Brazilian Digital Inclusion Public Policy: achievements and challenges

Brazilian Digital Inclusion Public Policy: achievements and challenges

Responsible for Internet governance in Brazil, CGI.Br is a “multistakeholder organization composed by members of the government, the enterprise sector, the third sector and the academic community”, in which the representatives of the civil society are chosen democratically to participate directly in the deliberations and debate the priorities for the development of the Internet, together with t...

Brazilian Public Health Policy for Cruise Ships - A Review of Morbidity and Mortality Rates - 2009/2015

Introduction: For 10 years, Brazil has presented a significant flow in cruise ships with 597 011 travelers in 2015. Cruise ships represent a major mass gathering capacity, generating more risk of outbreaks and epidemics. Moreover, visiting several places presents travelers with the possibility of contact with some tropical diseases, which demands the development of specific pol...

Achievements and Challenges of the Population Policy in Korea

State Children's Health Insurance Program achievements, challenges, and policy recommendations.

This policy statement reviews the impressive progress of the State Children's Health Insurance Program since its enactment in 1997 and identifies outstanding challenges and state and federal policy recommendations. The American Academy of Pediatrics urges Congress to reauthorize SCHIP to strengthen its historic gains. The following set of recommended strategies for reauthorization pertain to fu...

[Gender-based violence in Public Health: challenges and achievements].

This text deals with violence against women (VAW) as a scientific and practical object of Health. It is a theoretical and critical reflection related to historical processes that show convergences and distances between the approach of this violence as an issue and the health field particularities, creating contemporary conquests and challenges especially to Public Health. The text debates inter...