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Anatomía de la financiación mundial de artículos de excelencia en tabaquismo, 2010–2014
(2015-11)Objetivo. El objetivo de este trabajo ha sido conocer la financiación recibida por artículos de excelencia en tabaquismo a nivel mundial entre 2010 y 2014 a través de la Web of Science, y comprobar si recibir financiación ... -
Post-introduction economic evaluation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Ecuador, Honduras, and Paraguay
(2015-11)Objective. A decision-analytic model was constructed to evaluate the economic impact of post-introduction pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) programs in Ecuador, Honduras, and Paraguay from the societal perspective. ... -
Generating revenue by raising tobacco taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2017-12)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. The objective of this study was to determine if raising tobacco taxes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will generate extra tax revenue, even at outer edges of the sensitivity analysis, ... -
The economic burden of noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions: results for Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Peru
(2018-01)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. We extend the EPIC model of the World Health Organization (WHO) and apply it to analyze the macroeconomic impact of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions in Costa Rica, Jamaica, ... -
An economic perspective on the causal explanations for the socioeconomic inequalities in health
(2018-04)[ABSTRACT]. Socioeconomic inequality, or the socioeconomic status (SES) gradient, is arguably one of the most-studied phenomena in health. The gradient in health is apparent in objective and subjective measures, across ... -
Pathways from trade to health
(2018-05)[ABSTRACT]. International trade has increased over time, both in volume and as a share of gross domestic product, and international trade agreements have proliferated. This rise in trade has many potential impacts on health ... -
Building collaborations to integrate economics into noncommunicable disease action
(2018-05)[ABSTRACT]. In the past decade, we have seen extraordinary momentum in countries’ commitment to the noncommunicable disease (NCD) agenda, culminating in the inclusion of NCDs in the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development ... -
Economics of Noncommunicable Diseases
(2018-09)[ABSTRACT]. The global health burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is large and growing, and this group of diseases already accounts for 70% of total deaths. Global evidence indicates that the high health burden of ... -
Sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in the Region of the Americas
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-02-09)Sugar-sweetened beverage excise taxes are an effective evidence-based noncommunicable diseases (NCD) prevention policy. Along with tobacco and alcohol excise taxes, they are a tool to attain the Sustainable Development ... -
WHO program and budget
(s.d.)The World Health Organization currently faces a serious financial crisis. The following commentary, excerpted from WHO Director-General Halfdan Mahler's introduction to the proposed WHO programs budget for the financial ...
