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 …-gathering bodies, academic public health departments, or state employed public health practitioners. Governments in Latin America have …

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

The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that … the largest health gains during the last several decades. Nor was higher dispersion in mortality caused entirely by the … that high-income states in 1992 were better able to enact public health strategies and adopt behaviors that, over the next …

Despite the increasing interest in universal health care, little is known about the optimal way to finance, design, and … to be designed to ensure the system's financial viability. Regarding the optimal way to implement universal health care …, certain preconditions are needed, including sound public administration, a small informal economy, and a transparent health …