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The situation of public laboratories manufacturing antivenoms in Latin America was analyzed, based on the results of a workshop coordinated by the Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center (PANAFTOSA) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Nine countries in the region have 12 public laboratories that produce and distribute antivenoms for use against different venomous animals.

Objetive.

The objective of this research is to study the strength of transfer, the transitions, and the persistence of the special excise tax on products and services (known by its Spanish acronym, IEPS) applicable since January 2014 to high-energy foods and soft drinks, and the effect of the tax on the annual inflation rates for these foods and beverages

Objective.

To describe temporal trends and spatial patterns of leprosy-related mortality in the North and Northeast of Brazil from 2001 to 2017.

Methods.

This population-based, mixed ecological study employed secondary data obtained from the Health Ministry’s Mortality Information System. Death certificates were examined for extraction of information on leprosy as underlying or contributing cause of death.

Objetive.

Measure and compare the price, availability, and affordability of insulin and metformin in public and private pharmacies in six regions of Peru.

Objective.

In 2014, the member countries of the Pan American Health Organization signed the Strategy for Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage. In it, they committed to increasing public expenditure on health until reaching the benchmark of 6% of gross domestic product (GDP). The objective of this paper is to determine, for each country in the Region, whether they can reach this target through economic growth alone and, if so, how long it would take.

The Pan American Journal of Public Health informs the readers about the errors in the following article, as indicated by the authors:

Araújo JF, Freitas FBD, Cavalcante JRD, Freitas JMS, Silva AE, Santos WP. O universo masculino no domicílio: a visão dos homens acerca do Programa Melhor em Casa. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2018;42:e123. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.123

Objective.

To gather opinions from medical schools regarding the existence of public policies on the health workforce  (human resources for health) and whether sufficient public financing and regulatory mechanisms are in place for undergraduate medical education; and to identify areas of opportunity to improve the availability of general practitioners in the Region of the Americas.