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Perinatal Health and Regional Activities of the Latin-American Center For Perinatology and Human Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Ricardo Schwarcz
Ricardo Schwarcz
Affiliation:
Director, Latin American Center for Perinatology and Human Development
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Latin America and the Caribbean had about 370 million inhabitants in 1980 (8), and about 10 million births occurred in this population that year. Even if, as expected, the birth rate drops 14% between 1980 and the year 2000, the population exposed to reproductive risks would still increase by 26%, because Latin America's population is expected to rise to 600 million by the year 2000 (17). Thirteen million births are expected in the year 2000.

Type
The Technology of Prenatal Care
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 799 - 804
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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