The implementation of policies that guarantee the social and economic development of LGBTQ+ people and people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities protects their individual rights, boosts economic growth and social development.
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Each year we commemorate efforts to eradicate discriminatory practices based on gender identity or sexual orientation. The Latin American and Caribbean region has seen uneven progress on that journey, but it has also taken very important steps to ensure that LGBTQ+ people live, work, develop and dream on equal terms. For example, 40% of countries have legalized same-sex marriage.
This paper reports socio-economic and health outcomes for intersex people in Mexico using data collected between 2021 and 2022. This is the first study relying on a large nationally representative survey including information on sex variations to document substantial negative outcomes for intersex individuals. Around 1.6% of individuals aged 15-64 are intersex.
Imagine embarking on the construction of a house, only to find that the carpenters, electricians, and plumbers are each following a different blueprint. The result? You might end up with a bathtub in your kitchen! Yet, this scenario isn’t far from reality when strong digital health foundations are lacking.
The Digital Health Procurement Guide is a comprehensive resource developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to assist its clients in procuring digital health tools. It provides an overview of the procurement process, including key stages and responsibilities, and offers practical tools and templates to facilitate a successful procurement. The guide emphasizes the importance of strategic planning, understanding needs, executing a structured procurement process, and negotiating effective contracts.
In this video, Digital Health experts from the IDB, the Pan American Health Organization and the countries of the region talk about how they are digitally transforming the health of Latin America and the Caribbean, regarding the regional meeting between the organizations and 33 countries. In this video, we can understand more about the event that took place in Brazil in November 2023 and how Pan-American Highway for Digital Health is being built.
At RELACSIS 4.0, Regional Meeting and Connectathon, the IDB and the Pan American Health Organization met with 33 countries and 22 strategic partners to continue the development of a Pan American Highway for Digital Health. This will improve access to quality health services in the Americas.
Watch this video to learn more about the event attended by 246 people in São Paulo, Brazil!
As the importance of early childhood investments has become increasingly well understood, more and more interventions seek to improve parental engagement with their children. These interventions most often target mothers. But what about fathers? How much do they do for children in early childhood, and how effective have efforts been to help them do more?
The new edition of the Better Jobs Index in Latin America and the Caribbean highlights that, although the quality of employment has reached its highest point since 2010, most of the working-age population in the region still face informal conditions and insufficient wages to overcome poverty. The Better Jobs index, which is updated every two years, measures employment in the region comprising two dimensions: quantity and quality of jobs. Quantity is measured by labor force participation and occupation, while quality is measured by labor formality and living wages.