Two decades of primary health care expansion in latin america and child mortality: A multi-country evaluation study

Abstract:

Background: There is an urgent need to understand how Primary Health Care (PHC) strategies in Latin American countries (LACs) can be developed, strengthened, and made more comprehensive, effective, and sustainable–especially given the need for cross-sectoral collaborative platforms to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study aimed to evaluate the long-term effect of PHC strategies on child mortality in Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, and Colombia (BEMC). Methods: A multi-country study with a mixed ecological design was carried out. We created a longitudinal dataset (2000-2019) using secondary sources and the analysis included 5,647 municipalities with good quality of vital information. The PHC coverage was calculated and municipalities were classified into four groups: low, intermediate, high, and consolidated coverage. Dependent variables were neonatal, post-neonatal, infant, and …

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2023

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