The twentieth century witnessed greater gains in health, nutrition and population outcomes than at any other time in history. These gains are partly the result of improvements in income and education, with accompanying improvements in nutrition, access to contraceptives, hygiene, housing, water supplies and sanitation. They are primarily the result of new knowledge about the causes, prevention and treatment of disease, and the introduction of policies...
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2003/01/01
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Departmental Working Paper
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2010/07/01
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Public health and World Bank operations
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Public health
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Claeson,Mariam; Elmendorf,A. Edward; Miller,Daniel Charles; Musgrove,Philip A.; Preker, Alexander S. [editor].
Public health and World Bank operations (Russian). Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) discussion paper Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/877001468313548275