Actual and expected performance for selected well-being outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean over time

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Expected Performance ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Over Time

scholarly journals Advancing environmental public health in Latin America and the Caribbean

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Marcelo Korc ◽  
Fred Hauchman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
The Public ◽  
Environmental Public Health ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Health And Well Being

This paper highlights the important leadership role of the public health sector, working with other governmental sectors and nongovernmental entities, to advance environmental public health in Latin America and the Caribbean toward the achievement of 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 3: Health and Well-Being. The most pressing current and future environmental public health threats are discussed, followed by a brief review of major historical and current international and regional efforts to address these concerns. The paper concludes with a discussion of three major components of a regional environmental public health agenda that responsible parties can undertake to make significant progress toward ensuring the health and well-being of all people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

SABE - Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Pelaez ◽  
Alberto Palloni ◽  
Cecilia Albala ◽  
Juan Carlos Alfonso ◽  
Roberto Ham-Chande ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Caribbean

scholarly journals Fiscal Space for Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Health System ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Fiscal Space ◽  
Universal Health

Countries that have made the most progress toward universal coverage have public expenditures in health equivalent to at least 6% of their gross domestic product (GDP), which is the percentage established in PAHO’s universal health strategy as the benchmark for the countries. However, while higher expenditure is a prerequisite, it is not enough to combat inequities and advance toward universal health. In addition to greater resources, the quality of the expenditure must be improved, reducing health system inefficiencies. Moreover, public expenditure in health should be sustainably increased in a fiscally responsible manner. The concept of fiscal space for health refers to the ability of governments to provide additional budgetary resources for the health system without affecting the financial position of the public sector or supplanting other socially necessary expenditures. Any analysis of fiscal space, therefore, will attempt to identify the prospects for increasing health expenditure in the short and medium term to address a series of clearly established health needs. These efforts are under way at a critical time in the Region of the Americas, particularly in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, which are engaged in a singular health system reform process. For the first time in history, these countries have formalized their intention of increasing public expenditure in health, putting themselves firmly on the path to real and effective access to health care through the universal health strategy. Without achieving basic well-being at this level, it will be impossible to improve social cohesion and social development in the countries of the Region. This publication brings together and summarizes PAHO’s studies on fiscal space for universal health in the Americas and draws on the contributions of the regional forum held in Washington, D.C. on 7-8 December 2015. With this publication, whose target audience is the technical personnel responsible for policy development, decision-makers, and authorities, PAHO hopes to contribute to the analysis and discussion of health financing policies on the path toward universal health.

Research Insights: How Much Has Human Mobility Been Reduced by Social Distancing Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Aromi ◽  
María Paula Bonel ◽  
Julian P. Cristia ◽  
Martín Llada ◽  
Juan I. Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Reduced Mobility ◽  
Over Time

The lockdowns implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean in March 2020 reduced the share of people who travel more than 1 km (about 0.6 miles) per day by 10 percentage points during the 15 days following its implementation. The effects of the lockdowns declined over time: the effect amounted to 12 percentage points during the first week and to 9 percentage points during the second week of the implementation of the lockdowns. In contrast, school closures reduced mobility by only 5 percentage points, and no effects were found for bar and restaurant closures or the cancellation of public events. The results suggest that lockdowns are a tool that can produce reductions in mobility quickly. This is important given the expectation that reduced mobility slows the spread of COVID-19.

scholarly journals Strategies for Developing Countries: Experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Manuel Amador
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Health Food ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
Distribution Of Income

Developing countries face severe poverty, unemployment, low agriculture productivity, unequal distribution of income and consumption, poor sanitation, and illiteracy. These problems are difficult to solve because of lack of resources, industrial backwardness, and the limited extent to which modern science and technology are introduced. Thus it is necessary to reexamine the objectives of development and the values on which they are established. It will not be possible to achieve fair levels of well-being if progress is attempted simply by copying patterns in rich countries rather than through a rational application of those countries’ scientific knowledge and productive technologies. In several countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, the development of technical and human resources and institutions has helped solve several problems. Cuba has made progress in biotechnology and in health, food, agriculture, cattle, fishery, and education, applying its own resources and the creativeness of scientists, technicians, and workers in these fields. These efforts have succeeded notwithstanding the difficulty of gaining access to Western technology and the country's severe financial limitations. A political decision for elaborating a global strategy and setting resources, and testing the technology and evaluating its technical, economic, social, political, and cultural feasibility were necessary.

Creole goats in Latin America and the Caribbean: a priceless resource to ensure the well-being of rural communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Glafiro Torres-Hernández ◽  
Jorge Alonso Maldonado-Jáquez ◽  
Lorenzo Danilo Granados-Rivera ◽  
Maria Wurzinger ◽  
Alvar Alonso Cruz-Tamayo
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Caribbean

scholarly journals The World Bank and Indigenous Peoples

2021 ◽  
pp. 191-204
Author(s):  
Shelton H. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Tribal People ◽  
Indigenous Cultures ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThis article traces the evolution of the World Bank policy on indigenous people. In 1982, the World Bank issued a brief operational policy statement which outlined procedures for protecting the rights of so-called “tribal people” in Bank-financed development projects. Experience has shown, the World Bank directive stated, “that, unless special measures are adopted, tribal people are more likely to be harmed than helped by development projects that are intended for beneficiaries other than themselves. Therefore, whenever tribal peoples may be affected, the design of projects should include measures or components necessary to safeguard their interests, and, whenever feasible, to enhance their well-being.” This protectionist approach emerged from the Bank’s experiences primarily in Latin America where there are well-rooted historical and legal antecedents. Over time, however, the Bank’s approach has evolved to reflect the diversity of indigenous cultures, with more of an emphasis on informed engagement and expanding access to benefits from development rather than on protection alone.

scholarly journals Features of Historical Development of Venezuela: Past and Present

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-132
Author(s):  
V. Romaniuk
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Hugo Chavez ◽  
The Impact

The article examines the features of historical development of Venezuela since the proclamation of the country’s independence at the beginning of the 19th century up to the modern period of governing by the Venezuelan presidents Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro. The article pays a special attention to an important event in the history of Venezuela - the 1914 discovery of a giant oil field in the region of Maracaibo Lake, Venezuela’s implementation and further development of the so-called oil-containing model and the impact of the oil and gas production and processing of carbon resources on the socio-political situation in the country and well-being of the Venezuelan people. The period of the reign of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (1998-2013) has been studied in more detail. The general thesis of the doctrine of the “Bolivarian revolution” have been considered and certain provisions end attainments of the program to construct the “Bolivarian socialism”, have been detected certain achievements and problems of implementing the participatory democracy in Venezuela. Certain foreign policy initiatives of the president and specific steps aimed at achieving the leading role in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean have been analyzed. The article highlights anti-Americanism as a peculiar trend of Hugo Chavez’s foreign policy and the sentiments of Venezuelan society, the peculiarities of Venezuela-Ukraine bilateral relations development have been emphasized. It has been concluded that it is advisable to further study the experience of creating the state and carrying out reforms in Venezuela for its possible further use in the development of our state, as well as using certain Venezuelan approaches regarding its leadership in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean in order to enhance and strengthen the role of Ukraine in the European regional cooperation.

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