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Iraimi Mercado

Regional Core Health Data System - Country Profile: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 0 views

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Health Analysis Health problems Dieses Public health Health of Indigenous peoples

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  • Iraimi Mercado on 16 Sep 09
     
    United Nations, World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, Pan American Sanitary Bureau
Jordan Costello

Health Care in Latin America - It's Better Than You Think - 0 views

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Health Care Latin America Mexico Belize Latinos

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  • Jordan Costello on 16 Sep 09
     
    What u got from this atricle is that many people thing that because Latin America is mostley made up of 3rd world countries that the health care "south of the boarder" will be third rate as well. The argument made here is that it is quite the opposite of what the general public might think. This author made his argument by explaning it in four sub catigories: convenience, cost, competence and compassion, and lastly communication. Some of what was stated in the article were there are no appointments needed in mexico which is what we up here are not used to but that doesnt make it a bad thing. He lists some cost of things in mexico which would be very expensive anywhere else. The author is not telling everyone that health care there is better but its an alternative to what we do in America and it seems to work for them.
Courtney Connors

Nine-Year-Old's Abortion Outrages Brazil's Catholic Church - TIME - 0 views

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Abortion Discrimination Domestic Violence Sex Reproduction Religion

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  • n, only 74% of Brazilians today admit allegiance to Rom
  • Abortion is much more serious than killing an adult. An adult may or may not be an innocent, but an unborn child is most definitely innocent. Taking that life cannot be ignored
  • Why can't I decide what to do with my own body? Women should be able to decide for themselves what's important
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  • More than 200,000 women each year are treated in public hospitals for complications arising from illegal abortions
  • 1 in 3 pregnancies is unwanted
  • But the Church's response to the Recife rape and abortion has shocked public opinion
  • Courtney Connors on 16 Sep 09
     
    Although abortion is illegal in Brazil, it is allowed for medical purposes such as the mother's health and in cases of rape. Yet, when a nine year old was raped and impregnated with twins by her step-father, the public was outraged because of the conflicting ideals with the Catholic Church and abortion. The Church upholds the view that any "innocent, unborn" life taken is the act of extreme sin that should be shunned upon.
Elizabeth Hughes

Church leaders to fight Guatemalan family planning law - Catholic Online - 0 views

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Birth Control Contraception Sexual Education Religion Fertility

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      Elizabeth Hughes on 15 Sep 09
       
      This article discusses family planning laws being enforced in Guatemala and the Catholic churches response to it. Birth control methods would be available to the public and sexual education would be incorporated into schools. Even though the Catholic Church is fighting against the law, many are happy because it will decrease abortion, poverty, and maternal mortality rates. As we continue to read Fixing Men, we can look at reproductive health reformations in other Latin American countries and see how people respond to them.
  • Elizabeth Hughes on 15 Sep 09
     
    This article discusses family planning laws being enforced in Guatemala and the Catholic churches response to it. Birth control methods would be available to the public and sexual education would be incorporated into schools. Even though the Catholic Church is fighting against the law, many are happy because it will decrease abortion, poverty, and maternal mortality rates. As we continue to read Fixing Men, we can look at reproductive health reformations in other Latin American countries and see how people respond to them.
thomas hatley

Global Health Council - Publications - 0 views

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AIDS_HIV crime healthcare poverty sexuality.

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  • It is widely known that violence inside prison, high levels of addiction and, closely linked to these factors, the risk of infection with HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), are all intrinsic elements of prison life that constantly threaten the inmates' well-being.
  • Substance abuse, and the industry this generates within the prison subculture, coupled with overpopulation, overcrowding, deficient health programs, corruption, weak legislation and epidemics, have created an environment that could eventually trigger a crisis of devastating proportions.
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      thomas hatley on 15 Sep 09
       
      Latin America is notorious for some of the worst prisons in the world, and large levels of HIV/AIDS cases have resulted from drug use and sexual relationships inside these institutions. This article notes the poor quality healthcare available in prison, and the issue of HIV/AIDS elevated by prison inmate interaction (drug use, sex) and poor healthcare.
  • thomas hatley on 15 Sep 09
     
    Latin America is notorious for some of the worst prisons in the world, and large levels of HIV/AIDS cases have resulted from drug use and sexual relationships inside these institutions. This article notes the poor quality healthcare available in prison, and the issue of HIV/AIDS elevated by prison inmate interaction (drug use, sex) and poor healthcare.
leah williams

Guatemala: The Aftermath of Civil War - 0 views

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Guatemala Violence life abroad war and public health Food and food supply in relation to public health

