All Stories

  1. Social Medicine and the Social Sciences in Latin America: Conceptual Tensions for the Transformation of Public Health in the 20th Century

    Article • May 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  2. Validation of the Dominican system for measuring early childhood development

    Article • F1000Research, March 2023, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  3. Health care access and migration experiences among Venezuelan female sex workers living in the Dominican Republic

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, January 2023, Pan American Health Organization

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  4. The role of sociodemographic and psychosocial variables in early childhood development: A secondary data analysis of the 2014 and 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys in the Dominican Republic

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, July 2022, PLOS

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  5. Fertility decision-making during the Zika virus epidemic in Brazil: Where is the decision?

    Article • Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  6. The Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence and Its Impact on HIV Care: A Cross-Sectional Study of People of Mixed Gender and Sexual Preference in Lima, Peru

    Article • Journal of Interpersonal Violence, March 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  7. Achieving sustainable health equity

    Article • Bulletin of the World Health Organization, January 2022, WHO Press

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  8. World Health Organization and knowledge translation in maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, December 2021, BMJ

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  9. Characteristics of Women Receiving Emergency Caesarean Section: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from Ghana and Dominican Republic

    Article • Maternal and Child Health Journal, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  10. Interrupción de servicios de salud para embarazadas, recién nacidos, niños y niñas, adolescentes y mujeres durante la pandemia de COVID-19: proyecto ISLAC 2020

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, November 2021, Pan American Health Organization

    Dr. Arachu Castro, Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  11. The Health Equity Network of the Americas: inclusion, commitment, and action

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, July 2021, Pan American Health Organization

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  12. The Role of Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Variables in Early Childhood Development: A Secondary Data Analysis of the 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey in the Dominican Republic

    Article • February 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  13. Sociedades justas: una nueva visión para la equidad en la salud en la Región de las Américas después de la COVID19

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, December 2020, Pan American Health Organization

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  14. Maternal and child mortality worsens in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Article • The Lancet, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  15. Women’s Perceptions of Zika Virus Prevention Recommendations in Fortaleza, Brazil

    Article • Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion, November 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  16. Just societies: A new vision for health equity in the Americas after COVID-19

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, October 2020, Pan American Health Organization

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  17. La Red de las Américas para la Equidad en Salud: inclusión, compromiso y acción

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, October 2020, Pan American Health Organization

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  18. Validation of the Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool for children in the Dominican Republic: Preliminary results

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2019, PLOS

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  19. Emotional Experiences of Mothers Living With HIV and the Quest for Emotional Recovery

    Article • Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, July 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  20. Childhood asthma from a health equity perspective

    Article • Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  21. The Transformative Potential of Strategic Partnerships to Form a Health Equity Network of the Americas

    Article • Ethnicity & Disease, February 2019, Ethnicity and Disease Inc

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  22. Dynamics of Treatment Supporters and Patients Starting HIV Therapy in Lima, Peru

    Article • Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC), January 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  23. Validation of the Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool for Children in the Dominican Republic

    Article • December 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  24. Obstetric violence in Dominican hospitals

    Article • Medical Anthropology, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  25. Health and Inequality

    Article • September 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  26. Zika: From the Brazilian Backlands to Global Threat. Deborah Diniz, translated by Diane Groskalus Whitty, London: Zed Books, 2016, 192 pp.

    Article • Medical Anthropology Quarterly, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  27. Measuring mistreatment of women during childbirth: a review of terminology and methodological approaches

    Article • Reproductive Health, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  28. From HIV diagnosis to initiation of treatment: Social transformation among people starting antiretroviral therapy in Peru

    Article • Qualitative Social Work, August 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  29. Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Validating Women’s Self-Report of Emergency Cesarean Sections in Ghana and the Dominican Republic

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2013, PLOS

    Dr. Samantha R. Lattof, Dr. Arachu Castro

  30. Health insurance for the poor decreases access to HIV testing in antenatal care: evidence of an unintended effect of health insurance reform in Colombia

    Article • Health Policy and Planning, April 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  31. Hidden costs: The direct and indirect impact of user fees on access to malaria treatment and primary care in Mali

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  32. Quality of Life of People With HIV/AIDS Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Cuba: A Cross-Sectional Study of the National Population

    Article • American Journal of Public Health, May 2012, American Public Health Association

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  33. Eliminating Vertical Transmission of HIV in São Paulo, Brazil: Progress and Challenges

    Article • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, August 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  34. A Role for Community Health Promoters in Tuberculosis Control in the State of Chiapas, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Community Health, December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  35. In and out: user fees and other unfortunate events during hospital admission and discharge

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, May 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  36. Sexuality, reproduction, and HIV in women: the impact of antiretroviral therapy in elective pregnancies in Cuba

    Article • AIDS, October 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  37. Late presentation for HIV care in central Haiti: factors limiting access to care

    Article • AIDS Care, April 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  38. HIV, Stigma, and Rates of Infection: But Is AIDS-Related Stigma Understood?

    Article • PLoS Medicine, January 2007, PLOS

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  39. Access to generic antiretrovirals: inequality, intellectual property law, and international trade agreements

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2007, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  40. Intellectual Property and Access to ART: Authors' Reply

    Article • PLoS Medicine, November 2006, PLOS

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  41. How Do Intellectual Property Law and International Trade Agreements Affect Access to Antiretroviral Therapy?

    Article • PLoS Medicine, August 2006, PLOS

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  42. Experiences of stigma and access to HAART in children and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in Brazil

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, March 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  43. Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy: Merging the Clinical and Social Course of AIDS

    Article • PLoS Medicine, October 2005, PLOS

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  44. Understanding and Addressing AIDS-Related Stigma: From Anthropological Theory to Clinical Practice in Haiti

    Article • American Journal of Public Health, January 2005, American Public Health Association

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  45. Infectious disease in Haiti

    Article • EMBO Reports, May 2003, EMBO

    Dr. Arachu Castro

  46. Community-based approaches to HIV treatment in resource-poor settings

    Article • The Lancet, August 2001, Elsevier

    Dr. Arachu Castro