Brazil's cash transfer program reduced TB incidence by 41% (aRR: 0.59; 95% CI: 0.58–0.60) and mortality by 31% (aRR: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.65–0.73), with strongest effects among Indigenous groups (incidence aRR: 0.37; 95% CI: 0.32–0.42) and those in extreme poverty (incidence aRR: 0.49; 95% CI: 0.49–0.50)
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Nature
Effects of conditional cash transfers on tuberculosis incidence and mortality according to race, ethnicity and socioeconomic factors…
Nature Medicine - Participation in Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Program, one of the largest conditional cash transfer programs in the world, was associated with large reductions in tuberculosis...
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Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains 🧠 | Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment 🌍 and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’ 🏥
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the Guardian
Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains
Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’
Heavy Air Pollution is Linked to Worse Post-Surgical Outcomes | The new study, encompassing nearly 50,000 surgery patients, has linked higher levels of air pollution to higher risk of a combined measure of post-surgical complications that included sepsis, pneumonia, and surgical wound infection
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University of Utah Health | University of Utah Health
Heavy Air Pollution is Linked to Worse Post-Surgical Outcomes
New research in the Wasatch Front found that when air pollution was higher than the EPA daily limit in the week before surgery, the risk of post-surgical complications increased from 4.8% to 6.2%.
Pensions save lives – Researchers analyzed the introduction of public pensions in the UK in 1909, finding that they substantially reduced elderly mortality.
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Cambridge Core
Can Pensions Save Lives? Evidence from the Introduction of Old-Age Assistance in the United Kingdom | The Journal of Economic History…
Can Pensions Save Lives? Evidence from the Introduction of Old-Age Assistance in the United Kingdom - Volume 86 Issue 3