Neglected Infectious Diseases (NIDs) remain one the most underfunded disease categories in global health despite their … for Neglected Tropical Diseases/Sabin Vaccine Institute, and the Pan American Health Organization/WHO, together with the … implement other health measures for the benefit of all children and adults affected by these terrible diseases.Abstract: Las …

Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, countries are in the midst of debates about their health systems … takes Chile as an example, a country whose health reform has been widely decried as the most horrible of neo-liberal health … reforms. However, the author states that Chile has one of the most progressive health systems in the world when measured by …

areas. Victimization rates in the region are the highest in the world, with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. This … publication explores how victimization and perceptions of insecurity affect well-being and health in Latin America and the … entre las más altas del mundo, con excepción de África Subsahariana. Este trabajo estudia cómo la victimización y las …

The discussion paper presents a summary of health specialist concerns, followed by a summary of concerns for those … three different kinds of "health programs": those that aim to make "Western Medicine" available for indigenous peoples …

Health problems due to poor air quality have been among the main environmental concerns in Mexico City, Santiago … pollution concentrations, health impacts, and the monetary value of improving air quality in 41 major LAC urban areas containing …

paper will critically analyze the program effect model with respect to health and nutrition outcomes, present the health and … nutrition evaluation results to date, draw some conclusions regarding the use of CCT programs to improve health and nutrition …

a tumultuous half-century in which the region went from backwater to breadbasket, from dictatorship to democracy, and …

shared benefits for participating countries in such areas as health, education, trade, and infrastructure. …

, public policy can be driven by factors that are least likely to improve the population's health. …