[Avoidable childhood deaths: an analysis by department and municipality in Colombia (2000-2018)Mortalidade infantil por causas evitáveis: uma análise por departamento e município na Colômbia (2000-2018)].

Objective: To determine the proportion of potentially avoidable deaths in children under five in Colombia, by department and municipality of residence, during the period from 2000 through 2018.

Methods: A multi-group and longitudinal ecological study was conducted in 33 departments and 1 118 municipalities over a period of 19 years. The deaths were classified as probably unavoidable or avoidable; the latter were then identified as treatable, preventable, or mixed; and a proportion was calculated relative to the total.

[List of potentially avoidable causes of death in childhood: a proposal for Colombia].

Avoidable mortality is a key indicator for decision-making in public health, considering deaths that could be avoided by disease prevention and healthcare services. Colombia lacks a specific inventory that allows estimating the magnitude, distribution, and evolution of avoidable childhood mortality. The study thus aimed to propose a list of potentially avoidable causes of death in children under five years of age in Colombia.

[Public demonstrations for health as a fundamental human right in Colombia: 1994-2010].

This study reconstructs the health struggle in Colombia during implementation of the health reform from 1994 to 2010, based on an analysis of primary and secondary sources. The study focus is political struggle, a theory of collective action based on a relational perspective between collective actors and the political structure to comprehend historical transformations. Three episodes in the struggle are reconstructed, revealing a causal link between protests and structural reforms in social and health policy.