Exploring wealth-related inequalities in maternal and child health coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean

Urban Health: Latin America and the Caribbean

Several urban features, while not unique to Latin America, characterize the specific health challenges facing cities in this region, including the growth of midsize cities and, especially, the growth of periurban spontaneous settlements where sanitation, education, employment, health services, and links to the formal urban economy are often precarious. Health issues in cities include infectious...

Child and adolescent mental health in Latin America and the Caribbean: problems, progress, and policy research.

The nations of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have many contrasts in the advances that they have made in the areas of child and adolescent mental health policy, research, and training. Within the LAC countries there exist the most sophisticated of child mental health programs based on comprehensive primary care models (Chile), strong advocacy programs with government support at the highe...

Indigenous health in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This review is the second in a series on Indigenous health, covering different regions and issues. We look briefly at the current state of Indigenous health in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region with over 400 different indigenous groups and a total population of 45 to 48 million people. We describe the complex history and current reality of Indigenous peoples' situation within the Americ...

Better Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Health technology assessment in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Americas, has tried to promote health technology assessment (HTA) in Latin America for 25 years. A certain awareness of HTA developed in several countries because of these efforts. In the late 1990's, there was a strong movement for health reform in Latin America, and HTA became part of t...