"Public Health and Beyond in Latin America and the Caribbean: Reflections from the Field explores the diverse and … health. This book is recommended for undergraduate students interested in history of Latin America and the Caribbean as well … complex public health landscape, from global to regional to local, by considering historical and socio-cultural factors to …

-gathering bodies, academic public health departments, or state employed public health practitioners. Governments in Latin America have …Public health observatories proactively investigate health issues to provide robust analytical evidence to policy … makers. This type of organization has different characteristics from other public health institutions, such as information …

Setting the context for universal health coverage reforms in LAC -- Universal health coverage policies in LAC …

, seven countries in Latin America have implemented and evaluated CCT programs with health and nutrition components. The core …In order to support poor families in the developing world to seek and use health care, a multi-pronged strategy is … needed on both the supply and the demand side of health care. A demand-side program called Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs …

Health constitutes a fundamental aspect of our well-being. It is also a key factor in determining our contribution to … market and non-market output. Health inequality refers to the unequal realization of health outcomes between different groups … in the population. Systematic disparities in health outcomes and in access to health resources not only undermine basic …