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
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Predictable and Preventable: Designing Protection for Recurring Shocks
What happens when a household loses a job, gets hit by flood, or experiences a health emergency? For many families in the region, it’s not just a one-time hardship, it’s part of a repeating pattern. We used data on urban households from Colombia’s Encuesta Longitudinal Colombiana de la Universidad de los Andes (ELCA). This nationally representative panel survey has … [Read more...] about Predictable and Preventable: Designing Protection for Recurring Shocks
Coaching to Improve Healthcare Quality
Clara Contrera had been thinking for months about how to improve primary care for her patients. She is a general practitioner at the El Rodeo Comprehensive Health Center, located nearly three hours from Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. There, she treats patients of all ages, many of whom live in poverty. With years of experience as a health professional, she recognizes … [Read more...] about Coaching to Improve Healthcare Quality
Saving Lives with Quality Health Services: The Experience of Belize
Chelsea Simms lives in Punta Gorda, a fishing village on the southern Caribbean coast of Belize. She is 25 years old and has just given birth to her second child. The first was delivered by cesarean section. The second almost took her life. In early April, Chelsea began feeling unwell but didn’t recognize the symptoms as signs of labor. Nevertheless, she went to the local … [Read more...] about Saving Lives with Quality Health Services: The Experience of Belize
Health Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Double by 2050: What Can Be Done?
Health spending is a major concern in our region, for households and governments alike. Two recently published studies that were commissioned by the IDB examine how health spending may evolve in the near future, what drives these changes, and what can be done. Health Expenditures Are Growing Fast but Not Equally The first paper projects that health spending will rise … [Read more...] about Health Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Double by 2050: What Can Be Done?