Confronting Health Disparities: Latin American Social Medicine in Venezuela

AUTOR(ES)

Briggs, Charles L.

FONTE

American Public Health Association

RESUMO

Objectives. We explored the emergence and effectiveness of Venezuela's Misión Barrio Adentro, “Inside the Neighborhood Mission,” a program designed to improve access to health care among underserved residents of the country, hoping to draw lessons to apply to future attempts to address acute health disparities.

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