The urgency of investing in health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean to reduce inequality and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

This report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is being published with six years left to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The combination of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and interrelated and cascading crises has provoked an alarming situation that threatens the attainment of the SDGs globally and in the countries of the region.

This report was prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The Executive Secretary of ECLAC, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, and the Director of PAHO, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., oversaw its preparation.
Specialists from both organizations contributed to the preparation of this publication:
ECLAC: Alberto Arenas de Mesa, María Luisa Marinho, Consuelo Farías, Daniela Huneeus, Daniel Titelman and Daysi Sanmartín.
PAHO: James Fitzgerald, Gerry Eijkemans, Ernesto Báscolo, Claudia Pescetto, Juan Pablo Pagano, David Debrott Sánchez, Natalia Houghton, Orielle Solar, Pamela Bernales, Hugo Vásquez, Fabricio Méndez and Santiago Soto.