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Regional crisis and recovery

Health sector reforms and crisis in Argentina

Health sector reforms and crisis in Argentina

Authors: Peter Lloyd-Sherlock; University of East Anglia, UK
Publisher: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

During the 1990s, Argentina carried out wide- ranging health sector reforms. In 2001, the country plunged into economic and political turmoil. The capacity of the health sector to withstand this crisis is a useful test of the reforms, with lessons for countries undertaking similar changes.