The rise of noncommunicable diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges for public health policies

The health landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean is changing quickly. The region is undergoing a demographic and epidemiological transition in which health problems are highly concentrated on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In light of this, the region faces two main challenges: (1) develop...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Latin American economic review 2015, Vol.24 (1), p.1-56, Article 11
Hauptverfasser:	Anauati, Maria Victoria, Galiani, Sebastian, Weinschelbaum, Federico
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Behavioral economics Decision making Developing countries Development Economics Disease control Disease prevention Economic Policy Economics Economics and Finance Education Educational Policy and Politics Environmental Economics Externality Food Health Health behavior Health care policy Health insurance Infectious diseases Informal economy Infrastructure and Housing and Climate Change Insurance coverage Labor Economics Labor force LDCs Morbidity Mortality Noncommunicable diseases Obesity Overweight Public health Regional/Spatial Science Research at the policy frontier in Latin America: Health Risk factors Self control Studies
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