Modelling Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ibero-America
Modelling Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ibero-America

Author: Carlos N. Bouza-Herrera

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2023-06-15

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1527507203

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book analyses the threats the COVID-19 pandemic poses and the need for managing healthcare resources carefully. Focusing on the impact Lower and middle-income countries experience due to the lack of medical personal, bed in hospitals and medical supplies. In the chapters, non-medical researchers together with epidemiologists contribute studies which aim to improve decision making processes when dealing with pandemic dynamics. The book also presents challenging models for post-pandemic studies and the continuation of post-pandemic treatments. This text develops an analysis of COVID-19 data and provides evidence on the increase of social inequalities with Latin American countries, and particularly on the effect of a new medicament in improving the quality of life of recovered patients with lung damage. This book would be of interest to all medical researchers and academics interested in the effects of both the pandemic and post pandemic fallout.

Transitioning the midwifery models of care
Transitioning the midwifery models of care

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2024-10-15

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9240098267

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The “Transitioning to Midwifery Models of Care: Global Position Paper” is a comprehensive document produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent health and ageing, under the Strategic Technical Advisory Group of Experts for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent health and nutrition (STAGE), in collaboration with WHO technical departments, regional offices and numerous stakeholders. In the pursuit of providing high-quality health services to improve health and well-being for all in the context of Universal Health Coverage, transitioning to midwifery models of care represents a cost-effective strategy to optimize outcomes for women and newborns with minimal use of unnecessary interventions. This position paper offers an international definition, describes the guiding principles of midwifery models of care and reviews the advantages of adopting these models of care. It highlights the significant role and impact that midwives can have within health systems, while recognizing the importance of collaborative and integrated care where various professionals jointly contribute to providing high-quality maternal and newborn health services.

Pandemic and Narration: Covid-19 Narratives in Latin America
Pandemic and Narration: Covid-19 Narratives in Latin America

Author: Andrea Espinoza Carvajal

Publisher: Vernon Press

Published: 2024-07-02

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

'Pandemic and Narration: Covid-19 Narratives in Latin America' sheds light on how, as Covid-19 spread, infecting and killing millions across the world, life not only continued to be experienced but also continued to be narrated. By putting together this volume, we help understand what happened in the region from a perspective in which, unlike most of what we saw during the health emergency, numbers, statistics and percentages are not at the centre of the analysis. The essays gathered here foreground something else: the manifold ways Covid-19 was subjectively and collectively narrated in the news, government reports, political speeches, NGO communications, social media, literature, songs and many other media. From a wide range of disciplinary approaches, the contributors to this edition pay attention to how fictional and non-fictional stories, official discourses, as well as personal and political accounts, documented, represented and shaped the health crisis, laying bare how —in Latin American countries— the spread of the virus intersected with corruption, gender-based violence, inequality and exclusion, as with community, solidarity and hope. Readers will find that the focus on narrative provides an alternative source of knowledge on Latin America’s Covid-19 experience. Our perspective contrasts with the usual emphasis on death tolls, infection rates, weekly cases, vaccination counts, and the plethora of statistics that illustrated the gravity of the situation in the build-up to, during, and after the peak of the crisis. While extremely important to understand the situation, numbers do not tell the whole story. A comprehensive picture of the pandemic can only be achieved when the stories of the virus are accounted for. Health, after all, is no stranger to narrative. And neither is Latin America.

Operations Research and Analytics in Latin America
Operations Research and Analytics in Latin America

Author: Jairo R. Montoya-Torres

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-10-04

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 303128870X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book gathers a selection of peer-reviewed research papers presented at the joint IV ASOCIO/XIX IISE Region 16 Conference held in Chia and Bogota, Colombia. The conference was organized by the Universidad de La Sabana’s Research Group on Logistics Systems, in partnership with Chapters #782 (Universidad de La Sabana), #712 (Universidad Sergio Arboleda) and #988 (Universidad de Los Andes) of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). The main emphasis of the book is on modelling and solving business-related problems in operations research, and on applying descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics and the management sciences to actual decision-making in organizations. Both theoretical developments and algorithm implementation are presented. A special focus is given to business problems arising in emerging economies, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. This book is addressed to academics, practitioners, postgraduate students and researchers in operations research, analytics and industrial engineering, as well as to undergraduate students for educational purposes. In particular, the book will appeal to the academic and research community in Latin America and the Caribbean, as it presents projects developed and implemented there. Higher education engineering programs will benefit from the findings and insights shared in the fields of industrial engineering, operations research and analytics, applied mathematics, and computer science and engineering.

