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Leishmaniases Report
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Epidemiological Update: Dengue and other Arboviruses (10 June 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHOOPS, 2020-06-10)In the Region of the Americas, between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 21 of 2020, a total of 1,645,678 cases1 of arboviral disease were reported. Of those, 1,600,947 (97.3%) were dengue cases, 37,279 were chikungunya ... -
Epidemiological Update: Malaria in the Americas in the context of COVID-19 pandemic (10 June 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-06-10)After a sustained trend toward reduction of malaria from 2005 to 2014, in recent years the Region of the Americas experienced an increase in the total number of cases due to the increase in cases, since 2015, in the ... -
Monitoring inequality changes in full immunization coverage in infants in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To compare inequalities in full infant vaccination coverage at two different time points between 1992 and 2016 in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Methods. Analysis is based on recent available ... -
Síntesis de evidencia: Guía para el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de la enfermedad de Chagas
(2020-06)[RESUMEN]. Introducción. La enfermedad de Chagas o tripanosomiasis americana es causada por el protozoo flagelado Trypanosoma cruzi, transmitido principalmente por insectos vectores (denominados popularmente en las diferentes ... -
Análisis de la producción de conocimiento de los egresados de la especialización en salud de la familia del Programa Mais Médicos
(2020-06)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Identificar las principales categorías de análisis en los trabajos de conclusión de curso de los médicos egresados de la especialización en Salud de la Familia del Programa Mais Médicos. Métodos. Estudio ... -
Ensuring health equity during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of public health infrastructure
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly stressed public health systems around the world and exposed the gaps in health care for underserved and vulnerable populations. In the context of the social determinants ... -
Ferritin levels and COVID-19
(2020-06)[Extract]. Ferritin is a key mediator of immune dysregulation, especially under extreme hyperferritinemia, via direct immune-suppressive and pro-inflammatory effects, contributing to the cytokine storm1. It has been reported ... -
Sistema Integrado de Informações Mais Médicos: uma ferramenta de suporte à gestão baseada em evidências
(2020-06)[RESUMO]. O presente trabalho busca detalhar uma experiência pioneira de desenvolvimento de um sistema de informação em saúde voltado para subsidiar a gestão com base em evidências junto à atenção primária à saúde (APS). ... -
Is the Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) leaving a footprint? Taking stock and looking ahead
(2020-06)[Extract]. Thanks to the strong leadership of Brazil, among others, the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action on Nutrition (“Nutrition Decade”) was proclaimed in 2016 by the UN General Assembly. The Nutrition Decade reaches ... -
Suicídio e povos indígenas brasileiros: revisão sistemática
(2020-06)[RESUMO]. Objetivo. Descrever a frequência, as características e os fatores que contribuem para o suicídio em povos indígenas brasileiros. Método. Foi realizada uma revisão sistemática da literatura a partir das bases de ... -
Coping with being cooped up: Social distancing during COVID-19 among 60+ in the United States
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. This study examined the impact of sheltering in place and social distancing among adults aged 60 and older during the 2020 outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States. Methods. Using convenience ... -
COVID-19 pandemic in Panama: lessons of the unique risks and research opportunities for Latin America
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. The Republic of Panama has the second most unequally distributed wealth in Central America, has recently entered the list of countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and has one of the largest testing rate ... -
U.S. county level analysis to determine If social distancing slowed the spread of COVID-19
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To analyze the effectiveness of social distancing in the United States (U.S.). Methods. A novel cell-phone ping data was used to quantify the measures of social distancing by all U.S. counties. ... -
Epidemiological Update: Measles (27 May 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-05-27)Between 1 January and 20 May 2020, 9 countries have reported a total of 3,407 confirmed cases of measles in the Region of the Americas: Argentina (60 cases, including 1 death), Bolivia (2 cases), Brazil (3,155 cases, ... -
Epidemiological Update Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (22 May 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-05-22)As of 22 May 2020, 4,962,707 confirmed cases and 326,459 confirmed deaths of COVID-19 have been reported globally among 215 countries, territories, or areas.2 Countries with over 200,000 confirmed cases are the United ... -
Effectiveness of a comprehensive blood pressure control program in primary health care in Peru
(2020-05)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To assess the effectiveness of a comprehensive blood pressure (BP) control program on improving lifestyle indicators, BP levels, and laboratory examination results among people living in low-income ... -
Distance learning and patient safety: Report and evaluation of an online patient safety course
(2020-05)[ABSTRACT]. Patient safety is a critical topic in health care globally, with implications for nurses, physicians, administrators, and most importantly, patients and their well-being. Online distance learning (ODL) is widely ... -
Contribution of amenable mortality to life expectancy differences between the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curaçao and the Netherlands
(2020-05)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To identify specific health care areas whose optimization could improve population health in the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curaçao. Methods. Comparative observational study using mortality ... -
Tuberculosis and HIV coinfection and related collaborative activities in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2020-05)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To inform about the most recent epidemiological trends and integrated programmatic response to tuberculosis (TB) and HIV coinfection in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Methods. A descriptive ... -
Recomendaciones para la comunicación de malas noticias por teléfono durante la pandemia por SARS-CoV-2
(2020-05)La pandemia actual por SARS-CoV-2 presenta desafíos específicos para los profesionales de salud en el campo de la atención sanitaria. En este contexto de emergencia, la comunicación de malas noticias toma especial relevancia ...
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