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Economics of Tobacco Control : The Maldives

This paper summarizes briefly the general economic situation in the Maldives and describes its health care system, demographics and health outcomes. Mortality and life expectancy have been improving, but cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and...

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Main Authors: Afaal, Ahmed, Shareef, I. Riaz
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
BIRTHS
BLOOD DISORDERS
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CANCER
CANCERS
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CHILD MORTALITY
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY HEALTH
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
CORRUPTION
DEATH RATE
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISASTERS
DRINKING
DRUGS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EMPLOYMENT
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FAMILIES
FAMILY HEALTH
GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
HEALTH
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SERVICES
HOSPITALS
IMMUNIZATION
INFANT MORTALITY
INNOVATION
INTERVENTION
LABORATORY FACILITIES
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LITERACY
LIVE BIRTHS
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
MEASLES
MEDIA
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MORTALITY RATES
MOTHERS
NATURAL DISASTERS
NURSES
NUTRITION
OUTPATIENT CLINICS
PARAMEDICS
PARTNERSHIP
PHARMACIES
PHARMACISTS
POLIO
POPULATION GROWTH
PREMATURE DEATH
PREVENTIVE HEALTH
PRICE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROMOTION OF HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
SAFE DRINKING WATER
SANITATION
SEX
SMOKING
SMOKING CESSATION
SMOKING PREVALENCE
SOCIAL INDICATORS
STILLBIRTH
TOBACCO
TOBACCO ADVERTISING
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
TOBACCO CONTROL
TOBACCO LEAVES
TOBACCO SMUGGLING
TOBACCO TAXES
TOBACCO USE
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
TOBACCO TAXES IMPORT TARIFFS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/3355901/economics-tobacco-control-maldives
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13776

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