Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Promises and Challenges
Nov 2020
Author(s): Silcox, Christina
This report describes the potential of AI to improve individual and public health by improving access, improving clinical decision-making, and creating new efficiencies in clinical care and research…
Health Networks in Action: The experiences of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico
Sep 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pinto, Diana M.;Regalia, Ferdinando;Perez-Cuevas, Ricardo;Marín, Tania;Astorga, Ignacio;Máñez, Miguel Angel;Gutiérrez Alba, Gaudencio;Jaramillo Castell, Fabiola;Minué, Sergio;Muños Hernández, José Alberto;Reyes Morales, Hortensia;Ricaurte Cepeda, Melissa ;Santilli, Irene;Yépez Chamorro, María Clara;Cejas, Cintia ;Juárez Ramírez, Clara
Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks (IHSDN) based on primary health care (PHC) are the most promising solution for health systems to satisfy the health needs of the population and to address…
The Silver Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Aging as an Opportunity for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Inclusion
Aug 2020
Author(s): Sánchez, Mario;Stampini, Marco;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Vivanco, Fermín;Castillo Martínez, Paula;Buenadicha Sánchez, César;Castillo Leska, Ana;Okumura, Masato
La Economía Plateada es aquella parte de la economía global vinculada al cambio demográfico producido por el envejecimiento de la población cuyo enfoque se centra en las necesidades y demandas de los…
Designing Behaviorally Informed Health Interventions: Adherence to Micronutrient Treatment in El Salvador
Aug 2020
Author(s): Bernal, Pedro;Ajzenman, Nicolás;Kettle, Stewart;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Iriarte, Emma
This Technical Note describes the process of designing a behavioral intervention to help reduce the prevalence of anemia in children in El Salvador. It first describes a traditional micronutrient…
Prevention, Containment, and Management of COVID-19 Cases in Indigenous Territories: Social Policies in Response to COVID-19
Aug 2020
Author(s): Cotacachi, David;Grigera, Ana
Considerations that can facilitate dialogue and coordination among governments and indigenous populations in specific contexts regarding COVID-19 management. These considerations complement the…
Detect, Prevent, Respond, Recover Digitally: Speaking the Same Language for Digital Solution in Public Health Emergencies
Jul 2020
Author(s): Nelson, Jennifer;Casco, Mario;Delgado Davara, José Luis;Park, Mihwa;Tejerina, Luis;Bagolle, Alexandre;Pombo, Cristina
This brochure summarizes key information for speaking the same language for digital solutions in public health emergencies. It introduces different types of digital interventions such as; crisis…
Migrants in Latin America: Disparities in Health Status and in Access to Healthcare
Jun 2020
Author(s): Pierola, Martha Denisse;Rodríguez Chatruc, Marisol
The large magnitude and sudden nature of recent migration flows in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) impose challenges to receiving countries health systems, which have to provide care to a…
Interoperability in Digital Health: Reference Material
Nov 2019
Author(s): Luna, Daniel;Campos, Fernando;Otero, Carlos
The growth of digital health strategies has increased health professionals access to their patients health information, but one of the key problems in health informatics remains the lack of…
Irresistible: Change Management for Digital Health
Oct 2019
Author(s): Baum, Analia;Giussi, Victoria
Health organizations are inherently complex because of the diversity of actors within a health facility, the power health professionals have over decision-making, and external governance and control…
Social Protection and Health Division’s Approach to Digital Transformation: Guidelines and Recommendations
May 2019
Author(s): Nelson, Jennifer;Tejerina, Luis;Cafagna, Gianluca;Ulrich, Andrea
Digital transformation is here to stay, as evidenced by the growing consensus among the global community. The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has large deficiencies in quality and…
Panorama of Aging and Long-term Care: Summary Uruguay
Mar 2019
Author(s): Aranco, Natalia
Uruguay case study summary, website “Panorama of Aging and Long-term Care”.
In-Kind Incentives and Health Worker Performance: Experimental Evidence from El Salvador
Dec 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Martinez, Sebastian;Bernal, Pedro
Maintaining high standards of care from doctors, nurses and other health professionals is of critical importance for an effective and efficient health system. Yet deficient levels of health worker…
Love the Job... or the Patient?: Task vs. Mission-Based Motivations in Health Care
Dec 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banuri, Sheheryar;Keefer, Philip;Walque, Damien de
A booming literature has argued that mission-based motives are a central feature of mission-oriented labor markets. This paper shifts the focus to task-based motivation and finds that it yields…
Levels and Determinants of Health System Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean
Nov 2018
Author(s): Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo;Anaya Montes, Misael;Smith, Peter C.
This technical note reports on the results of a study that seeks to identify the levels of efficiency and their possible determinants across Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) health systems, as well…
Primary Healthcare Access, Experience, and Coordination in Latin America and the Caribbean 2013 (PRIMLAC)
Aug 2018
Author(s): Guanais, Frederico C.
With the aim of contributing to the design of evidence-based public health policies in Latin America and the Caribbean and giving special consideration to patient or health service user perspectives…
Inclusive Growth: Challenges and Opportunities for Central America and the Dominican Republic
Feb 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Prat, Jordi;López, Arnoldo;Manzano, Osmel;Solera, Marco;Ochoa, Elizabeth
Central America and the Dominican Republic had stable economic growth in 2017. The performance of the United States economy and low commodity prices, mainly oil, meant that the key indicators for the…
Supplementary Materials for: Is Results-Based Aid More Effective than Conventional Aid?: Evidence from the Health Sector in El Salvador
Jan 2018
Author(s): Bernal, Pedro;Martinez, Sebastian;Celhay, Pablo
This document contains the appendices to "Is Results-Based Aid More Effective than Conventional Aid? Evidence from the Health Sector in El Salvador".
Is Results-Based Aid More Effective than Conventional Aid?: Evidence from the Health Sector in El Salvador
Jan 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bernal, Pedro;Martinez, Sebastian;Celhay, Pablo
Results-based aid (RBA) models link funds to outcomes, rather than paying for inputs. Despite their theoretical appeal and recent adoption by donors and multilateral development banks, there is…
Impacto de la estrategia de fortalecimiento de cobertura sobre la prestación de servicios de salud en Panamá
May 2017
Author(s): Martinez, Sebastian;Galiani, Sebastián;Gálvez, Ramiro H.
La Estrategia de Fortalecimiento de Cobertura en Panamá utiliza un modelo de pago por desempeño para incentivar la provisión de servicios de calidad en poblaciones con alto grado de marginación, con…
Universal Public Health Insurance, Adult Status, and Labour Supply in Jamaica
Apr 2017
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Pecha, Camilo
This policy brief answers three main questions with respect to the no-user-fee policy adopted across public health centres in Jamaica: (i) Has the policy improved health status among working age…