One pandemic, two solutions: comparing the US-China response and health priorities to COVID-19 from the perspective of “Two Types of Control”

S Lyu, C Qian, A McIntyre, CH Lee - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
After three years of global rampage, the COVID-19 epidemic, the most serious infectious
disease to occur worldwide since the 1918 influenza pandemic, is nearing its end. From the …

The adverse impact of the Covid‐19 pandemic on the labor market in Cameroon

YF Djoumessi - African Development Review, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper analyzes the impacts of the Covid‐19 pandemic on employment in Cameroon.
Using data collected from a rapid survey led by the National Institute of Statistics, on a …

Do African countries avoid the curse of natural resources on social cohesion?

PC Tsopmo, SAM Vessah, VS Bime, IMMM Ndjokou - Resources Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
The interest in social cohesion as a key driver of inclusive societies, and the pillar of
sustainable economic development is still very much alive. However, the strong socio …

Effects of health expenditures on infant and child mortality rates: A dynamic panel data analysis of 37 African countries

HG Houeninvo - African Development Review, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the effect of public and private health spending on health outcomes
measured by infant and child mortality rate using a panel of 37 African countries over the …

Exploring the dynamic nexus among economic growth, industrialization, medical technology, and healthcare expenditure: a PMG-ARDL panel data analysis on …

EA Tackie, H Chen, I Ahakwa, S Atingabili - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This article explored the dynamic nexus among economic growth, industrialization, medical
technology, and healthcare expenditure in West Africa while using urbanization and aged …

Financing health in sub-Saharan Africa 1990–2050: Donor dependence and expected domestic health spending

AE Apeagyei, B Lidral-Porter, N Patel… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
In 2021, global life expectancy at birth was 74 years whereas in sub-Saharan Africa it was
66 years. Yet in that same year, 92perpersonwasspentonhealthinsub-SaharanAfrica,whichisroughlyonefifthofwhatthenextlowest …

Impacts of health expenditures and environmental degradation on health status—Disability-adjusted life years and infant mortality

A Omri, B Kahouli, M Kahia - Frontiers in public health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Human health and well-being are intimately related to environmental quality. In
this respect, the present study contributes to the existing health economic literature by …

Government expenditure, informality, and economic growth: Evidence from Eastern and Southern African countries

J Mawejje - African Development Review, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the dynamic linkages among government expenditure, informality,
and economic growth in 15 Eastern and Southern African countries over a 25‐year period …

Information and communication technology development and health gap nexus in Africa

ET Megbowon, OO David - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Development of information and communication technology has been identified
as a tool for fast and effective information gathering and dissemination, and as a means …

A global perspective on the governance-health nexus

MN Azimi, MM Rahman, S Nghiem - BMC Health Services Research, 2023 - Springer
Background This study raises two key arguments: First, government health expenditure
(GHE) and per capita out-of-pocket expenditures on healthcare (OPEH) are sensitive to …