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ReviewLancet regional health. Americas2024

Addressing migrant-specific barriers to accessing health services through primary health care in host countries in Latin American and the Caribbean.

James Fitzgerald, Ernesto Báscolo, Gustavo Rosell de Almeida, Natalia Houghton, Rachel Jarboe, Julie Issa

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Review in Lancet regional health. Americas, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

James FitzgeraldPan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.
Ernesto BáscoloPan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.
Gustavo Rosell de AlmeidaPan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.
Natalia HoughtonPan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.
Rachel JarboePan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.
Julie IssaPan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Region of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a culturally rich region marked by significant bio- and sociocultural diversity, including approximately 50 million Indigenous People. However, LAC faces deep inequalities and vast disparities between social development and economic progress, including in access to healthcare for migrant populations. Migration has historically always existed in the region with current movements characterized by a south-south pattern within LAC combined with a south-north pattern from LAC, moving towards North America. Furthermore, environmental degradation and climate change have increasingly contributed to a substantial rise in migration as well as health risks for migrants in the Region, and it is predicted to accelerate in coming years.

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Access barriersHealthHealth systemsLatin AmericaMigrationPolicyPrimary health careSocial determinantsXenophobia and discrimination

Identifiers

PMID39687665
PMCPMC11648864

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