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Fuente: Devex The information website specialized in development, Devex.com, has included the Mesoamerican Health Initiative as a worldwide example of results—based financing model.

Fuente: CGDEV Especialistas en salud del prestigioso ‘Center for Global Development’ publican un artículo académico sobre nuevos modelos de financiamiento para proyectos de desarrollo, destacando el caso de la Iniciativa Salud Mesoamérica (ISM) [sólo en inglés]

This document is an update of guidance published on 18 February 2016 to provide advice on the prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus.

Fuente: Nejm Zika virus (ZIKV) was first identified in Brazil in 2015 by reverse-transcriptase–polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assays of serum specimens from patients from the state of Bahia who presented with a denguelike illness that was characterized by rash, fever, myalgias, arthralgias,…

Fuente: Goats and Soda It used to be common knowledge: Malnourished kids need more protein to thrive. Then came a scathing paper in the Lancet in 1974 called "The Great Protein Fiasco." Filled with sarcasm, it argued that the nutrition community's fixation on protein was a waste of time and money.

Fuente: Kelly Young Findings from a BMJ meta-analysis may help clinicians better identify women who could benefit from aspirin prophylaxis for preeclampsia...

Fuente: DEVEX IMPACT Following a performance by women wearing traditional Peruvian dress, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú and Canadian billionaire Frank Giustra posed with former U.S. President Bill Clinton in matching alpaca scarves and caps...

Chiapas, the southernmost state in Mexico, is a mix of wonder and sadness. It is home to rain forests, Mayan ruins, waterfalls, rugged highlands — and some of the country’s highest death rates among women in childbirth.

Despite progress over the past decade in reducing the global burden of newborn deaths, gaps in the knowledge base persist, and means of translating empirical findings into effective policies and programs that deliver life-saving interventions remain poorly understood. Articles in this issue…