[Equity and health].

This paper discusses the right to health in Mexico. The authors present some ideas regarding equity and data which shows the existence of a deep inequity in the field of health in the country. The efforts of the social security agencies and of the Ministry of Health aimed at diminishing inequity in health are also described.

Mexican morbidity as a starting point for radiological planning.

A meeting was held in Mexico City in 1980 to discuss the situation of diagnostic radiology in Latin America. X-ray departments are part of the medical care system of each country, utilized mainly in diagnosis. There are various approaches to health care, some of which are political, but technology should be used for its own value only.