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Honduras - Country Profile Health in the Americas

(1 days ago) WEBBetween 2007 and 2019, the average number of years of schooling in Honduras increased by 43.1%, reaching an average of 7.1 years in the latest year for which information is available. The unemployment rate in …

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

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Creating a better healthcare reality in Honduras

(8 days ago) WEBThe build-up of queues in the Honduran health system therefore directly correlates with worse healthcare outcomes, with patients not being able to receive the quality of care they need. ‍ One medical worker seeking to …

https://www.ihpuk.org/stories/creating-a-better-healthcare-reality-in-honduras

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Access and Barriers to Healthcare Vary among Three …

(3 days ago) WEBIt is documented that Honduras lacks adequate access to health services: 83% of Honduras is without health insurance and 30% is without health care as of 2007 . Infant mortality, a standard measure of population health, is 25 per 1,000, 10 more than the regional average [ 7 ].

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3388342/

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Honduras’ Healthcare System - Our Little Roses

(Just Now) WEBA new health model was proposed in Honduras back in 2017 with the goal of improving coverage, employment opportunities, and the overall structure of the healthcare system in Honduras. However, despite the proposed model, the Honduran healthcare system still reflects serious gender inequality practices.

https://www.ourlittleroses.org/blog/how-honduras-healthcare-system-disproportionately-impacts-girls/

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HEALTH SYSTEMS PROFILE HONDURAS - PAHO

(1 days ago) WEBAccording to ENDESA 2005-2006, 95% of Honduran children have breastfed at some time and 43% of children under 2 months of age received exclusive breastfeeding.11 Nevertheless, prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in children under 3 months of age was 42.4% in 1996 and 34% in 2005-2006 (Table 2).

https://www3.paho.org/hq/dmdocuments/2010/Health_System_Profile-Honduras_2009.pdf

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Transforming Health In Honduras - Association for a …

(9 days ago) WEBTransformemos Honduras kept pushing for transparency in the medical purchasing system. A second report detailed expenses made between 2010 and 2013. On multiple occasions, regulations were …

https://www.asj-us.org/stories/health/transforming-health-in-honduras

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Improving Health and Well-being in Honduras CRF

(2 days ago) WEBThe Program for Improved Accessibility and Quality of Health Services and Networks in Honduras (HO-L1090) helped improve health and well-being in that country by addressing gaps in the coverage and quality of health services, particularly in the country’s poorest municipalities, with a focus on young children, reproductive age women, and indigenous …

https://crf.iadb.org/en/2020-2023/stories/improving-health-and-well-being-honduras

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Health Sector Reform in Honduras: Privatization as …

(6 days ago) WEBI juxtapose their increasing use of private health care services, over public services, against sustained and consistent episodes of health sector reform culminating in protests against decrees that sought to further restructure the …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01459740.2022.2125388

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Country Office Annual Report 2021 Honduras - 1860 - UNICEF

(3 days ago) WEBdamaged 535 WASH systems. According to a United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean evaluation, the tropical storms damaged 29.2 per cent of primary health-care units and 6 of 15 basic hospitals in the country. The overload of the health sector caused by the pandemic resulted in restricted access to health care.

https://www.unicef.org/media/117051/file/Honduras-2021-COAR.pdf

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An American Public Health Physician in Honduras ASTHO

(Just Now) WEBGovernment runs public health clinics and public hospitals. Healthcare is free in the public system, but the care is limited; families are responsible for their loved ones’ comfort, food, hygiene, and medications while in the hospital. Medicines are over the counter, requiring not a doctor’s prescription but a note listing what is needed.

https://www.astho.org/communications/blog/an-american-public-health-physician-in-honduras/

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Honduras - World Health Organization (WHO)

(4 days ago) WEBBelow are key statistics from WHO’s Global Health Observatory. Visit GHO for more country information. The current COVID-19 situation. Data reported to WHO in the last 24 hours. Latest update: . Honduras. Email [email protected]. Telephone +504 2221 6091. Fax +504 22216103. More information. WHO Collaborating Centres. …

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

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What is healthcare in Honduras like? - CountryReports

(8 days ago) WEBFacilities and Health Information. Medical care in Honduras varies greatly in quality and availability. Outside of Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, medical care is inadequate to address complex situations. Support staff facilities and necessary equipment and supplies are not up to U.S. standards anywhere in Honduras.

https://www.countryreports.org/country/Honduras/health.htm

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CDC in Honduras - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(8 days ago) WEBPopulation: 7,754,700 Per capita income: $3,710 Life expectancy at birth women/men: 76/71 yrs Infant motality rate: 24/1000 live births. Source: Population Reference Bureau Fact Sheet, 2011. Since 2003, CDC has worked with partners to help strengthen, facilitate, and coordinate HIV prevention strategies to respond to the HIV epidemic in Honduras.

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/countries/honduras/pdf/honduras_factsheet.pdf

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Political Corruption and Healthcare in Honduras - BORGEN

(4 days ago) WEBThe country’s public healthcare system suffers from poor management and a lack of resources, preventing those who rely on it from receiving proper care. Understanding the System. Healthcare in Honduras operates through both a private and public system. Honduras reserves the private system for the wealthy and those who …

https://www.borgenmagazine.com/healthcare-in-honduras/

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Honduras - World Health Organization

(4 days ago) WEBHonduras, both sexes, 2000 - 2019. In Honduras, life expectancy at birth (years) has improved by 1.9 years from 70 years in 2000 to 71.9 years in 2019. Worldwide, life expectancy at birth (years) has improved by 6.52 years from 66.8 years in 2000 to 73.3 years in 2019. The average number of years that a person can expect to live in “full

https://data.who.int/countries/340

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Coronavirus crisis exposes another pandemic in Honduras: Analysts

(5 days ago) WEBHonduras has one of the weakest healthcare systems in the world and is ill-prepared to confront an epidemic, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Global Health Security Index.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/3/27/coronavirus-crisis-exposes-another-pandemic-in-honduras-analysts

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Americares Work for Health in Honduras Americares

(4 days ago) WEBExtreme Weather Health Crisis. An estimated 4.6 million in Honduras (nearly half of the country’s population), were affected by storms Eta and Iota which hit the region just two weeks apart in November 2020. In addition to severe infrastructure damages to homes and health centers, and the increased transmission of COVID-19, a major concern in the …

https://www.americares.org/where-we-work/latin-america-caribbean/honduras/

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Honduras Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

(1 days ago) WEBGlobal age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950-2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

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

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Honduras - Health Benefit Package Country/Area profile

(9 days ago) WEBThe Honduran health system is segmented. All inhabitants have automatic coverage by the Secretary of Health - SeSal (public effectors). In turn, formal workers, family members, retirees and pensioners contribute together with the employer and are covered by the Honduran Social Security Institute (IHSS). Finally there are voluntary contributions

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/health-economics/hbp-country-profiles-2020-21/hbp-country_area-profile_honduras.pdf

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Honduras - United States Department of State

(6 days ago) WEBHonduras is a constitutional, multiparty republic. The most recent national and local elections were held in November 2021. Voters elected Xiomara Castro of the LIBRE Party as president for a four-year term beginning in January. International observers generally recognized the elections as free and fair.

https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/honduras/

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FINAL WHO-AIMS HONDURAS-JUNO8COMPLETO ingles PE …

(Just Now) WEBThe mental health care system in Honduras does not adequately address its population's need and demand for services. This is partially due to insufficient funding for mental health. Although all mental health problems are covered in social insurance schemes, in the last 5 years, the social security system has often lacked the necessary

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/who-aims-country-reports/honduras_who_aims_english.pdf?sfvrsn=85abaaf0_3&download=true

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Mental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Honduras

(4 days ago) WEBMental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Honduras. 15 April 2020. Technical document. Download (590.8 kB)

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/mental-health-atlas-hnd-2020-country-profile

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Cyberattack disrupts operations at major US health care network

(6 days ago) WEBA cyberattack has disrupted “clinical operations” at major health care nonprofit Ascension, forcing it to take steps to minimize any impact to patient care, an Ascension spokesperson told CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/tech/cyberattack-disrupts-healthcare-network/index.html

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Steward Health Care says it is selling the 30+ hospitals it operates

(7 days ago) WEBSteward Health Care said it plans to sell off all its hospitals after announcing this week that it filed for bankruptcy protection.. The Dallas-based company, which operates more than 30 hospitals nationwide, said it does not expect any interruptions in its hospitals’ day-to-day operations, which the company said will continue in the ordinary course …

https://apnews.com/article/steward-hospital-bankruptcy-264edc6309f7b9eaa309c4113211ce30

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A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances …

(7 days ago) WEBA cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records. Earlier this year, a cyberattack on Change Healthcare disrupted care systems nationwide, and the CEO of …

https://apnews.com/article/cyberattack-hospital-system-ambulances-diverted-ascension-728ab2a0e5afaf7c344e46a5ce5ca42c

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Nevada’s health care system ranks near the bottom in the U.S.

(7 days ago) WEBNevada’s health care system ranks 41st overall of the 50 states and District of Columbia, according to a report detailing disparities in health care and wellness across racial and ethnic groups.. The care afforded to white residents ranks at 39th in the nation, says the report from the Commonwealth Fund, an independent, non-partisan …

https://nevadacurrent.com/2024/05/07/nevadas-health-care-system-ranks-near-the-bottom-in-the-u-s/

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Public Health Considerations for Correctional Health

(6 days ago) WEBWorks with state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments to investigate disease outbreaks. Develops and provides useful health education materials for staff and justice-involved persons. Reentry. Supports projects that improve the continuity of care for people returning to their communities.

https://www.cdc.gov/correctional-health/about/index.html

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Ascension Health, largest Catholic hospital chain in the US, hit by

(2 days ago) WEBAscension Health, largest Catholic hospital chain in the U.S., hit by cyberattack, disrupting patient care The attack follows another one that has caused a weekslong disruption to insurance giant

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/ascension-health-cyberattack-disrupts-patient-care-what-happened-rcna151462

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Steward Health Files Chapter 11 After Medical Properties Deal

(2 days ago) WEBSteward Health Care System LLC filed for bankruptcy early Monday after a period of mounting financial challenges and government scrutiny over the impact of its hospital closures on patients.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/steward-health-files-chapter-11-after-medical-properties-deal

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The Benefits of AI in Healthcare IBM

(7 days ago) WEBOne benefit the use of AI brings to health systems is making gathering and sharing information easier. AI can help providers keep track of patient data more efficiently. One example is diabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10% of the US population has diabetes. Patients can now use wearable and other …

https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/ai-healthcare-benefits

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