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dc.contributorUnited Nations Children’s Funden_US
dc.date.accessioned2022
dc.date.available2022
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationHealth Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Sustainable Development Goal baseline assessment for women, children, and adolescents. Washington, D.C.: Pan American Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund; 2022. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. PAHO: https://doi.org/10.37774/9789275125748.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-75-12574-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56123
dc.description.abstractThe 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) established in 2015 sets guiding principles to “achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.” The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) included in the 2030 Agenda make explicit what this means by specifying relevant statistical indicators and setting clearly defined targets in them to be achieved by 2030. Given the emphasis on the collection and availability of SDG-related data, it is possible to track universal progress towards the SDG targets. One of the SDGs, SDG 3, includes targets to improve health and well-being. In general, SDG health-related indicators measure health outcomes and coverage at the country level by employing averages. However, given the nature of the data, inequalities in health outcomes and the access to health services tend to be masked. Since it is important to strive for gains in health and well-being to be equitably distributed among individuals regardless of their wealth, educational attainment, and other factors relating to their social background, it is essential to first identify and quantify existing social inequalities in health. To this end, this publication provides an overview of social inequalities in several indicators related to the health of women, children, and adolescents in a region deemed as one with high levels of inequality: the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. In order for it to serve as a baseline for the 2030 Agenda, emphasis is placed on examining these inequalities around year 2014. The analysis suggests that reducing within-country disparities is a priority, as widespread social inequalities in health are identified among LAC countries.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPAHOen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo/*
dc.subjectChild Healthen_US
dc.subjectMaternal Healthen_US
dc.subjectWomen's Healthen_US
dc.subjectAdolescent Healthen_US
dc.subjectSustainable Development Goalsen_US
dc.subjectInequalities, Socialen_US
dc.subjectAmericasen_US
dc.subjectCaribbean Regionen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.titleHealth Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Sustainable Development Goal baseline assessment for women, children, and adolescentsen_US
dc.typeTechnical reportsen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.contributor.corporatenamePan American Health Organizationen_US
paho.isfeatured0en_US
paho.publisher.countryUnited Statesen_US
paho.publisher.cityWashington, D.C.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.37774/9789275125748
paho.source.centercodeUS1.1en_US
paho.relation.languageVersion10665.2/56483
paho.contributor.departmentEvidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH)en_US
paho.iswhotranslationNoen_US


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