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La economía invisible y las desigualdades de género: La importancia de medir y valorar el trabajo no remunerado
Las actividades domésticas de cuidado, así como aquellas que contribuyen al desarrollo físico, cognitivo y emocional de los miembros del hogar, tienen un gran impacto sobre la salud social e individual, como también sobre el potencial de desarrollo humano de los países. Se trata de actividades económicas no remuneradas, mayoritariamente a cargo de las mujeres, que al ser desarrolladas fuera del mercado son invisibles desde el punto de vista de las estadísticas económicas y de la contabilidad nacional de los países.
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Health in the Americas, 2007
This 2007 edition of Health in the Americas presents a broad picture of the regional situation and that of all the countries with regard to health and human development; specific disease conditions and risk factors;
environmental health, and the evolution of health systems and services. In addition, it considers and discusses progress made regarding the global commitment, expressed in the United Nations Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs), to tackle extreme poverty, hunger, disease, lack of water and sanitation, inadequate housing, and social exclusion and to promote gender equality, education, and environmental sustainability. That expression of countries’ collective commitment to social equity informs the text throughout this publication.
(2/Oct/2007)
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Vector-borne diseases—
Vector-borne diseases—especially malaria, dengue, and Chagas’—continue to compromise the health of a large proportion of the regional population. While the number of reported cases of malaria hit a peak in the late 1990s, the disease is still endemic in 21 countries and results in approximately one million cases reported annually—a significant economic impact, as two-thirds of those cases occur in working-age people. The incidence and epidemics of dengue have increased worldwide over the past 35 years; from 2001 to 2005, more
than 30 countries in the Americas reported almost three million cases of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Chagas’ disease, endemic in 21 countries of the Americas, is currently estimated to infect some 18 million people,
primarily the poor in rural areas. (HEALTH IN THE AMERICAS, 2007.VOLUME I–REGIONAL, pp63)(1/Sep/2007)
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