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Latin America & Caribbean
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CU
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CUB
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Americas
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Republic of Cuba

En este documento se analiza comparativamente el avance de los países americanos en la universalización de la seguridad social en 2019. En particular, se estudia la universalización de la cobertura desde una perspectiva multidimensional, empleando el marco analítico de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, que contempla las dimensiones de alcance, extensión y nivel.

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This policy brief intends to do the following: describe how the current public health care system in the Philippines failed to reduce healthcare-related out-of-pocket payments (OOPPs) for many citizens; present data on PhilHealth's unstable financial situation which limits the public insurance system's capacity to finance free health care; and outline a Cuban- & UK-inspired practical plan to build a Philippine National Health Services (NHS).

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In response to the impact of Covid-19 on poverty and inequality in the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC has called for Latin American countries to build welfare states. Is this the right call? This blog, and two that will follow, considers whether this is the right objective for Latin American countries. We begin with a critical perspective on welfare states.

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Slide presentation of the webinar held on 23 August 2018. About 250 million children under five years of age in low and middle-income countries are at risk of not attaining their developmental potential because of extreme poverty and stunting. The effects reach far beyond the individual lives of children and affect families, communities and the development of nations. In response, UNICEF’s ECD programmes support parents, caregivers and communities to help vulnerable children get a fair start in life.

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The Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED) provides comparable data on health expenditure for more than 190 WHO Member States since 2000 with open access to the public. The database can help answer questions such as how much countries spend on health, how much of the health spending comes from government, households, and donors, and how much of the spending is channelled through compulsory and voluntary health financing arrangements.

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This is WFP’s new global hunger monitoring system that tracks and predicts hunger in near real-time.

(COVID-19)

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