HEALTH Protect is a research and policy initiative focused on understanding how poverty and inequality affect health in Latin America. Funded by MRC-UHEALTH Protect is a research and policy initiative focused on understanding how poverty and inequality affect health in Latin America. Funded by MRC UKRI, the project brings together researchers from the BACEM countries (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico) and the UK. By combining economic and health microsimulation models, we assess the impact and cost-effectiveness of social protection policies on morbidity, mortality, and health inequalities.
MAIN OBJECTIVE:
To assess the impact of socioeconomic inequalities on morbidity, mortality, and health disparities in Latin American countries (BACEM), and
To develop the Health_Protect platform—an open-access tool designed to model and calibrate the most effective economic policies for reducing health inequalities in each country. To achieve this, we will:
