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Healthcare in Bolivia: Progress and Improvements

(4 days ago) The Unified Health System did show promise for making long term improvements for healthcare in Bolivia. However, the government did not allocate enough money to make this goal sustainable and achievable. Doctors expressed the need for a budget of around $1 billion(USD), much greater than the $200 million … See more

https://borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-bolivia-progress-and-improvements/

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Bolivia's new health minister promises universal health care

(3 days ago) WEBCentellas said that many Bolivian doctors support the principle of free universal health care, but have taken to the streets over issues such as these. Staffing and equipment also present hurdles. Bolivia had 1·6 medics per 1000 population in 2016, similar to Peru and Paraguay but below Brazil (2·2 per 1000) and Argentina (4·0 per …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32664-7/fulltext

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Universal health access and coverage, a reference for …

(8 days ago) WEBBolivia (Plurinational State of) Universal health access and coverage, a reference for the world. BACK. Every year, 6% of households across Bolivia face catastrophic health expenditures and subsequent …

https://www.who.int/about/accountability/results/who-results-report-2020-mtr/country-story/2020/universal-health-access-and-coverage-a-reference-for-the-world

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Country story - World Health Organization (WHO)

(4 days ago) WEBThe health system now has a total of 2473 hospital beds and 508 intensive care unit beds, more than three-fold the figures prior to the pandemic. The day the country presented its all-time high record of new COVID-19 cases on 20 January 2022 (n=1011), the hospital bed occupancy in the public healthcare system reached an average of 43% and

https://www.who.int/about/accountability/results/who-results-report-2020-2021/country-story/2021/bolivia

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Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - World Health Organization (WHO)

(4 days ago) WEBContact information. WHO Country Office Casilla Postal 2504 La Paz Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Email [email protected]. Telephone +591 2 2979730. Fax +591 2 2971146. More information. WHO Collaborating Centres. Bolivia Country Overview …

https://www.who.int/countries/bol/

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Bolivia's Healthcare System Continues To Face Socioeconomic …

(Just Now) WEBBolivia’s rollout of a unified healthcare system still uncertain. Healthcare spending per capita in Bolivia remains markedly below the regional average. Despite the arrival of vaccines, Bolivia is likely to still struggle to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic due to socioeconomic barriers. As Bolivia reports a rise in Covid-19 cases, the arrival

https://www.fitchsolutions.com/bmi/pharma-healthcare/bolivias-healthcare-system-continues-face-socioeconomic-challenges-29-01-2021

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Primary health care research in Bolivia: systematic review and …

(6 days ago) WEB7 rows · Observations included lack of human resources, lack of protocols for mental health care and lack of integration of mental health problems with medical records system. Caruso, Stephenson and Leon 2010: Simple cross-section: Women with children under 5 years in Bolivia Demographic Health Survey 2003 ( n = 4383) Prevention of …

https://academic.oup.com/heapol/article/31/1/114/2363218

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The Heavy Toll of COVID-19 in Bolivia: A Tale of Distrust, Despair, …

(3 days ago) WEBAs in other Latin America countries, health-care workers (HCWs) have also paid a heavy toll. An estimated 175 doctors have died since the beginning of the pandemic in Bolivia, with a population of 11 million inhabitants. The heavy toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia reflects this combination of distrust toward authorities and HCWs.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8103446/

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Bolivia's new health minister promises universal health care

(5 days ago) WEBAmy Booth reports. Bolivia’s new health minister has promised to implement an ambitious universal health-care system that would ofer free public medical care for patients without health insurance. But COVID-19’s devastating efect on the country has underscored shortages of medical staf and equipment, and it is still unclear how the new

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(20)32664-7.pdf

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Poverty, precarious work, and the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons …

(3 days ago) WEBBolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America with a gross domestic product of around US$3500 per capita, health spending of approximately $220 per capita, a labour market dominated by informal work, and a weak health system. However, in the response to COVID-19, Bolivia has fared better than other health …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00001-2/fulltext

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Bolivia, Plurinational State of - 0510 - UNICEF

(5 days ago) WEBBolivia ended 2020 with a GDP decrease of 8.8% and the worst recession in 66 years (INE, 2021). Poverty increased from 37.2% in 2019 to 39% in 2020 after the onset of the pandemic, while extreme poverty increased from 12.9% to 13.7% during the same period (INE, 2021). Estimated poverty in households with children and adolescents was higher …

https://www.unicef.org/media/115821/file/Bolivia-Plurinational-State-of-2021-COAR.pdf

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Health in Bolivia - Wikipedia

(7 days ago) WEBHealth system. Bolivia's health care system is in the midst of reform, funded in part by international organizations such as the World Bank. The number of physicians practicing in Bolivia has doubled in recent years, to about 130 per 100,000 citizens, a comparable ratio for the region. and tackling the problems of diarrhea and tuberculosis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_Bolivia

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Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - World Health Organization

(4 days ago) WEBOpen full-screen mode. In Bolivia (Plurinational State of), the current population is 12,388,569 as of 2023 with a projected increase of 34% to 16,609,858 by 2050.

https://data.who.int/countries/068

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The Politics of Universal Health Coverage: Mechanisms in the

(2 days ago) WEBThis chapter explores the mechanisms shaping the progress towards universal health coverage in Bolivia. By investigating this process, unfolding in the context of a health care system characterised by fragmentation, segmentation and low coverage; increasingly challenged as democratisation and popular mobilisation brings the …

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-91088-4_12

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Bolivia’s Plurinational Healthcare Revolution Will Not Be Defeated

(9 days ago) WEBA second center opened last year in El Alto, Bolivia’s second-largest city, where more than eight in 10 inhabitants are Indigenous. These advances were unfathomable prior to Morales. Despite progress, skepticism of Indigenous medicine pervades Bolivia’s medical establishment, and advances in intercultural health care …

https://nacla.org/news/2019/12/19/bolivia-plurinational-healthcare-revolution-evo-morales

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Bolivia, Plurinational State of - 0510 - UNICEF

(5 days ago) WEBThe pandemic has overwhelmed the public health care system, exposing its weakness in providing quality services to the Bolivian population. Despite efforts by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and UNICEF to sustain immunization coverage, between January and September 2020, there was a 17%

https://www.unicef.org/media/100506/file/Bolivia-Plurinational-State-of-2020-COAR.pdf

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Bolivia Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

(Just Now) WEBGlobal incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.

https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/health-by-location/profiles/bolivia

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Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Health Benefit Package …

(7 days ago) WEBhealth care services provided by the public care network. It has its own network of care. It is a highly decentralized system in the regions and in the municipalities. Currently, the Unified Health System (SUS) is being implemented for some 5 million Bolivians so that care is free. The first stage began thanks to the emergency.

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/health-economics/hbp-country-profiles-2020-21/hbp-country_area-profile_bolivia-%28plurinational-state-of%29.pdf

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Bolivia - Country Profile Health in the Americas

(Just Now) WEBBetween 2001 and 2020, the average number of years of schooling in the Plurinational State of Bolivia increased by 36.2%, reaching an average of 9.8 years in the latest year for which information is available. The unemployment rate in 2022 was 4.4%. Disaggregated by sex, the rate was 5.0% for women and 4.0% for men.

https://hia.paho.org/en/countries-22/bolivia-country-profile

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Integrating traditional midwives into Bolivia’s health care - PAHO

(8 days ago) WEBBackground. F or years, the traditional midwives of Bolivia’s 36 nations and indigenous territories have used traditional medicine practices together with conventional medicine to bring life into the world with quality and warmth, with respect for interculturality.. Traditional medicine is an integral part of the Plurinational State of Bolivia’s Political Constitution …

https://www.paho.org/en/stories/integrating-traditional-midwives-bolivias-health-care-system-promote-culturally-secure

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Bolivia Global Health Initiative Strategy - United States …

(3 days ago) WEBBolivia Global Health Initiative Strategy Page 5 1. GHI Vision The Global Health Initiative (GHI) Strategy in Bolivia (2011-2017) will cover an exciting, yet challenging model for health care issues, the MOH is confident that previously underserved populations will appropriate the health care system as their own and, in the process, become

https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pdacx547.pdf

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Global Health in Bolivia (La Paz) - CFHI

(1 days ago) WEBSitting in a valley in the Andes Mountains 11,942 ft (3,640 m) above sea level, La Paz is truly a unique city, full of colorful markets and the rich living heritage of indigenous peoples. Bolivia is one of few countries globally to implement a universal health coverage model and recognize traditional medicine as an integral part of its National

https://www.cfhi.org/program/global-health-in-bolivia-la-paz/

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World Report 2022: Bolivia Human Rights Watch

(2 days ago) WEBBolivian prisons and jails held 18,126 people in January 2020; 17,863 people in February 2021; and 17,908 in August 2021. Detention centers hold more than 2.5 times more detainees than they were

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/bolivia

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Delivering health care in conflicts

(5 days ago) WEBPhoto ©WHO: Panelist during the social media Live moderated Q&A During the World Health Assembly in Geneva, the Global Health Cluster (GHC) joined World Health Organization (WHO) colleagues in a live Q&A on social media to discuss delivering health care during ongoing health emergencies arising from conflicts around the world. …

https://healthcluster.who.int/newsroom/news/item/28-05-2024-delivering-health-care-in-conflicts

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