This article analyzes how the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) would likely exacerbate critical threats to health … in the Americas, from the perspectives of public health and human rights. These threats include crises in access to … health care, water, and other vital human services; reemerging but preventable fatal diseases; the advance of AIDS; and …

"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 …

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 …

appropriate adjustment of the health financing system. That is why the subject of evaluation of the performance of healthcare … systems in the context of financial management and the quality of public health has been undertaken by many Polish and foreign … of the health of the population. …