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  • leah williams on 17 Nov 09
     
    This author of this article is a "travel writing" contest runner-up. This author went into Guatemala and wrote about their experiences there. They wrote this article with a series of pictures and personal stories sharing the life of Guatemala and the author's interactions with the lives of the people after the war. I thought this was an interesting resource because it not only had visuals of the idea of "life after war," but also because it shared a more personal look (instead of a reporter's interpretation).
Courtney Connors

Foreign Policy: Gays in Latin America: Is the Closet Half Empty? - 0 views

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Homosexuality Gay Rights Human Rights Political Movements Legislation

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  • The region is becoming gayer. It's not that there are more gays and lesbians living in Latin America (we would never know)
  • he region is becoming more gay-friendly
  • Latin America was the land of the closet and the home of the macho
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  • In 1998, Ecuador's new constitution introduced protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation. In 1999, Chile decriminalized same-sex intercourse. Rio de Janeiro's state legislature banned sexual-orientation discrimination in public and private establishments in 2000. In 2002, Buenos Aires guaranteed all couples, regardless of gender, the right to register civil unions. The policy changes just kept coming. In 2003, Mexico passed a federal antidiscrimination law that included sexual orientation. A year later, the government of Brazil initiated "Brasil sem homofobia" (Brazil without homophobia), a program with nongovernmental organizations to change social attitudes toward sexuality. In 2006, Mexico City approved the Societal Cohabitation Law, granting same-sex couples marital rights identical to those for common-law relationships between a man and a woman. Uruguay passed a 2007 law granting access to health benefits, inheritance, parenting, and pension rights to all couples who have cohabited for at least five years. In 2008, Nicaragua reformed its penal code to decriminalize same-sex relations. Even Cuba's authoritarian new president, Raúl Castro, has allowed free sex-change operations for qualifying citizen
  • regime change
  • homophobia
  • A recent survey in Brazil, the country with the largest gay-pride parades in the world, showed that 58 percent of respondents still agree with the statement, "Homosexuality is a sin against the laws of God," and 41 percent with "Homosexuality is an illness that should be treated."
  • Courtney Connors on 16 Sep 09
     
    This article proposes the idea that an increasing number of Latin American countries have become more acceptive of gay and lesbian ideals. Due to regime changes, the once "closeted macho" countries now welcome such legislation as protections against sexual discrimination; the decriminalization of same-sex intercourse; grants to health benefits, parenting, and so on in countries like Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, and NIcaragua.
Aria Auerbach

Diary: Guatemala Food Crisis - 0 views

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Labor Systems Medical Emergencies Food and Food supply in relation to public health Hunger crisis Guatemalan poverty

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  • Jennifer Salazar on 15 Sep 09
     
    An aid worker from the the UN's World Food Programme describes the severe food shortages that have hit Guatemala.
  • Aria Auerbach on 17 Nov 09
     
    This article evaluates the severity of the current food shortage throughout Guatemala. This is a critical situation for the people of Guatemala. This "diary" investigates a few specific cases in which people (sometimes young infants) have become medically ill due to the lack of food.
Morgan Somer

Women's eNews - Illegal Abortions Rampant in Latin America - 0 views

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abortion reproductive fertility contraception sexuality

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      thomas hatley on 15 Sep 09
       
      Written by a feminist news group called Women's E-News, this article highlights widespread illegal abortion throughout Latin America, particularly in Chile and Peru. Although based around women, the article talks about the limits on access to contraception in Latin America, and the fears surrounding contraception circulating through the modern Latin American man.
  • ervention. Public health advocates cite the study as proof that abortion rates can be lowered through improved availability, delivery and quality of contraception and the establishment of post-a
  • thomas hatley on 15 Sep 09
     
    This article-out of a feminist news group called Women's E-News-highlights widespread illegal abortion throughout Latin America, particularly in Chile and Peru. Although based around women, the article talks about the limits on access to contraception in Latin America, and the fears surrounding contraception circulating through the modern Latin American man.
  • Jordan Costello on 16 Sep 09
     
    This artical talks about abortions and where it is prohibited and allowed. It talks about women and how abortions in latin america are considered immoral and looked down upon, which in turn leads women to getting abortions illagaly.
  • Morgan Somer on 16 Sep 09
     
    In Latin America five thousand women die from underground abortions every year. The article explains that women who consider having an abortion could end up being convicted since it is illegal and shunned upon. Despite these legal risks Latin America continues to experience abortion rates that are much higher than the majority of countries where it is legal.
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