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Millions Saved — Media

WEBThis is a collection of news articles, podcasts, and blog posts about the programs featured in and lessons learned from Millions Saved. Here you can find content created as part of …

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Millions Saved — Key Findings

WEBMillions Saved is a collection of success stories in global health—remarkable cases in which large-scale efforts to improve health in developing countries have succeeded.

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Rwanda’s Pay-for-Performance Scheme for Health Services

WEBTo address lagging morale and lackluster performance of its health professionals, Rwanda’s Ministry of Health implemented a “pay for performance” (P4P) system. The …

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Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme

WEBThailand's Move Towards Universal Health Coverage. In Thailand in 2001, before the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS), nearly one in four people were uninsured. [3] …

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About Millions Saved — The Team

WEBMiriam Temin. is director of the DREAMS Capacity Strengthening project at the Population Council. She was previously a consultant to the Center for Global Development. Temin …

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About Millions Saved — The Cases

WEBThe book profiles 18 remarkable cases in which large-scale efforts to improve health in low- and middle-income countries succeeded, and 4 examples of promising interventions that …

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Peru's Handwashing Initiative

WEBSince the mid-19th century, the health benefits of handwashing with soap have been common knowledge in many countries. Despite this, poor hygiene is a major contributor …

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About Millions Saved — Background

WEBMillions Saved is a project led by the Center for Global Development. The 2016 edition of the book, Millions Saved: New Cases of Proven Success in Global Health by Amanda …

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Kenya’s School-Based Deworming Program

WEBProper childhood nutrition lays the foundation for children to learn, thrive, and grow into healthy adults. Yet worldwide, close to 900 million children are at risk of infection with …

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Argentina's Plan Nacer

WEBInadequate access to quality care threatened newborn health. By 2003, the infant mortality rate was 16.5 per 1,000 live births, source more than double that of neighboring Chile. …

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Zambia's National Malaria Control Program

WEBIn 2000, more than half of all malaria deaths were concentrated among the poorest 20 percent of people—the highest association with poverty of any disease of global public …

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Thailand’s Campaign for Tobacco Control

WEBStill the global burden of tobacco-related disease is staggering: 6.3 million deaths and 156 DALYs were attributed to tobacco use in 2010. source The burden is concentrated in low …

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About Millions Saved — The Team

WEBMillions Saved is a collection of success stories in global health—remarkable cases in which large-scale efforts to improve health in developing countries have succeeded.

Category:  Health Go Health

Kenya’s Social Cash Transfer Program

WEBBreaking the Cycle of Poverty in Kenya with Cash Transfers. The combination of economic, health, and social vulnerability put children at serious risk. In a cruel example of …

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Vietnam’s Comprehensive Helmet Law

WEBIn 2007, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung helped introduced a new compulsory helmet law, "Resolution 32," which made helmet use mandatory in Vietnam for all …

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South Africa’s Child Support Grant

WEBIn 1997, the committee proposed a new social welfare program, the Child Support Grant (CSG), that would provide ZAR70 (US$15) each month to the poorest 30 percent of …

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Honduras’s Programa de Asignación Familiar II

WEBThat year, Honduras introduced the first iteration of its Programa de Asignación Familiar (“Family Allowance Program”) or PRAF-I, aiming to compensate the poorest families for …

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