Ethnic group inequalities in coverage with reproductive, maternal and child health interventions: cross-sectional analyses of national surveys in 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries

Summary: Background: Latin American and Caribbean populations include three main ethnic groups: indigenous people, people of African descent, and people of European descent. We investigated ethnic inequalities among these groups in population coverage with reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child...

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Main Authors: Marilia Arndt Mesenburg, PhD, Maria Clara Restrepo-Mendez, PhD, Hugo Amigo, PhD, Alejandra D Balandrán, MPH, Maria Angelica Barbosa-Verdun, MSc, Beatriz Caicedo-Velásquez, PhD, Liliana Carvajal-Aguirre, MSc, Carlos E A Coimbra, Jr, PhD, Leonardo Z Ferreira, MSc, Maria del Pilar Flores-Quispe, MSc, Carlos Flores-Ramírez, MSc, Giovanna Gatica-Dominguez, PhD, Luis Huicho, MD, Karla Jinesta-Campos, BSc, Ingrid S K Krishnadath, PhD, Fatima S Maia, PhD, Ivan A Marquez-Callisaya, MSc, Mercedes Marlene Martinez, MPH, Oscar J Mujica, MD, Verónica Pingray, MSc, Alejandro Retamoso, BSc, Paulina Ríos-Quituizaca, MSc, Joel Velásquez-Rivas, BSc, Carlos A Viáfara-López, MSc, Sasha Walrond, MPH, Fernando C Wehrmeister, PhD, Fabiana Del Popolo, MSc, Aluisio J Barros, PhD, Cesar G Victora, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-08-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X18303000