Ukraine Is in the Midst of an Unprecedented Demographic Decline Compounded by a Health Crises, Says a New World Bank Study

About half of deaths before the age of 75 in Ukraine could be avoided through adequate prevention and treatment, says a new World Bank study 'An Avoidable Tragedy: Combating Ukraine’s Health Crisis – Lessons from Europe', presented in Kyiv June 2009. The study provides a diagnosis of demographic and health challenges in Ukraine and relates these challenges to experience and evidence from other European countries.

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World Bank: Publications and Reports: Ukraine http://go.worldbank.org/6QY97ON7L0

World Bank: An Avoidable Tragedy: Combating Ukraine’s Health Crisis – Lessons from Europe, June 2009 http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/UKRAINEEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22234568~pagePK:1497618~piPK:217854~theSitePK:328533,00.html

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