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During the past 30 years the Latin America & Caribbean region has seen a steady improvement in health indicatorsa nd external factors that are conducive to illness prevention. However, challenges remain, and since access to quality health care is fundamental to economic development, the World Bank channeled 27 percent of its lending on fiscal year 2003 to support health and critical social services in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries.  Topic brief

	Health Crisis in LAC Health sector reforms in LAC are among the most sophisticated in the world. So why do adverse health shocks and even normal life-cycle events continue to impoverish the region's households?   Story
	Health system innovations in Central America The studies report on the performance of the innovations, the policy environment in which they were developed, as well as nuts-and-bolts features and processes incorporated into their design and implementation.   More