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Fruit trait variation in a caribbean germplasm collection of aromatic hot peppers (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) [PDF]

, 2013
Aromatic hot peppers (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) are an important agricultural commodity for many small-scale farmers in the Caribbean because it is a commercially viable crop and one that is integral to the cuisines of the region.
Bharath, Sarah, Cilas, Christian, Umaharan, Pathmanathan   +2 more
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Opportunities and Challenges: The Caribbean Involvement in the Free Trade Area of the Americas [PDF]

, 2003
This Article will examine the region\u27s participation in the process leading to the establishment of the FTAA, and the benefits and challenges associated with its involvement in this hemispheric undertaking.
Bishop, Myrtle D., Chandler, Samuel J.
core   +4 more sources

The landscape of COVID-19 clinical trials in Latin America and the Caribbean: assessment and challenges

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2020
A considerable number of clinical trials is being conducted globally in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including in low- and middle-income countries such as those in the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC).
Sarah Carracedo, Ana Palmero, Marcie Neil, Anisa Hasan-Granier, Carla Saenz, Ludovic Reveiz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic and Environmental Multiobjective Optimization of a Wind–Solar–Fuel Cell Hybrid Energy System in the Colombian Caribbean Region

Energies, 2019
A hybrid system was analyzed and optimized to produce electric energy in non-interconnected zones in the Colombian Caribbean region, contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the improvement in efficient energy management.
G. Valencia, A. Benavides, Y. Cardenas
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public spending on health care in Africa: do the poor benefit?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Health care is a basic service essential in any effort to combat poverty, and is often subsidized with public funds to help achieve that aim. This paper examines public spending on curative health care in several African countries and finds that this ...
F Castro-Leal, J Dayton, L Demery
doaj   +1 more source

Standards for psychosocial care in pediatric cancer: adapted proposal for Latin American and Caribbean countries

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023
Objective. To highlight the objectives, achievements, challenges, and next steps for the World Health Organization’s Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC) framework, a project designed to improve psychosocial care (PSC) in pediatric cancer ...
Viviana Trigoso, Liliana Vásquez, Soad Fuentes-Alabi, Claudia Pascual, Teresa Méndez, Essy Maradiegue, Mariela Villegas, Elisa Perina, Eugenia Ahumada, João de Bragança, Marcela Zubieta, María del Pilar Jiménez, Hernan Bernedo, Lourdes Ruda, Melisa Sierralta, Alessandra Motta, Nuria Rossell, Daniela Vargas, Yurfa Salazar, Marisa López, Oscar Plascencia, Armando Arita, Raquel Molinas, Carmen Salaverria, Oscar Velásquez, Cecilia Ugaz   +25 more
doaj   +1 more source

Isohyetal Maps of Daily Maximum Rainfall for Different Return Periods for the Colombian Caribbean Region

Water, 2019
In Colombia, daily maximum multiannual series are one of the main inputs for design streamflow calculation, which requires performing a rainfall frequency analysis that involves several prior steps: (a) requesting the datasets, (b) waiting for the ...
Álvaro González-Álvarez, Orlando M. Viloria-Marimón, Ó. E. Coronado-Hernández, A. M. Vélez-Pereira, Kibrewossen Tesfagiorgis, J. Coronado-Hernández   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cut loose in the Caribbean : neoliberalism and the demise of the Commonwealth sugar trade [PDF]

This article focuses on the way the Anglophone Caribbean succumbed to the overhaul of the European Union sugar trade and how these countries have attempted to restructure their economies in its wake. We show how the protagonists of reform gave a sense of
Richardson, Ben, Richardson-Ngwenya, Pamela   +1 more
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Civil society promoting government accountability for health equity in the Caribbean: The Healthy Caribbean Coalition

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2020
Achieving health equity and addressing the social determinants of health are critical to attaining the health and health-related targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals.
Trevor A. Hassell, Maisha T. Hutton, D. Beverley Barnett   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Situation of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic Review

Global Heart, 2022
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) disproportionately affects low-income and middle-income countries. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have been less represented in scientific literature.
Maria Alejandra Jaimes-Reyes, Manuel Urina-Jassir, Manuel Urina-Triana, Miguel Urina-Triana   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source