Health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean face growing challenges in ensuring efficient, sustainable, and high-quality services for everyone. Population aging, the increasing burden of chronic diseases, and limited resources make improving the performance of the health sector an unavoidable priority. On this path, continuous training and access to evidence-based … [Read more...] about Do You Work in the Health Sector? Enhance Your Impact with These Courses Free of Charge
Chronic Pain: Another Gender Gap Affecting Women
In health, as in education, labor markets and other sectors of society, there are significant gender gaps. According to the most recent World Economic Forum report, women spend about 25% more of their lives with health problems and are more likely to face barriers to accessing health care services. This gender gap in health equates to 75 million years of life lost each year due … [Read more...] about Chronic Pain: Another Gender Gap Affecting Women
How Much Could Chilean Households Save by Switching to Generic Drugs?
In Latin America and the Caribbean, pharmaceutical expenditure ranges from 8.5% (Costa Rica) to 22.1% (Mexico) of total health expenditure. Although governments bear part of this expenditure, in many of the region's countries households assume a significant proportion. In Chile, for example, health spending directly paid by households accounts for 32% of total health spending, … [Read more...] about How Much Could Chilean Households Save by Switching to Generic Drugs?
The hidden beauty of costing health
A major policy focus in moving toward UHC (Universal Health Coverage) has been on the key policy question: what services should be made available and under what conditions? And health benefits packages (HBPs) are an answer to this question as they refer to explicitly defined services that can be feasibly financed and provided under the actual circumstances in which a given … [Read more...] about The hidden beauty of costing health