The Implementation of Early Intervention Initiatives for Psychosis in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Case Study. [PDF]
PLOS Glob Public HealthValle R, Velez C, Iyer SN.
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The Dynamics of Social Insurance in Egypt
LABOUR, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Social insurance coverage is low and declining in Egypt. This paper uses panel data, spanning 1998–2023, to assess the dynamics behind these trends in social insurance coverage. The results highlight not only the decline of social insurance coverage but an informality trap: over time workers are less likely to gain social insurance at entry or
Caroline Krafft, Cyrine Hannafi
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Weight stigma in Latin America and the Caribbean: regional evidence and a call to action by ABESO. [PDF]
Lancet Reg Health AmViola LF +8 more
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Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
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Strengthening microbiology laboratory capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean region to bolster global health security agenda. [PDF]
J Clin MicrobiolKim W, Costa AD, Abreu A, Corby A.
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Christian Humanism in the Black Atlantic: The Case of Olaudah Equiano
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores Olaudah Equiano as a pivotal figure in the emergence of a Christian humanism forged within the Black Atlantic. Building on the analyses of Sylvia Wynter and Paul Gilroy, it examines how Equiano's The Interesting Narrative contests the racial figuration of the human that underwrote the development of racial capitalism and ...
Luke Bretherton
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Firearm-related threats before migrating to the USA from Latin America and the Caribbean. [PDF]
Inj PrevWeigend Vargas E, Goldstick J, Vargas L.
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.Larval indices, especially house infestation index (HI) and breteau index (BI), were significantly associated with temperature and precipitation, indicating that warmer and wetter conditions increase Aedes aegypti breeding‐site positivity. Adult indices, trap positivity index (TPI) and adult density index (ADI) showed no significant association with ...
Angie Nataly Aire Laureano +3 more
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Climate-Related Hazards and Public Health in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
Environ Health InsightsHusaini DC +3 more
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