- This paper provides a description of the health system in Kazakhstan and of reform and policy initiatives in progress in the country. When Kazakhstan became independent in 1991, it faced challenges in...
- How transition countries need to change their education and health care systems
- ( N. Barr / World Bank , 1996)
- This article, published by the World Bank, examines the education and health care systems of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the former Soviet Union and China, the problems that have arisen during t...
- Informal payments may hamper health reforms in Kazakhstan
- ( T. Ensor; L. Savelyeva / Health Policy and Planning , 1998)
- This paper, published in Health Policy and Planning, examines informal or under-the-table payments in Kazakhstan. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the health system has been kept operating during Kaza...
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