Editing Latin America (section)

==== '''Health Development in Latin America''' ====
Latin America has made notable progress in developing healthcare throughout the recent decades, and this is mostly driven even by both domestic policy and international collaborations. Some developments that were utilized: 

* The Pan American Health Organization. (''This section is an excerpt from [[Pan American Health Organization]]).'' The '''Pan''' '''American Health Organization''' ('''PAHO''') is a [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|specialized agency]] of the [[United Nations]] (UN) in charge of international health cooperation in the [[Americas]]. This organization has played a crucial role in making efforts to combat communicable and noncommunicable diseases, strengthen health systems, and respond to emergencies and disasters. 
* Public/Private Initiatives and Partnerships. An example that has been in place since 2015 is the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative (SMI).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salud Mesoamérica Initiative (SMI) {{!}} Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation |url=https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/health-policy-planning/evaluations/smi |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=www.healthdata.org |language=en}}</ref> This research project that focuses on the inequalities in heath outcomes and access in [[Central America]]. It is a model that supports the transformation of [[Health Systems Global|health systems]] in each country, to bring coverage, access to healthcare, and health services among the poor in Mesoamérica, in particular women and children. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Iniciativas de financiamiento basados en resultados {{!}} bid-saludmesoamerica |url=https://www.saludmesoamerica.org/es |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=www.saludmesoamerica.org |language=es}}</ref>