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Cost-effectiveness Threshold estimation tool

This web platform gives you access to an interactive tool that will allow you to apply the methodology described in Pichon-Riviere et al 2023* to: Estimate cost-effectiveness thresholds for different countries or different health subsystems within the same country Consult the cost-effectiveness thresholds currently available in the manuscript for 174 countries Update the cost-effectiveness thresholds with […]

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Research in The Lancet Global Health: raising the price of cigarettes by 50% could prevent 300.000 deaths in Latin America

A study carried out in 12 countries in the region led by the IECS, in Buenos Aires, determined that increasing tobacco taxes could prevent deaths and disabilities, reduce health spending and produce net economic benefits. The work was published on September 21 in “The Lancet Global Health.” Increase the price

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The IECS continues to grow. The Center for Implementation and Innovation in Health Policies (CIIPS) joins

The CIIPS aims to contribute to public debate and informed decision-making on health policies, through analysis and advice to governments, institutions and health organizations at the national, regional and international levels. The brand new Center is directed by Prof. Dr. Adolfo Rubinstein, one of the founders of

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COVID-19 and pregnancy

Although pregnant women are not currently considered a risk group for COVID-19, the course of the disease and the potential complications that infection with the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can cause in this population are still not well understood and their children, which forces us to strengthen cooperation between countries to

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Two researchers will be Bernard Lown Scholars at the Harvard School of Public Health

El Dr. Ariel Bardach and the Dr. Andrea Beratarrechea, were selected as Bernard Lown Scholars of the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Bardach with his project “Equity and effectiveness of interventions for non-communicable diseases: development and application of an expanded cost-effectiveness model for estimating the impact of the increase

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Dr. Ezequiel García Elorrio participated in the formulation of the Global Patient Safety Action Plan

El Dr. Ezequiel García Elorrio participated as an expert in the “Global Consultation – A Decade of Patient Safety 2020-2030: Formulating Global Patient Safety Action Plan”, organized by the Patient Safety and Risk Management Unit, WHO Integrated Health Services. During the meeting, which took place in Geneva, a

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The IECS will be the coordinating institution of a project financed by the World Heart Federation

Buenos Aires January 30, 2020 – In October 2019, our researcher Rosana Poggio was accepted into the Salim Yusuf Emerging Leaders program of the World Heart Federation. This is a very prestigious and well-known initiative throughout the world in which more than 100 countries and which constitutes an opportunity to

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We signed a new agreement with the Argentine Federation of Health Mutual Insurance (FAMSA)

We signed a new agreement with the Argentine Federation of Health Mutual Insurance (FAMSA) for a technical knowledge management program in health. With the aim of generating joint strategies between entities. For our part, we will contribute with scientific evidence for decision-making in the sector. Present for the signing of the agreement were

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