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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

April 28, 2019

Haiti Workshop

The workshop organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will be held in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, from April 29th to May 1st  2019. The event will be attended by several PAHO professionals, such as the representative of Washington headquarters, Oscar Mujica, and coordinators of maternal and child health programs, Dr. Solange Kobi Jackson and Dr. Maximilien Iloko. The researchers Gary Joseph (ICEH - Haiti), Luis Vidaletti (ICEH - Brazil) and Patrick

February 25, 2019

How having a partner and children influence contraceptive use among adolescents from low and middle-income countries?

Although important progress has been made in improving coverage of family planning services worldwide, there is still a large gap in relation to effectively meet the contraceptive needs and family planning goals of adolescents. In this paper we provide a global picture of contraceptive use prevalence and the demand for family planning satisfied coverage among sexually active female adolescents. Using data from 73 low and middle-income countries, we compared the needs for contraception among thre

December 21, 2018

ICEH study as example of how statistical visibility can lead to improved human rights

Marilia Mesenburg et al received a special mention in Lancet Global Health for the study on inequalities in ethnic groups in Latin America and Caribbean countries. Mendoza et al wrote a comment on the importance of this study to draw attention to the statistical invisibility of some marginalized population (e.g., afro-descendant in Peru), which should be considered a violation of their human rights. Therefore, Mendoza et al suggest that this type of evidence should motive changes in national sta