The documentation of different situations occurring in neighborhoods becomes a key factor in preventing the advance of health problems. Across various parts of Latin America, public health is marked by deep inequalities—so much so that there are areas that never appear in official statistics, communities where outbreaks are detected too…
Breastfeeding can become a tense situation for mothers and babies. A brief outline of a simple action model. In many corners of the world, where basic health services often fail to reach, concerns related to motherhood are pushed to the background in public policy. For this reason, it is said…
Access to healthcare can be a major obstacle for vulnerable populations. Community gardens are becoming a safe alternative. In several rural regions of Latin America, reaching a pharmacy can mean walking for hours under the sun, traveling dirt roads, and waiting for transportation that does not always arrive. In territories…
Small devices are increasingly being used to improve respiratory health as air pollution continues to rise. In major cities around the world, breathing now means facing pollution directly. From Mexico City to Lagos, passing through Delhi and Buenos Aires, air quality has become a silent yet decisive factor in public…
Access to information can generate profound change in communities. Here is an outline of how initiatives around the world are functioning and expanding. Access to knowledge has become a global concern, particularly in vulnerable areas—much like access to healthcare. Specialists increasingly emphasize that health and education are deeply interconnected: communities…
The push for an energy transition is enabling advances in the creation of new medical facilities in places where healthcare services previously did not exist. Public health infrastructure in vulnerable settings is often insufficient due to limited government resources. This gap is increasingly being addressed by private-sector actors—foundations, technology companies…
Organizing neighborhood groups around a simple activity is generating significant impacts on health and social interaction. The term physical activity is often absent in vulnerable areas with multiple structural deficits. Deteriorated public spaces, lack of lighting, insecurity and the absence of free sports options turn exercise into a luxury.Yet it…
With access to reliable food and trustworthy information, communities facing multiple nutrition-related challenges experience transformative change. Across many communities in Latin America, various initiatives are underway to improve the health of populations living in territories considered remote and underserved by state interventions.Many of these efforts are driven by civil society…
Unsafe water consumption remains one of the causes of thousands of deaths every day. An outline of the actions underway in this global context. For millions of people living in marginalized communities, turning on a tap and receiving drinkable water is far from an everyday reality. This absence places health,…
Through a range of initiatives, access to hearing specialists is no longer a privilege reserved for areas with fully developed infrastructure. In vulnerable neighborhoods across Latin America, structural deficiencies accumulate and reinforce one another. Public health systems are among the sectors most affected, and hearing care is one of the…
