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Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: Current situation and challenges

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dc.contributor.author Barreto, S.M.
dc.contributor.author Miranda, J. Jaime
dc.contributor.author Figueroa, J.P.
dc.contributor.author Schmidt, M.I.
dc.contributor.author Munoz, S.
dc.contributor.author Kuri-morales, P.P.
dc.contributor.author Silva Jr., J.B.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-18T19:26:51Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-18T19:26:51Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10948
dc.description.abstract Background: This article analyses the epidemiological research developments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It integrates the series commissioned by the International Epidemiological Association to all WHO Regions to identify global opportunities to promote the development of epidemiology. Methods: Health situations of the regions were analysed based on published data on selected mortality, morbidity and risk factors. Epidemiological publication output by country was estimated by Medline bibliometrics. Internet and literature searches and data provided by key informants were used to describe perspectives on epidemiological training, research and funding. Findings: Despite important advances in recent decades, LAC remains the world's most unequal region. In , 10% of the LAC's people still lived in conditions of multidimensional poverty, with huge variation among countries. The region has experienced fast and complex epidemiological changes in past decades, combining increasing rates of non-communicable diseases and injuries, and keeping uncontrolled many existing endemic and emerging diseases. Overall, epidemiological publications per year increased from 160 articles between 1961 and 1970 to 2492 between 2001 and . The increase in papers per million inhabitants in the past three decades varied from 57% in Panama to 1339% in Paraguay. Universities are the main epidemiological training providers. There are at least 34 universities and other institutions in the region that offer postgraduate programmes at the master's and doctoral levels in epidemiology or public health. Most LAC countries rely largely on external funding and donors to initiate and sustain long-term research efforts. Despite the limited resources, the critical mass of LAC researchers has produced significant scientific contributions. Future needs: The health research panorama of the region shows enormous regional discrepancies, but great prospects. Improving research and human resources capacity in the region will require establishing research partnerships within and outside the region, between rich and poor countries, promoting collaborations between LAC research institutions and universities to boost postgraduate programmes and aligning research investments and outputs with the current burden of disease. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Oxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries International Journal of Epidemiology
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject Risk Factor en_US
dc.subject Brazil en_US
dc.subject Epidemiology en_US
dc.subject Public Health en_US
dc.subject Morbidity en_US
dc.subject Socioeconomic Factors en_US
dc.subject Colombia en_US
dc.subject Funding en_US
dc.subject Latin America en_US
dc.subject Panama [Central America] en_US
dc.subject South And Central America en_US
dc.subject Infection en_US
dc.subject Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection en_US
dc.subject Urban Population en_US
dc.subject Research en_US
dc.subject Obesity en_US
dc.subject Socioeconomics en_US
dc.subject Bolivia en_US
dc.subject World Health Organization en_US
dc.subject Developing Countries en_US
dc.subject Public Health en_US
dc.subject Chile en_US
dc.subject Smoking en_US
dc.subject Argentina en_US
dc.subject Childhood Mortality en_US
dc.subject Injury en_US
dc.subject Panama en_US
dc.subject Paraguay en_US
dc.subject Venezuela en_US
dc.subject Haiti en_US
dc.subject Caribbean Region en_US
dc.subject Mortality en_US
dc.subject Fertility en_US
dc.subject Training en_US
dc.subject Health Status en_US
dc.subject Heart Disease en_US
dc.subject Global Health en_US
dc.subject Bibliometrics en_US
dc.subject Belize en_US
dc.subject Caribbean Islands en_US
dc.subject Epidemiologic Studies en_US
dc.subject Guyana en_US
dc.subject Health Inequality en_US
dc.subject Health Status en_US
dc.subject Jamaica en_US
dc.subject Latin America And Caribbean en_US
dc.subject Life Expectancy en_US
dc.subject Lung Disease en_US
dc.subject Mortality Risk en_US
dc.subject Research Support As Topic en_US
dc.subject Spatiotemporal Analysis en_US
dc.subject Trinidad And Tobago en_US
dc.title Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: Current situation and challenges en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys017
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.29
dc.relation.issn 1464-3685


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