improving health conditions in latin american region

“In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.”
- Henri Frederic Amiel

There are many healthcare challenges facing the Latin American region. Some of these include child malnutrition, high infant mortality rates, the spread of AIDS, the lack of reproductive health options, etc. These challenges are further aggravated by the poverty existent within much of the rural areas as well as the urban areas, where the majority of the population is concentrated. This site aims to keep track of any development within this area in terms of new programs, initiatives, policies, organizations, etc.

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Toward a Caribbean Public Health Agency

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TemasEtUnam Over the last three decades, the nations of the Caribbean Community ( CARICOM ) have developed a series of small health-related institutions for different tasks, spread out over different member states. In recent years some member governments have questioned the wisdom and cost-effectiveness of having such compartmentalization. And some have even dared to wonder aloud if the come has not come for member states to acknowledge that CARICOM has a more robust role to play in public health than it has in the past. The cooperation on HIV/AIDS via the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS ( PANCAP ) and last year’s Caribbean meeting ... Read Full Story

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LAC Health Stats, Trends and Trivia

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TemasEtUnam Which Latin American or Caribbean nation smokes or drinks the most? In which are you more likely to die from cancer than infectious diseases such as malaria or dengue? Which has the highest percentage of obese people? Which spends the most on the health of their citizens? If you you’ve ever wondered about such questions, there’s a place where you can find some of the answers you crave. In late May the World Health Organization ( WHO ) released the latest edition of its annual World Health Statistics . The WHO annual provides a good basic set of comparable health data for all ... Read Full Story

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US$15 mil. to Improve Rural Health Care in Peru / US$15 millones para mejorar salud rural en el Perú

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From the World Bank: US$15 Million to Improve Health Care for Poor Rural Populations Expands the capacity and quality of women’s and child health care services in the poorest areas of the country The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$15 million loan to Peru to improve the equity of and expand access to mother-child [...] Read Full Story

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WHO and World Bank Join Forces on Global Health / La OMS y el Banco Mundial aúnan esfuerzos en salud mundial

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TemasEtUnam From the World Health Organization ( WHO ): WHO and World Bank join forces for better results from global health investments As delegates gather at the International AIDS Conference (3-8 August), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank today address the pressing global debate around health systems and initiatives in specific aspects of health, nutrition and population. Critics claim that disease-specific initiatives are eroding already weak health systems, while others assert that weak health systems are holding back progress in disease-specific initiatives. In an effort to gather evidence and provide technical guidance in this area, WHO and the World Bank have ... Read Full Story

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Update: International Health Regulations

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TemasEtUnam Synopsis in English : About a year ago I noted the coming into effect of the World Health Organization’s ( WHO ) new International Health Regulations ( IHR ), and explained their significance for dealing with a cross-border, trans-national or global health crisis — a breakout or pandemic of infectious disease, contamination in an internationally traded foodstuff, a bioterrorism incident, a health crisis created by a natural disaster. Now the member states of the Pan American Health Organization ( PAHO ) are working out how to implement the IHR in the Americas. A recent meeting in Brasilia looked at how member states should ... Read Full Story

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