Research opportunities in environmental health in Latin America.

Children’s Health in Latin America: The Influence of Environmental Exposures

BACKGROUND Chronic diseases are increasing among children in Latin America. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS To examine environmental risk factors for chronic disease in Latin American children and to develop a strategic initiative for control of these exposures, the World Health Organization (WHO) including the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Collegium Ramazzini, and Latin American scienti...

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

Mapping and modelling neglected tropical diseases and poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The prospects and opportunities for application of risk mapping and modelling of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Latin America are examined with the aim to broaden the interest in geospatial research there. Special reference is made to the potential use of geospatial tools in health planning and implementation of national disease control programmes.

The rise of health biotechnology research in Latin America: A scientometric analysis of health biotechnology production and impact in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba and Mexico

This paper analyzes the patterns of health biotechnology publications in six Latin American countries from 2001 to 2015. The countries studied were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba and Mexico. Before our study, there were no data available on HBT development in half of the Latin-American countries we studied, i.e., Argentina, Colombia and Chile. To include these countries in a scientome...

Tobacco industry success in preventing regulation of secondhand smoke in Latin America: the "Latin Project".

OBJECTIVE To examine the tobacco industry's strategy to avoid regulations on secondhand smoke exposure in Latin America. METHODS Systematic search of tobacco industry documents available through the internet. All available materials, including confidential reports regarding research, lobbying, and internal memoranda exchanged between the tobacco industry representatives, tobacco industry lawy...