Publications by authors named "Cristian David Osorio Figueroa"

Guatemala is one of the Latin American countries with the greatest inequalities in access to health services, especially in primary health care. Multiple reforms have been proposed to solve accessibility problems but did not achieve the expected success, either for being isolated experiments or due to their interrupted implementation. Other associated factors are yet unknown, given the absence of a consolidated evaluation over time.

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The study analyzes the development of responses to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America. It is a descriptive study based on an analysis of documents, data, and policy measures adopted or announced between March and December 2020 in 14 Latin American countries. The analysis included assessment of the content, tenor, and scope of policy measures for containment and mitigation, health care, and reorganization of health services identified on government websites.

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