Challenges and dilemmas on universal coverage for non-communicable diseases in middle-income countries: evidence and lessons from Mexico

Abstract Background Despite more than 20 years of reform projects in health systems, the universal coverage strategy has not reached the expected results in most middle-income countries (MICs).Using evidence from the Mexican case on diabetes and hypertension as tracers of non-communicable diseases, the effective coverage rate barely surpasses half

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Taking wonders to the margins (Maravillas al Margen)

Translated into English for the first time, this article by film educator and outreach worker Alicia Vega describes her experiences conducting a series of Cinema Workshops in highly Ski de fond - Homme - Bottes disadvantaged communities across Chile, which sought to provide younger children with early, formative understandings of cinema.A rich acco

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