Latin America and the Caribbean / Amérique latine et Caraïbes
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Item Financing health in Latin America : household spending and impoverishment(Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Mexican Health Foundation, IDRC, 2013) Knaul, Felicia Marie; Wong, Rebeca; Arreola-Ornelas, HectorHousehold Spending and Impoverishment, Volume 1 of the Financing Health in Latin America series, analyzes the level and determinants of catastrophic health expenditures across 12 countries, and presents new and important insights into the crucial issue of financial protection in health in the region. The results demonstrate that out-of-pocket health spending is pushing large portions of the population into poverty and that the most vulnerable segments of society are also those at greatest risk of financial catastrophe due to health spending.Item Revista de salud pública : gobernanza de las políticas de salud en las Américas, volumen 12, suplemento 1, abril 2010(Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, CO, 2010) Agudelo C., Carlos A.; Bazzani, Roberto; Rico de Sotelo, Carmen; Yavich, NataliaItem Priorities for tobacco control research in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) : regional meeting report : 2nd interamerican workshop on tobacco control research(2007) Tobacco epidemic research centre; Government of Colonia, UruguayThe meeting aimed to draft a regional research agenda for tobacco control in order to foster strong and effective public policies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). LAC is beginning the process of controlling the tobacco epidemic. Many LAC countries still allow tobacco advertising; tobacco taxes and prices are low; health warning labels are weak, and 100% smoke free environments are scarce. To reduce the gap between research and policy, the second regional workshop advocates for technological quality of research projects, financial and technical cooperation between North and South, including capacity building in research, as well as enhanced networks within the tobacco control advocacy community.Item Tailor - made competition policy in a standardizing world : a study from the perspective of developing economies(Instituto Apoyo, Lima, PE, 2005) Boza, BeatrizItem Tailor - made competition policy in a standardizing world : the experience of Perú; informe técnico final(Instituto Apoyo, Lima, PE, 2005) Boza, Beatriz; Instituto Apoyo