Vaccines are essential to create a more resilient economic growth model. Ending the COVID-19 pandemic requires a more coordinated, effective, and equitable distribution of vaccines across the countries. Therefore, governments are in a race to increase the vaccination rates of the population. Given this backdrop, this paper focuses on the daily vaccinations per million data from March 1, 2021, to October 15, 2021, in 37 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and examines the stochastic properties of the vaccination rates. The results indicate a significant convergence of the vaccination rates in seven clubs across 30 OECD countries. The paper also discusses the potential implications for the post-COVID-19 era.
Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries thelancet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelancet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In the last few decades, the world has faced some natural issues, due to which economic growth faces a severe threat. Natural disasters like pandemic outbreaks and man-made disasters like pollution emissions are very frequent in the current times, which also influenced the economic growth, where the institutes could play a primary role in economic growth stimulation. This study aims to analyze the association of public health expenditures, institutional quality, renewable energy, and economic performance in China. This study uses quarterly data covering the period from 1996Q1 to 2020Q4 and employs various time-series estimating approaches. The Augmented Dickey-Fuller estimates asserted that all the variables are stationary at first difference. Also, the Bayer-Hanck combined cointegration validates that all the variables are cointegrated. Employing the three long-run estimators, i.e., Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square, Dynamic Ordinary Least Square, and canonical cointegrating regres
Objective: Undernutrition is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among under-five children, mostly affecting in the developing countries. Empowerment is an intrinsic agency developed in the affective domain. Since women, including mothers, are the primary caregivers of their children, so their empowerment status can influence children's nutritional status. This study aimed to assess the strength of association between women's empowerment and nutritional status of their children. Methods: Cross-sectional study was carried out among 300 mothers having children aged 6-59 month in rural municipalities of Kaski District, Nepal. Proportion to population size sampling technique was used to calculate the sample size and face to face interview technique was used to collect data. A Chi-square test was performed to assess the association between dependent and independent variables and multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the strength of association. Result
The EASL–Lancet Liver Commission: protecting the next generation of Europeans against liver disease complications and premature mortality thelancet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelancet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.