Recent trends in maternal and child health inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: analysis of repeated national surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although most Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries made important progress in maternal and child health indicators from the 1990s up to 2010, little is known about such progress in the last decade. This study aims at documenting progress for each country as a whole, and to assess how within-country socioeconomic inequalities are evolving over time.

Methods

We identified LAC countries for which a national survey was available between 2011-2015 and a second comparable survey in 2018-2020. These included Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Honduras, Peru, and Suriname. The 16 surveys included in the analysis collected nationally representative data on 221,989 women and 152,983 children using multistage sampling. Twelve health-rela

SUBMITTER: Mujica OJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314462 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature