Pablos-Mendez A, Valdivieso V, Flynn-Saldaña K

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RESUMEN

La mayoría de países de Latinoamérica y del Caribe (LAC) han alcanzado las metas del milenio; no obstante estos progresos, aún es necesario efectuar un esfuerzo intenso para frenar los millares de muertes maternas e infantiles que ocurren anualmente y que son prevenibles. Este esfuerzo requiere de una serie de intervenciones de alto impacto, el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de salud nacionales y la disminución de las brechas de equidad entre los diferentes países de la región de LAC. En junio de 2012, los gobiernos de Etiopía, India y los Estados Unidos, en conjunto con la UNICEF, convinieron en efectuar un “llamado a la acción por la supervivencia de los niños” (CSCTA), proponiendo la meta de frenar las muertes infantiles prevenibles. La premisa central de este llamado es que ya se debe de saber cómo prevenir estas muertes, y poder llevar a cabo las intervenciones de manera asequible y práctica. El CSCTA, conforme las acciones subsecuentes a llevar a cabo, siguiendo a la UNICEF, enfatiza en la importancia de que cada país planifique y calcule los recursos propios que deberá invertir para reducir las muertes infantiles. Bajo esta visión, los soportes económicos de apoyo de organismos internacionales sólo deberán ser suplementarios, no el recurso principal de los países en desarrollo, para reducir la mortalidad infantil. Como resultado de la reunión de junio de 2012, 175 países alrededor del mundo han firmado los compromisos del CSCTA, incluyendo 31 países de la región de LAC.

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