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A Moving Target: Universal Access to Healthcare Services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Savedoff, William D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
Healthcare services are more widespread in Latin America and the Caribbean today than 50 years ago, yet this availability is not necessarily reflected in popular perceptions. This study documents the expansion of healthcare services in the region in terms of medically-trained professionals,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944001
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Brochure of the Neglected Infectious Diseases Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Folleto de la Iniciativa de Enfermedades Infecciosas Desatendidas para América L...
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2012
Neglected Infectious Diseases (NIDs) remain one the most underfunded disease categories in global health despite their far-reaching impact and the availability of affordable treatments. The Inter-American Development Bank, the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases/Sabin Vaccine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672985
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Stigma, Discrimination, and HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
Aggleton, Peter; Parker, Richard; Maluwa, Miriam - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
This paper focuses on a rather unexplored dimension to date of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the resulting stigma and … discrimination and its impact on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS programs. It presents a conceptual framework that explains the … activities that situate HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination within the broader social context where a variety of stigmas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352049
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Resource Requirements to Fight HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2004
This report examines the resource needs for mounting a comprehensive HIV/AIDS program in Latin America and the … interventions. In addition, it gives an estimate of the annual financing gap for HIV/AIDS programs in LAC. The report fills a gap in … knowledge of region-specific cost estimates for HIV/AIDS, and provides a baseline for evaluating changes in the cost and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357903
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Resource Requirements to Fight HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2004
This report examines the resource needs for mounting a comprehensive HIV/AIDS program in Latin America and the … interventions. In addition, it gives an estimate of the annual financing gap for HIV/AIDS programs in LAC. The report fills a gap in … knowledge of region-specific cost estimates for HIV/AIDS, and provides a baseline for evaluating changes in the cost and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654418
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Stigma, Discrimination, and HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
Aggleton, Peter; Parker, Richard; Maluwa, Miriam - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
This paper focuses on a rather unexplored dimension to date of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the resulting stigma and … discrimination and its impact on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS programs. It presents a conceptual framework that explains the … activities that situate HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination within the broader social context where a variety of stigmas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654979
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Do Remittances Help Smooth Consumption During Health Shocks? Evidence From Jamaica
Beuermann, Diether Wolfgang; Ruprah, Inder jit; Sierra, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we investigate whether remittances are subject to moral hazard by receivers, how the informal insurance provided by remittances interacts with formal health insurance, and whether there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943764
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Health Perceptions in Latin America
Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This is the first study that uniformly analyzes health perceptions in all of Latin America and tests in a systematic way their relation to economic conditions at the country, income group and individual levels. The study uses three types of health self-assessment questions: i) health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943822
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Income Distribution and the Public-Private Mix in Health Care Provision: The Latin American Case
Maceira, Daniel - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
Recent literature on Latin American countries shows that private expenses as a share of the total expenditures in health tend to be higher the lower the nation's level of economic development. This paper considers a discrete choice model of product differentiation, where consumer choice is based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943850
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Decentralization and Recentralization: Lessons from the Social Sectors in Mexico and Nicaragua
Gershberg, Alec Ian; Jacobs, Michael - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
This study is designed to help practitioners prepare and evaluate institutional reforms for education and health programs. It provides an analytic framework for use by public officials and researchers, with case studies that illustrate a wide range of actual practice, and a set of lessons...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944034