Health sector reform and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean: strengthening the links.

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities Sexual and Reproductive Health ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● and Health Sector Reform: in Latin America and the Caribbean Challenges and Opportunities

Reproductive health and health sector reform in developing countries: establishing a framework for dialogue.

It is not clear how policy-making in the field of reproductive health relates to changes associated with programmes for the reform of the health sector in developing countries. There has been little communication between these two areas, yet policy on reproductive health has to be implemented in the context of structural change. This paper examines factors that limit dialogue between the two ar...

Policy and Practice Reproductive health and health sector reform in developing countries: establishing a framework for dialogue

It is not clear how policy-making in the field of reproductive health relates to changes associated with programmes for the reform of the health sector in developing countries. There has been little communication between these two areas, yet policy on reproductive health has to be implemented in the context of structural change. This paper examines factors that limit dialogue between the two ar...

[Health systems reform and equity in Latin America and the Caribbean: lessons from the 1980s and 1990s].

This essay proposes a review of the issues of equity and reform in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of changes in recent decades, emphasizing the discussion of health systems reform. The economic, political, and social context prevailing in the critical 1970s extensively favored budget cuts for public expenditures, cost containment, changes in the health sector power structure, an...

Making the Connection between Reproductive Ill Health and Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

• The connections between poverty and reproductive ill health, as expressed through high fertility and perinatal mortality, are multidimensional. Conceptually, poverty is both a determinant and a consequence of reproductive ill health, either directly or through a series of proximate determinants. The links between poverty, low educational attainment, high fertility, and poor child and maternal...