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- Study Reveals Links Between Cancer Mortality and Socioeconomic Development in Latin American Cities
  
  February 28, 2025
  
  A new SALURBAL study published in The Lancet Global Health explores the complex relationship between cancer mortality rates and socioeconomic development in 343 cities across nine Latin American countries. The study analyzed data from 2015 through 2019 to map the geographic distribution of cancer deaths for seven common types of cancer: breast, lung, colorectal, stomach, liver, prostate, and cervical. The findings provide valuable insights into the impact of socioeconomic factors on cancer outcomes in urban Latin America.
  
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- Inundações atingem com mais intensidade as vizinhanças mais desfavorecidas: nova pesquisa sobre saúde urbana na América Latina destaca profundas iniquidades
  
  February 11, 2025
  
  Um artigo do projeto SALURBAL-Clima, publicado recentemente na Nature Cities, destaca grandes iniquidades na exposição a inundações em 276 cidades de oito países da América Latina. Os resultados revelam que os residentes de vizinhanças com os menores níveis de escolaridade sofreram, em média, quatro vezes (4,3) mais inundações do que aqueles que vivem em vizinhanças com maior nível educacional.
  
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- Floods Hit Hardest in Most Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: New Research on Urban Health in Latin America Sheds Light on Stark Inequities
  
  February 11, 2025
  
  A SALURBAL-Climate paper published recently in Nature Cities sheds light on large inequities in flood exposure within 276 cities in eight Latin American countries. The research, led by Josiah Kephart PhD, MPH, an assistant professor at the Drexel University Urban Health Collaborative, and a team of investigators from Latin America.
  
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- Inundaciones afectan más a barrios con bajo nivel socioeconómico: nueva investigación sobre salud urbana en América Latina muestra grandes inequidades
  
  February 11, 2025
  
  Un artículo de SALURBAL-Clima publicado recientemente en Nature Cities evidencia las inequidades en la exposición a inundaciones en 276 ciudades de ocho países de América Latina. El estudio encontró que los barrios con niveles educativos más bajos tenían 4.3 veces más probabilidad de haber estado expuestos a una inundación, en comparación con los barrios con un nivel educativo más alto.
  
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- Décimo Encuentro Del Equipo SALURBAL
  
  November 04, 2024
  
  Cerca de 70 miembros del equipo SALURBAL-Clima, representando a 8 países y 12 instituciones educativas y de investigación, se dieron cita con el fin de compartir los avances de las investigaciones que se han llevado a cabo en esta primera fase del proyecto y trazar la hoja de ruta del segundo año.
  
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- Recapping the 10th SALURBAL Team Meeting in Mexico City
  
  November 04, 2024
  
  About 70 members of the SALURBAL-Climate team, representing 8 countries and 12 educational and research institutions, came together to share updates from the project’s first phase and outline the roadmap for year two.
  
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- ¿Viajes Gratis, Menos Pasos? Un Estudio de Bogotá Examina El Impacto Del Transporte Público en la Equidad en Salud
  
  May 09, 2024
  
  Un nuevo estudio evalúa políticas de movilidad en Bogotá, Colombia, revelando importantes compensaciones entre el acceso al transporte público y los niveles de actividad física.
  
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- ¿Viajes Gratis, Menos Pasos? Un Estudio de Bogotá Examina El Impacto Del Transporte Público en la Equidad en Salud
  
  May 09, 2024
  
  Un nuevo estudio evalúa políticas de movilidad en Bogotá, Colombia, revelando importantes compensaciones entre el acceso al transporte público y los niveles de actividad física.
  
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- Free Rides, Fewer Steps? Bogotá Study Examines Public Transit's Impact on Health Equity
  
  May 09, 2024
  
  A newly published SALURBAL study sheds light on how congestion taxes and fare subsidies can be powerful tools for policymakers in low- and middle-income cities, where walking is the primary means of transportation for many residents.
  
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- Research Matters for Creating Heat Adaptation Plans
  
  April 22, 2024
  
  New research shows that physical and cognitive function are more important factors than age when assessing the risk of heat-related mortality among older adults.
  
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