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This study examines the relationship between Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, environment and socioeconomic factors in Syria between 1990 and 1997 and specifically in two provinces: Damascus Rural and Aleppo, between 1994 and 1997. CL count data were obtained from 13 provinces in Syria …

The first and third papers of this dissertation provide evidence on one piece of a broad debate over decentralizing health sectors in developing countries: the popular but undocumented claim that transferring public money to local governments will not affect population health be…