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Despite Troubles, Brazil's SUS Health System Can Be a Model for …

WEBInspired by the British National Health Services, the Unified Health System (known as SUS, for its initials in Portuguese) is a key feature of the 1988 Constitution, …

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Petro’s Healthcare Move Reveals His New Governing Strategy

WEBPetro’s Healthcare Move Reveals His New Governing Strategy. By Laura Lizarazo. April 10, 2024. The Colombian president’s intervention into major private …

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Rio’s Forgotten Health Crisis

WEBRio’s Municipal Health Department declined to disclose figures of how many of the city’s favela residents specifically have tuberculosis – a decision made in order “to …

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Revisiting Brazil’s Public Health Rebellion (A Century Before …

WEBReading Time: 4 minutes. Brazil is witnessing unprecedented scenes of protestors raging against lockdowns in front of hospitals full of COVID-19 patients …

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The Lessons from Latin America’s COVID-19 Turnaround

WEBThe Lessons from Latin America’s COVID-19 Turnaround. The region went from being a symbol of pandemic failure to having a lower average number of deaths …

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Behind the Numbers: Race and Ethnicity in Latin America

WEBThroughout Latin America, race and ethnicity continue to be among the most important determinants of access to opportunity and economic advancement. …

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Cholera and the Road to Modernity: Lessons from One Latin …

WEBHaiti is currently battling the world’s largest cholera epidemic in half a century. An integrated, comprehensive response—including case-finding and rapid treatment, …

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From “Make-Sicko” back to Mexico City: The Greening of Mexico’s

WEBReading Time: 9 minutes Read a sidebar on t ransportation.. Mexico City has one of the world’s most complex concentrations of people. In the early sixteenth century, …

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Why Latin America’s Hospitals Are So Vulnerable to Coronavirus

WEBThis “inversion” is particularly worrisome: the ongoing economic downturn driven by coronavirus may deprive Latin American governments of the revenue they …

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In Brazil’s Favelas, Organizing Is the Difference Between Life and …

WEBIn favelas across Brazil, community activists and resident associations have sprung into action to battle the pandemic, knowing that waiting for the state to help them …

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Decriminalization would increase the use and the economic and …

WEBThe argument that drug decriminalization, or legalization, will solve the budget crisis, reduce prison overcrowding and cripple drug cartels is simply not …

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Looking at the Bright Side: 10 Positive Effects of the Pandemic

WEBThe following is a collective list of 10 ways our societies might improve after the pandemic, based on a virtual dialogue with followers on social media who contributed ideas and …

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The Hidden Mental Health Crisis at Mexico’s Border

WEBThe Hidden Mental Health Crisis at Mexico’s Border. By Benjamin Russell. April 20, 2020. Migrants' struggles with trauma and mental health are going overlooked …

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Central America Won’t Get Better Until Women’s Issues Become a …

WEBThe work done to reach the millennium goals had almost no impact on improving women’s everyday lives. Until now, policymakers have been quick to assume …

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Inside Chile’s World-Class Vaccination Campaign

WEBInside Chile’s World-Class Vaccination Campaign. By Brendan O’Boyle. February 22, 2021. Chile's success on vaccines started in the pandemic's early months, …

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Why Latin America Lost at Globalization—and How It Can Win Now

WEBLatin America and the Caribbean as a region is a full 11 percentage points below the global average (45% versus 56%) in terms of the importance of trade for their …

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Brazil’s Exodus of People Is A Bad Omen

WEBBrazil’s Exodus of People Is A Bad Omen. By Oliver Stuenkel. August 30, 2022. A growing number of Brazilians are losing hope in the country and emigrating, …

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Slow but Steady for Honduras’ New President

WEBReading Time: 4 minutes TEGUCIGALPA — President Xiomara Castro has been in office for four tumultuous months after being elected on a platform of cleaning up the country’s …

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“This Can Be Done”: In Honduras, Farmers Adapt to a Changing …

WEBBehind the curve. Breathing hard and sweating, Ariel Benítez climbed over tree trunks, boulders, broken pipes and other debris that have all but buried a stream …

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