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 …

Occupational health is increasingly recognized as an important public health issue in Latin American and the Caribbean … health risk associated with occupational hazard in Mexico. This analysis sheds light on the relationships between the …

This paper analyzes the roles of health goods and services markets within the regional integration process. It is a … known fact that the consolidation of integrated markets is slower regarding social goods and services (as health and … of the health sector and its global dimension, showing the peculiar features of health goods and services marked by …