<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>ENSANUT - LIDE - Laboratorio de Investigación para el Desarrollo del Ecuador</title><link>https://laboratoriolide.org/en/tags/ensanut/</link><description>LIDE is an independent, nonpartisan Ecuadorian research lab that promotes evidence-based social policy through rigorous quantitative research.</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><copyright>&#169; 2026 LIDE - Laboratorio de Investigación para el Desarrollo del Ecuador. All rights reserved.</copyright><image><url>https://laboratoriolide.org/images/logo-mobile.png</url><title>LIDE - Laboratorio de Investigación para el Desarrollo del Ecuador</title><link>https://laboratoriolide.org/en/</link></image><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:09:30 +0500</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://laboratoriolide.org/en/tags/ensanut/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Demographic Shifts and Aging in Ecuador: Health Challenges and Policy Opportunities</title><link>https://laboratoriolide.org/en/research/2025-09-05-aging-ecuador/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:09:30 +0500</pubDate><guid>https://laboratoriolide.org/en/research/2025-09-05-aging-ecuador/</guid><description>Ecuador is undergoing a significant demographic transition marked by increased longevity and declining fertility rates. In this paper, we review the state of gerontological research and the institutional context in Ecuador.</description><dc:creator>Marco Faytong Haro</dc:creator><dc:creator>Alonso Quijano Ruiz</dc:creator><dc:creator>Daniel Sanchez Pazmiño</dc:creator><dc:creator>Sebastian Salazar-Nicholls</dc:creator><dc:creator>Andrea X. Gomez Ayora</dc:creator><dc:creator>Dayana Tipan Jimenez</dc:creator><dc:creator>Omar Galárraga</dc:creator><dc:creator>Alexis R. Santos-Lozada</dc:creator><category>Gerontology</category><category>Population</category><category>Ecuador</category><category>Census</category><category>ENSANUT</category><category>SABE</category><category>Older adults</category><enclosure url="https://laboratoriolide.org/images/research/gerontologist.webp" type="image/webp" length="0"/></item><item><title>The effects of mobile primary health teams: Evidence from Estrategia Médico del Barrio in Ecuador</title><link>https://laboratoriolide.org/en/research/2023-09-01-medico-barrio/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:07:10 +0600</pubDate><guid>https://laboratoriolide.org/en/research/2023-09-01-medico-barrio/</guid><description>This study evaluates Ecuador’s nationwide Estrategia Médico del Barrio program, finding that mobile primary healthcare teams significantly reduced reported health issues and increased preventive care use, especially in rural and indigenous communities.</description><dc:creator>Omar Galárraga</dc:creator><dc:creator>Alonso Quijano Ruiz</dc:creator><dc:creator>Marco Faytong Haro</dc:creator><category>Primary healthcare</category><category>Mobile health teams</category><category>Ecuador</category><category>Estrategia Médico del Barrio</category><category>ENSANUT</category><enclosure url="https://laboratoriolide.org/images/research/medico-barrio1.webp" type="image/webp" length="0"/></item></channel></rss>