Indigenous health in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Cancer in indigenous people in Latin America and the Caribbean: a review

Cancer is a leading cause of death in Latin America but there have been few assessments of the cancer burden for the 10% of the population who are indigenous. Evidence from other world regions suggests cancer survival is poorer for indigenous people than for others due to a greater incidence of case-fatal cancers, later stage at diagnosis, and less cancer treatment. A status report on the cance...

Using Geographic Information System Tools to Address Disparities in Access to Family Planning Services and Commodities in Latin America and the Caribbean (Technical Brief) (Feb 20, 2009)

DECEMBER 2008 This publication was produced for review by the U.S. Agency for International Development. It was prepared by the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 1. U S A ID | D E LI V E R P R O JE C T, 2 00 8 Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have made significant progress in achieving reproductive health commodity security in recent years, as reflected by increasing contrac...

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

Regional integration and south-south cooperation in health in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This paper analyzes whether south-south cooperation is legitimately a recent practice or merely an improved version of previous regional integration processes in Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors reviewed and systematized the historic development of subregional integration processes in Latin America and the Caribbean and focused on health cooperation in the following contexts: the Ce...

Ethnobotany and biodiversity conservation-holistic approaches from Eastern Africa and Latin America

Scientists widely agree that species extinction has heavily accelerated in the last decades. A grave problem for the conservation of diversity is the still very fragmentary knowledge of the ecology of most species. Attempts of sustainable management and conservation must integrate local communities and their traditional knowledge. Management decisions need to include the high importance of natu...