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Reducing the equity gap in child health care and health system reforms in Latin America

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background During the first decade of the current century, Latin American countries have shown high and consistent economic growth rates, increasing per capita GDP and reducing poverty.
Daniel Maceira, Luisa Brumana, Joaquín González Aleman   +2 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities in HIV knowledge, HIV testing, and condom use among adolescent and young women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objective. To appraise the presence and magnitude of inter- and intra-country health inequalities related to HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) among young females. Methods.
Juan Pablo Gutiérrez, Alejandra Trossero   +1 more
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Improvement of Wastewater Treatment Performance and Power Generation in Microbial Fuel Cells by Enhancing Hydrolysis and Acidogenesis, and by Reducing Internal Losses

Energies, 2018
In this study, biodegradation performance and power generation in MFCs were improved. Domestic wastewater was biodegraded in a dual-chamber MFC system equipped with a DupontTM Nafion® 117 proton exchange membrane, graphite electrodes (8.0 cm × ...
Miguel Ángel López Zavala, Pamela Renée Torres Delenne, Omar Israel González Peña   +2 more
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Educational pairings and fertility decline in Brazil: An analysis using cohort fertility

Demographic Research, 2022
Background: Brazil's fertility transition was the result of multiple socioeconomic transformations that started during the second quarter of the 20th century.
José Henrique Costa Monteiro da Silva, Everton Emanuel Campos de Lima, Maria Coleta Ferreira Albino de Oliveira   +2 more
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Labor productivity and remuneration across Mexico's manufacturing industry: A spatial approach

Estudios Económicos
This document investigates the relationship between wages and labor productivity in Mexico, considering the territorial dimension and, within it, the impact that the productivity of neighboring entities has on local wages, given the geographical ...
Jesús Antonio López Cabrera, Enrique González Mata, René Cabral Torres   +2 more
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The Needs and Opportunities for Agricultural Research from the Perspective of Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

, 1996
Document summarizing the research challenges faced by the Latin America and Caribbean Region prepared on behalf of the Regional Forum for Agricultural Research in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is based on the full action plan for that region, which
Regional Forum on Agricultural Research in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Telemedicine for the provision of medication abortion to pregnant people at up to twelve weeks of pregnancy: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Reproductive Health
Background Telemedicine represents an important strategy to facilitate access to medication abortion (MAB) procedures, reduces distance barriers and expands coverage to underserved communities. The aim is evaluating the self-managed MAB (provided through
Leonardo Cely-Andrade, Karen Cárdenas-Garzón, Luis Carlos Enríquez-Santander, Biani Saavedra-Avendano, Guillermo Antonio Ortiz Avendaño   +4 more
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Use of Cyclic Voltammetry to Describe the Electrochemical Behavior of a Dual-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell

Energies, 2019
Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was used in this work to describe the electrochemical behavior of a dual-chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC). The system performance was evaluated under vacuum and non-pressurized conditions, different reaction times, two sweep ...
Miguel Ángel López Zavala, Omar Israel González Peña, Héctor Cabral Ruelas, Cristina Delgado Mena, Mokhtar Guizani   +4 more
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Gender inequality in Latin American Neuroscience community

IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 2021
Gender bias in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) has been identified since a long time ago. However, gender imbalance in neuroscience has not yet been adequately explored worldwide. Here we report the first study on the development
Ana Silva, Cecilia Tomassini, Julieta Zurbrigg, Adrián G. Palacios, Verónica Amarante, Cecilia Bouzat   +5 more
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Bibliography on open access in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

, 2012
Bibliography on open access in Latin America and the Caribbean. Selection mainly based on open access publications describing open access initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prepared for UNESCO-Latin America and the Caribbean Section of the
Babini, Dominique
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