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August 21, 2019

Inequalities in Maternal and Child Health in Brazil: 20 years of progress

A report by the International Center for Equity in Health (ICEH) recently published by the editor of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) shows a detailed analysis of progress achieved in coverage of the most important interventions in maternal and child health in Brazil, with a focus on equity. Using data from the Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde (PNDS) from 1986, 1996, and 2006, inequalities in the distribution of said interventions were analyzed according to incom

August 16, 2019

ICEH Meets with Representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Health and PAHO to Foster Partnership

ICEH Meets with Representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Health and PAHO to Foster Partnership The International Center for Equity in Health (ICEH) hosted a series of meetings from August 13–16, with representatives of the Pan American Health Organization and the Brazilian Ministry of Health. ICEH researchers, led by epidemiologists Cesar Victora and Aluisio Barros, and committee members from the Ministry of Health and PAHO/Brazil discussed strategies for collaboration

July 22, 2019

Why Study Inequalities in Health? A 40-Year Journey from Brazil to the World

Professor Cesar Victora will talk about health inequalities at an event organized by the School of Public Health - Michigan University (Ann Arbor). The event will be held at the Alfred S. Evans Memorial Lecture on July 24th, 2019. Click here for more information    

July 19, 2019

Ethnic inequalities and trends in stunting prevalence among Guatemalan children

Guatemala has the highest prevalence of stunting among under-five children in Latin America.  An analysis of five national health surveys carried out between 1995 and 2014 showed that stunting prevalence declined by 9.8 percentage points during the period. Children in rural areas were consistently more stunted than those in urban areas, but rural indigenous children were significantly worse than any other group. Indigenous children in the poorest tertile of family wealth consistently p

July 04, 2019

Brazilian Academy of Science's

Researchers from the International Center for Equity in Health were mentioned in the Brazilian Academy of Science's website. Click here for more information.    

June 17, 2019

Researchers of the International Center for Equity in Health of the Federal University of Pelotas collaborated in a Nutrition workshop in West Africa

As a Countdown 2030 initiative of capacity building, from June 10th-14th, a nutrition-focused workshop was conducted in Dakar, Senegal under the leadership of the West African Health Organization, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and other institutions such as Johns Hopkins University and the International Center for Equity in Health of the Federal University of Pelotas (ICEH/UFPEL). The overall goals were to (1) enhance evidence for nutrition-related issues for

June 07, 2019

ICEH researchers present women empowerment index at the Women Delivery Conference 2019

ICEH researchers presented a study on gender inequality at the Women Delivery Conference 2019, held from June 3 to 6 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, Canada.  On June 5, from 10:00 to 12:30 pm, Aluisio Barros and Fernanda Ewerling discussed the poster "Mapping women's empowerment in low and middle income countries: inequalities within and between countries". The study applies a survey-based women’s empowerment index - the SWPER. Proposed by the researc

May 04, 2019

Haiti Country Case Study

The event for the presentation of the Haiti Country Case Study took place in Haiti in April 29th, 2019 at PAHO/WHO local. The Principal investigator of the study, Dr Gary Joseph, together with Dr. Oscar Mujica, the representative of Washington headquarters; Dr Solange Kobi Jackson, the counsellor in community and family health at PAHO/WHO in Haiti and Dr Patrick Dely, the head of the “Direction d’Épidemiologie, de Laboratoire et de Recherche (DELR) at the Ministry of public he