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November 09, 2020

Patterns in Wealth-related Inequalities in 86 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Global Evidence on the Emergence of Vaccine Hesitancy

The World Health Organization had classified vaccine hesitancy as a threat to global health. A well-known phenomenon in high-income countries, we hypothesized that vaccine hesitancy might be emerging in low- and middle-income countries as well. Since immunization coverage usually shows social gradients with higher levels among wealthy than among poor individuals, we investigated whether the classical pro-rich pattern of immunization coverage changed over time in low- and middle-income countries.

October 21, 2020

The Lancet Commission on Gender-based violence and Maltreatment of Young People Webinar series

The ICEH researcher Carolina Coll moderated the webinar “Flattening the surge of violence against women and children: COVID-19 and beyond,” which took place virtually on October 20, 2020. The webinar, the first in a series organized by the Lancet Commission on Gender-based violence and Maltreatment of Young People, aimed “to address innovative international policy responses that have emerged in the face of COVID-19 and the broader changes needed to build back better a

October 20, 2020

Consumption of breast milk, formula, and other non-human milk by children aged under two years: analysis of 86 low and middle-income countries

Breastfeeding is associated with reduced child morbidity and mortality, and reduced risk of breast and ovarian cancer among nursing women. Optimal breastfeeding practices are estimated to prevent almost 600,000 child deaths annually from pneumonia and diarrhea alone. However, many factors can influence breastfeeding, being the aggressive market of formula one of the most relevant. This rationale led us to investigate socioeconomic inequalities in the consumption of different types of milk by chi

October 07, 2020

Workshop: Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Latin America

The ICEH researchers Fernando C. Wehrmeister and Luisa Arroyave participated in the workshop “Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Latin America: the role of quality of care research,” which took place virtually on October 6-7, 2020. The workshop, organized by the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and the Academia Nacional de Medicina of Argentina (ANM), had as its objective "to establish the progress made towards achieving quality Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Latin Am

September 08, 2020

Giovanna Gatica-Dominguez hired as a consultant in the Monitoring Nutritional Status & Food Safety Events (MNF) Unit, World Health Organization

Giovanna worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the International Center for Equity in Health from March  2017 to August 2020, leading the nutrition team and working in scientific papers on nutrition and health inequalities. Since mid August, she started as a full-time consultant to support the nutrition monitoring team at the World Health Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. The nutrition monitoring team, in collaboration with UNICEF-WH-WB the Joint Child Malnutrition Estimat

September 02, 2020

The researcher of the International Center for Equity in Health, Carolina Coll, is awarded the International Training Fellowship of the Wellcome Trust Foundation

The postdoctoral researcher of the International Center for Equity in Health, Carolina Coll, was awarded the International Training Fellowship of the Wellcome Trust Foundation, based in London in the United Kingdom. In the next three years her research proposal aims to investigate the impacts of domestic violence on parenting and child development in the context of low and middle income countries, including Brazil. To answer her research questions Carolina will use data from nationally repr

September 01, 2020

Women's empowerment and early child development: Study found a positive effect on literacy-numeracy development cross-nationally in Africa

The first five years of the child’s life are critical for their cognitive, social, and physical development. Still, every year more than 200 million children under-five years fail to achieve their full developmental potential in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The family environment is a key determinant of child survival and optimal development. Poverty, discrimination, conflict and other forms of individual, family and community stress create barriers for families to provide nur

August 18, 2020

Socio-demographic and economic inequalities in modern contraception in 11 low- and middle-income countries: an analysis of the PMA2020 surveys

Contraception is a key aspect of sustainable development, helping people to achieve reproductive wishes and contributing to reduce abortions and the risk of maternal and child mortality. Considering these benefits, the United Nations aim to achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals agenda. The number of women in need of contraception that are using contraceptives is increasing worldwide, but these numbers may vary depending on