Latin America and the Caribbean: Assessment of the Advances in Public Health for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

The Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO) is an annual report produced by the IDB Group to share the results and impact of its work in Latin America and the Caribbean. It showcases the IDB Group's contributions towards the development of its 26 borrowing member countries in the region and the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as progress against key institutional metrics in its Corporate Results Framework.

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What's Millennial about the MDGs? Discursive Boundaries of Public Health in Southeast Asia

Journal of Health Management ◽

10.1177/097206340901100102 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 15-33

Author(s):

Lynn Thiesmeyer

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Millennium Development Goals ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Top Down ◽

Human Needs ◽

Development Goals ◽

Basic Human Needs ◽

Post War ◽

Critical Aspects

The Millennium Development Goals are framed within the post-war discourses of development that also gave us Basic Human Needs and Human Security. The Goals set out a consideration of the failures of earlier strategies along with an agenda for the accelerated reduction of poverty and its accompanying human insecurities. Though the more critical aspects of the MDG discourse were sorely needed, they also left space for the repetition of earlier top–down development strategies, and, more generally, for a (re)vision and wider implementation of globalised intervention by developed countries into the less-developed. In this discourse developed countries identify needs on the part of the less-developed and then supply these needs. The ‘need’ discourse focussed on here represents inferior public health that requires services, goods and equipment to be provided by developed countries; what it ignores are negative health consequences that can arise from development schemes themselves.

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Halfway up the highway: Can Nepal meet its Health Millennium Development Goals?

Journal of Nepal Medical Association ◽

10.31729/jnma.217 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 48 (173) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Abhinav Vaidya ◽

N Jha

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Millennium Development Goals ◽

Poverty Reduction ◽

Poverty Trap ◽

World Community ◽

Central Focus ◽

The World ◽

The Status ◽

Key Words Development ◽

Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are international objectives on poverty reduction adopted by the world community and provide the broad context for this revolution in thinking and practice. The MDGs place a central focus on public health, in recognition of the fact that improvements in public health are vital not only in their own right but also to break the poverty trap of the world's poorest economies. Nepal has been committed to achieving the MDGs since it endorsed the Millennium Declaration. As we have at present just passed the midway through the 15 years to MDGs deadline of 2015, this article reviews the status of Nepal in achieving the MDGs, the challenges it faces and whether it can achieve the MDGs by 2015.Key words: development, goals, health, millennium, Nepal

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Advancing environmental public health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública ◽

10.26633/rpsp.2021.118 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 45 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Marcelo Korc ◽

Fred Hauchman

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Latin America ◽

Health Sector ◽

Well Being ◽

Leadership Role ◽

The Public ◽

Environmental Public Health ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Health And Well Being

This paper highlights the important leadership role of the public health sector, working with other governmental sectors and nongovernmental entities, to advance environmental public health in Latin America and the Caribbean toward the achievement of 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 3: Health and Well-Being. The most pressing current and future environmental public health threats are discussed, followed by a brief review of major historical and current international and regional efforts to address these concerns. The paper concludes with a discussion of three major components of a regional environmental public health agenda that responsible parties can undertake to make significant progress toward ensuring the health and well-being of all people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Dementia Research in the Caribbean Hispanic Islands: Present Findings and Future Trends

Frontiers in Public Health ◽

10.3389/fpubh.2020.611998 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Daisy Acosta ◽

Jorge J. Llibre-Guerra ◽

Ivonne Z. Jiménez-Velázquez ◽

Juan J. Llibre-Rodríguez

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Latin America ◽

Social Issues ◽

Research Strategies ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Age Related ◽

Regional Strategies ◽

Demographic Aging ◽

The Caribbean ◽

The Impact

During the last decade, the Caribbean Hispanic islands experienced accelerated demographic aging, representing the fastest aging region within Latin America. Age-related non-communicable diseases, including dementia, are now reported at high prevalence. The Caribbean islands share similar genetic ancestry, culture, migration patterns, and risk profiles, providing a unique setting to understand dementia in the Caribbean-Hispanics. This perspective article aimed to describe the impact of dementia in the Caribbean, at a local and regional level and reflect on research strategies to address dementia. We report on 10/66 project findings, described research projects and regional plans for the region. According to our results, the prevalence of dementia in the Caribbean is the highest in Latin America, with 11.7% in Dominican Republic, 11.6% in Puerto Rico, and 10.8% in Cuba. Preliminary data from new waves of the 10/66 study shows increasing numbers of dementia cases. Furthermore, dementia is expected to be one of the most serious medical and social issues confronted by Caribbean health systems. However, there is a scarcity of knowledge, awareness, and health services to deal with this public health crisis. In light of the new evidence, local and regional strategies are underway to better understand dementia trends for the region and develop policies aimed to decrease the impact of dementia. Implementation of our national plans is critical to deal with an aging population with high dementia rates. Current recommendations include emphasizing public health prevention campaigns to address modifiable risk factors and expand support to caregiver and family interventions.

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