Starting in the late 1980s, many Latin American countries began social sector reforms to alleviate poverty, reduce socioeconomic inequalities, improve health outcomes, and provide financial risk protection. In particular, starting in the 1990s, reforms aimed at strengthening health systems to...

Background: Economic losses due to herpes simplex infections in low and middle-income countries are unknown. We estimated economic and quality-of-life losses due to genital herpes and HIV-attributable-to-HSV-2 in 2019, in 90 low and middle-income countries, and up to 2030 in 45 countries in the...