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Identifying food environment policies and research needs in Latin America and the Caribbean: insights from the Community of Practice in Nutrition and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean (COLANSA) [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Nutrition-related health issues remain a significant public health challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where rapid transformations in food systems have contributed to increasing obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases.
Natalia Elorriaga +6 more
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Examining sex differences in the completeness of Peruvian CRVS data and adult mortality estimates
Genus, 2022 The production, compilation, and publication of death registration records is complex and usually involves many institutions. Assessing available data and the evolution of the completeness of the data compiled based on demographic techniques and other ...
Helena Cruz Castanheira +1 more
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A qualitative approach for a situation analysis of AMR risks in the food animal production sector
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 In response to the need to manage Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), countries have produced National Action Plans (NAPs), which require detailed information of the AMR situation in all sectors. Considering the limited information that is publicly available
Marisa Caipo +3 more
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Biological nitrification inhibition by rice root exudates in two different soils of Uruguay
Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2021 Rice root exudates can control nitrification by releasing biological nitrification inhibitors (BNIs), reducing nitrogen losses in agricultural soils. However, the inhibitory effect on nitrification and the abundance of ammonia oxidisers in different soil
Gabriela Illarze +3 more
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Sovereign Credit Ratings in Latin America and the Caribbean: History and Impact on Bond Spreads
Economía, 2019 In this study, we examine the history of sovereign credit ratings in Latin America and the Caribbean, the evolution of credit quality, and the relationship between rating changes and the cost of accessing external financing as reflected in the behavior ...
Inés Bustillo +2 more
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Cash Transfers in Latin America: Effects on Poverty and Redistribution
Economía, 2018 We present comparative evidence for eight Latin American countries regarding the design and effects of cash transfers (CTs). On the basis of household survey data, we analyze their coverage, importance in household income, and effects on poverty ...
Verónica Amarante, Martín Brun
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Cancer Burden in Latin America and the Caribbean
Annals of Global Health, 2014 In Latin America and the Caribbean, the epidemiological transition has been occurring in an unequal manner. Infectious-contagious diseases share space with the increase of chronic nontransmissible diseases, such as cancer, which already represents the second most common cause of death, after cardiovascular illnesses.This study provides a global picture
Souza, Dyego Leandro Bezerra de +1 more
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Estudios Económicos, 2009 Identifying relevant variables for multidimensional poverty analysis depends on how different dimensions complement or substitute each other, given the existence of attributes highly correlated with household income.
Luis Felipe López Calva +1 more
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Heliyon, 2020 Several studies have been conducted worldwide to develop effective and affordable methods to degrade pharmaceuticals and their metabolites/intermediates/oxidation products found in surface water, wastewater and drinking water. In this work, acetaminophen
Miguel Ángel López Zavala +4 more
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On the Normalized Herfindahl-Hirschman Index: A Technical Note
International Journal on Food System Dynamics, 2016 We compare the application of two different normalization procedures for the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. We show that structural differences exist between the two indices and derive the conditions for which these differences are more or less substantial.
Daniel Cracau, José E. Durán Lima
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