Category Archives: Americas

Social determinants of health, universal health coverage, and sustainable development: case studies from Latin American countries

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The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 16 October 2014

Top health officials from throughout the Americas urge action to advance toward universal health coverage

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Pan American Health Organization
53rd Directing Council. 66th Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas
Washington, DC, 29 September to 3 October 2014

Máximas autoridades sanitarias de las Américas instan a tomar acciones para avanzar hacia la cobertura universal de salud

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Pan American Health Organization
53rd Directing Council. 66th Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas
Washington, DC, 29 September to 3 October 2014

Top health officials from throughout the Americas urge action to advance toward universal health coverage

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53rd Directing Council. 66th Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas
Washington, DC, 29 September to 3 October 2014

The Launch of The Lancet Series. Universal Health Coverage in Latin America

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The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in collaboration with The Lancet, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and The Rockefeller Foundation invite you to coincide with the launch of the Lancet Series on Universal Health Coverage in the Americas.

Methodological notes: Developing SDH Indicators for observatories on health inequities: The Brazilian experience

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Mexico. National Institute of Public Health (INSP)
Brazil. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
June 2014

English: Social geography of AIDS in Brazil: identifying patterns of regional inequalities

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Cad. Saúde Pública
vol.30 n.2 Rio de Janeiro Feb. 2014

Inequalities in multiple health outcomes by education, sex, and race in 93 US counties: Why we should measure them all

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International Journal for Equity in Health
Published: 13 June 2014

Progress towards universal health coverage in BRICS: translating economic growth into better health

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Public Health Foundation of India, ISID Campus, Vasant Kunj Institutional Area, New Delhi 110070, India.
American University of Armenia, School of Public Health, Yerevan, Armenia.
Health, Nutrition and Population, The World Bank, Washington, United States of America.
Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
10 March 2014

Socioeconomic inequalities and mortality trends in BRICS, 1990–2010

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Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Volume 92, Number 6, June 2014.