Search Tag: poverty
2024 18 Mar
A groundbreaking study reveals many individuals enduring extreme poverty in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face conditions predisposing them to heart disease, the leading cause of global mortality. The findings are published in Nature Human Behavior. In the most extensive analysis to date examining the intersection of poverty...Read more
2015 29 Apr
According to a major international study published in The Lancet , two thirds of the world's population have no access to basic surgery and anaesthesia — more than double the number in previous estimates. This means millions of people are dying from treatable conditions like appendicitis, fractures, or obstructed labour. The study shows that five...Read more
2015 21 Apr
Economists and other academic researchers have increasingly been using randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to study all sorts of things, including how to best fight poverty. In the area of healthcare delivery, however, the use of RCTs is still not common — which is surprising given that the link between healthcare and poverty is strong, according to...Read more