Vol 4, No 2 (2009)

Table of Contents

Editorials

The Economic Crisis and Public Health Abstract PDF
Barry S Levy, Victor Sidel 82-87
Lessons from Mexico’s H1N1 Influenza Outbreak Abstract PDF
Latin American Social Medicine Association, Mexico Region, A.C. 88-89

Original Research

‘TOP HEAVY’ SYSTEMS AND QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE Abstract PDF
Zakir Husain, Saswata Ghosh, Bijoya Roy 90-97
Poverty and Health in Argentina Abstract PDF
Maria Alejandra Silva 98-108

Themes and Debates

An Interview with Sir Michael Marmot Abstract PDF
Editors 109-112
Latin American Social Medicine and the Report of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health Abstract PDF
RAFAEL GONZALEZ GUZMAN 113-120
Participation and empowerment in Primary Health Care: from Alma Ata to the era of globalization Abstract PDF
Pol De Vos, Geraldine Malaise, Wim De Ceukelaire, Denis Perez, Pierre Lefèvre, Patrick Van der Stuyft 121-127

News & Events

Health & Life: A tribute to the late Edmundo Granda Ugalde Abstract PDF
Zaida Betancourt 128
¡Salud! Southwest Tour Abstract PDF
Joanna Mae Mae Souers 129
XI Congress of Latin American Social Medicine & Collective Health Abstract PDF
Mauricio Torres Tovar 130-132


Editorial Offices:

Department of Family and Social Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York, 10461

Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social (ALAMES)/Latin American Social Medicine Association:
ALAMES,Southern Cone Region, Cassinoni 1440 – 802, CP 11200 Montevideo, Uruguay.
ALAMES, Mexico Region, San Jerónimo 70 – 1, Col. La Otra Banda, CP 01090, México, D.F.