Recent trends in maternal and child health inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: analysis of repeated national surveys
Abstract Background Although most Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries made important progress in maternal and child health indicators from the 1990s up to 2010, little is known about such progress in the last decade. This study aims at documenting progress for each country as a whole, a...
Main Authors: | Oscar J. Mujica, Antonio Sanhueza, Liliana Carvajal-Velez, Luis Paulo Vidaletti, Janaína C. Costa, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Cesar G. Victora |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-07-01
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Series: | International Journal for Equity in Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-01932-4 |
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