Psychosocial Perspectives on Community Responses to Covid-19
Psychosocial Perspectives on Community Responses to Covid-19

Author: Emma O'Dwyer

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-29

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1000829383

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This highly topical edited book documents the community response to Covid-19 across national contexts, exploring the widespread development and mobilisation of community initiatives and groups. It provides rich analysis of case studies from the Global North and South, including South Africa, the USA, India, China, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Australia, the UK, Turkey, and Argentina. The Covid-19 pandemic motivated a significant community response globally, with the widespread development and mobilisation of "bottom up" community initiatives and groups. These community responses were an essential yet often unseen and unrecognised means by which people survived the pandemic. This book asks questions such as how were community responses to Covid-19 shaped by national, cultural and political processes and phenomena; how did community responses to Covid-19 interact with public policies, on health, education, and social welfare; and what are the likely political implications of the community response to Covid-19? Discussing the provision of abortion care in Latin America, the support to marginalized communities in Kolkata, and the mobilisation of carnival "krewes" in New Orleans, to give a few examples, the text adopts and develops a novel socio-cultural psychological approach, weaving together contributions from scholars working in diverse disciplinary fields. The text highlights the importance of integrating multiple levels of analysis, including psychological, sociological, and political/ideological, to investigate how communities respond to crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic, and how they can plan for and manage future crises. This is essential reading for academics and students in psychology and the social sciences, as well as policy-makers, charities, and third-sector organisations.

Governance Models for Latin American Universities in the 21st Century
Governance Models for Latin American Universities in the 21st Century

Author: Mohammad Ayub Khan

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-09-30

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 3030834654

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book explores new models and future possibilities of university governance in a Latin American context using management and leadership theories. The dramatic changes and uncertainty facing the world recently have forced us to reimagine the future of education. Changes such as digitalization, the increasing number of corporate universities, and the need for cost-effective educational programs and services require universities to keep evolving while ensuring that they maintain their essence as a critical social asset. This book offers a new approach to managing and leading the university, particularly by embracing the role and responsibility of delivering quality educational programs and services, by being innovative and flexible enough to make urgent decisions and act upon them in a timely and appropriate manner. With its contributions to management and the social sciences, this interdisciplinary book will serve as a valuable resource to researchers, administrators, and students alike.

Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and the New World Economic Order
Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and the New World Economic Order

Author: Saiz-Alvarez, Jose Manuel

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-10-15

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 1799876918

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a radical change in both the economic and business paradigms that have ruled countries for decades. Emerging models are leading to a new world economic order predictably led by China and the United States. New forms of organization, new ways of working remotely, the strengthening of some industries to the detriment of others, and the supremacy of technology to be able to work are going to change the economies as we know them today. The Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and the New World Economic Order offers strategies, economic policies, social, economic, and political trends that will affect organizations to increase their efficiency and labor productivity and change the world’s business and financial structures. This book forecasts future business changes and prospective models, structural or not, for guiding the survival of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), multinationals, family firms, entrepreneurs, and NGOs in the post-COVID-19 era. Covering topics such as business model creation, global sustainable logistics 4.0, and social and solidarity economy, this text is essential for economists, entrepreneurs, managers, executives, family firms, SMEs, business professionals, policymakers, students, researchers, practitioners, and academicians.

Handbook of Research on Management Techniques and Sustainability Strategies for Handling Disruptive Situations in Corporate Settings
Handbook of Research on Management Techniques and Sustainability Strategies for Handling Disruptive Situations in Corporate Settings

Author: Perez-Uribe, Rafael

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-06-25

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13: 1799881873

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Faced with chaotic environments, it is not possible to make totally efficient forecasts, especially when it is necessary to analyze events with multiple variables and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) constantly face events that escape the laws of the market. The handling that has been given to the crisis caused by the coronavirus has been trial and error, and the economic, social, and environmental results remain to be seen. The markets and the world are chaotic. With the markets in chaos due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to look at the methods used in these environments to promote business success. The Handbook of Research on Management Techniques and Sustainability Strategies for Handling Disruptive Situations in Corporate Settings elaborates on the skills, techniques, and tools that are more useful for these environments and identifies what makes companies that work well in organizational chaos and in chaotic economic environments perform better than companies that are well organized. Covering topics such as strategic management, multidimensional chaos approach, and the global unstable market, this book is essential for managers, executives, academicians, policymakers, entrepreneurs, researchers, undergraduate and graduate business students, and any person interested in state-of-the-art business issues.

The Business Year: Mexico 2020
The Business Year: Mexico 2020

Author: Peter Howson

Publisher: The Business Year

Published:

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Business Year: Mexico 2020 is a comprehensive examination of Latin America's second largest economy during an unprecedented period of uncertainty and change. To understand how this economy performed during this period and how it might recover, we conducted a year-long investigation that includes interviews with the top executives and officials from the public and private sectors.