This study describes the health dimension and some economic aspects of occupational safety in Latin America and the …. It shows that the region has a very high disease burden in this area, and that economic patterns of employment and public … regulatory responses make these health problems more acute than in Europe or North America. The paper was discussed at an IDB …

This study describes the health dimension and some economic aspects of occupational safety in Latin America and the …. It shows that the region has a very high disease burden in this area, and that economic patterns of employment and public … regulatory responses make these health problems more acute than in Europe or North America. The paper was discussed at an IDB …

improvements in children's health; in El Salvador, slum dwellers also feel that they are safer. We do not find this result, however …

Safety and Health (OSH) issues have received little attention in Latin America and the Caribbean due to the widespread, and … present and discuss in detail the dimension of the occupational safety and health problem in the region. The next section … health problems. …

These publication is a series of 12 Technical Notes on Reproductive Health. The connections between poverty and … reproductive ill health are multidimensional. This publication covers reproductive health, human capital development, reproductive … health interventions, public health policies and health sector reform as well as a myriad of other topics concerning …

This presentation deals with the impoverishment of health spending in Mexico. First, it gives an overview of the … author holds that families finance health events by reducing spending in other basic needs and human capital. Then, the …