Health technology assessment in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The International Assessment on Agriculture Science and Technology (IAASTD) for Latin America and the Caribbean (Forthcoming) grouped agriculture in the region

The role of health impact assessment in advancing sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The World Health Organization's (WHO's) Commission on Social Determinants of Health formally adopted Health Impact Assessment (HIA) more than a decade ago as a promising concept to address underlying health issues. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) remains one of the regions of the world with minimal application of HIA in public programs and policies. This special report documents the need ...

Methods and challenges for the health impact assessment of vaccination programs in Latin America

OBJECTIVE To describe methods and challenges faced in the health impact assessment of vaccination programs, focusing on the pneumococcal conjugate and rotavirus vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean. METHODS For this narrative review, we searched for the terms "rotavirus", "pneumococcal", "conjugate vaccine", "vaccination", "program", and "impact" in the databases Medline and LILACS. Th...

Developing alternative approaches to urban wastewater disposal in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Rapid urbanization and industrialization in Latin America and the Caribbean has aggravated serious wastewater disposal problems in that region. This article describes some of the morepromising methods available for dealing with these problems-including use of submarine oulfalls, reuse of treated sewage efluent, and application of unconventional technology in poverty-stricken urban neighborhoods.

Trends in Longevity in the Americas: Disparities in Life Expectancy in Women and Men, 1965-2010

OBJECTIVE We describe trends in life expectancy at birth (LE) and between-country LE disparities since 1965, in Latin America and the Caribbean. METHODS & FINDINGS LE trends since 1965 are described for three geographical sub-regions: the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. LE disparities are explored using a suite of absolute and relative disparity metrics, with measurement consen...