Prevalence of long-term disability in Portugal, 2014: Evidence of variation by personal and contextual factors.

Background: Disability is not just a health problem. It is a wider phenomenon that reflects the gap between a person's capacities and their ability to fully perform the role demanded by society. Both personal and environmental factors are major contributors to disability.

Assessing the impact of a doctor in remote areas of Brazil.

Objectives: The More Doctors Program (MDP) is an ongoing Brazilian policy that aims to improve healthcare by providing physicians to the most vulnerable municipalities. We aimed to measure the impact of MDP in mortality and infant mortality rate, the proportion of live births with low weight, prenatal appointments, childbirths at first and fifth min Apgar, public health investment and immunization in Brazil.

Methods: Municipal health indicators were collected before and after the intervention (2012 and 2015).