In Brazil, Maureen Donaghy investigates how the participation of housing councils contributed to more equitable and affordable housing outcomes.
However, calculating separate concentration indices for modern contraceptive use by exposure status showed that the program likely contributed to more equitable contraceptive use among women exposed to the program.
PAHO encourages countries to document interventions and to repeat this type of study, ideally with a costing component, in three to five years to evaluate whether the interventions implemented were successful in reducing MOVs and contributed to more equitable immunization coverage rates.
Clinical officers in Zambia and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) in Nepal are spread almost equally across areas, in line with population numbers, suggesting the significant potential for such additional, non-traditional cadres to contribute to more equitable population coverage for RMNH services.
The paper concludes by considering how disagreements between sub-niche actors could lead to productive mutual learning and the possibility of forging solutions contributing to more robust and equitable sustainability transitions.
I want to contribute to the design and implementation of public policies and plans that lead to more equitable, integrated cities and towns.
In theory, the integration of healthcare delivery should contribute to more efficient, more equitable and higher quality health services 18 through improvements in care coordination, continuity and access.
As long as issues of social and spatial polarization (so often linked to economic reform, restructuring and the internationalization of trade and production) are not addressed, it is unlikely that regional economic growth policies can contribute to a more equitable development and more successful poverty reduction.
