The economic benefits to be gained from investment in public health are increasingly being recognised, as well as its importance for social cohesion, and these

Health is increasingly seen as a robust predictor of economic growth. In the present report the contribution of health to economic development is examined in th

Fifty years ago, health outcomes in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia were not far behind those in Western Europe and well ahead of most other re

This report is the first comprehensive effort to analyse the economic impact of ill health in the CEE-CIS (Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of In

Reform of the welfare sector is an important yet difficult challenge for all countries in transition from socialist central planning to market-oriented democrac