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0009/2020 - Addressing health inequalities in Latin America: The role of social protection.
Enfrentar las desigualdades en salud en América Latina: El rol de la protección social.

Author:

• Laís Abramo - Abramo, L - <lais.abramo@cepal.org>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3385-4446

Co-author(s):

• Simone Cecchini - Cecchini, S - <simone.cecchini@cepal.org>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9757-3141
• S Heidi Ullmann - Ullmann, S.H - <heidi.ullmann@cepal.org>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3730-9509


Abstract:

After more than a decade of progress in various areas of social development, since 2015 poverty has increased, labour market indicators have deteriorated, and the reduction of income inequality has stagnated in Latin America. These trends are worrying as they can harm health indicators and exacerbate profound health inequalities. This situation demands integrated policy responses, capable of creating synergies between different sectors. There is growing recognition of the role of social protection in the eradication of poverty and the reduction of inequality. Various social protection mechanisms reduce the costs of accessing health services directly and indirectly. Through the expansion of coverage and universal access, promotion and prevention actions in health and nutrition, and fundamentally, the fight against poverty, inequality and exclusion, social protection plays a fundamental role in guaranteeing the right to health and overcoming inequalities in this area. The reduction of inequalities in health should be a priority for all countries and a way forward in that direction is to promote the construction and strengthening of universal social protection systems.

Keywords:

Inequality; Health; Social protection; Latin America

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Abramo, L, Cecchini, S, Ullmann, S.H. Addressing health inequalities in Latin America: The role of social protection.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Jan). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/addressing-health-inequalities-in-latin-america-the-role-of-social-protection/17491?id=17491



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