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Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: Current situation and challenges
(Oxford University Press, 2012)
Background: This article analyses the epidemiological research developments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It integrates the series commissioned by the International Epidemiological Association to all WHO Regions ...
Zoonoses and marginalised infectious diseases of poverty: Where do we stand?
(BioMed Central, 2011)
Despite growing awareness of the importance of controlling neglected tropical diseases as a contribution to poverty alleviation and achieving the Millennium Development Goals, there is a need to up-scale programmes to ...
The relationship between pharmaceutical patents and public health programsA relação entre patentes farmacêuticas e programas públicos de saúde
(Faculdade de Ciências e Letras - Unesp - Araraquara., 2012)
Health systems research for policy change: lessons from the implementation of rapid assessment protocols for diabetes in low- and middle-income settings
(BioMed Central, 2015)
BACKGROUND: As many challenges exist for access to diabetes care in developing countries, the International Insulin Foundation developed a Rapid Assessment tool and implemented this approach to identify barriers to care ...
Assessment of Rehabilitation Infrastructure in Peru
(W.B. Saunders, 2017-11)
Objective: To assess rehabilitation infrastructure in Peru in terms of the World Health Organization (WHO) health systems building blocks. Design: Anonymous quantitative survey; questions were based on the WHO's Guidelines ...
How Coronavirus Disease 2019 Changed Dermatology Practice in 1 Year Around the World: Perspectives from 11 Countries
(Elsevier, 2021)
When cases of a mysterious pneumonia debuted in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in early December 2019, few people could have anticipated the outbreak’s trajectory. Within 2 weeks, scientists identified the responsible ...
Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer: Developing Evidence-Based Recommendations to Reduce the Risk of Cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean
(American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2019)
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has a population of more than 650 million inhabitants (8.5% of the world population), with a cancer incidence of more than 1.4 million new patients and more than 670,000 deaths in 2018. ...
Towards cash transfer interventions for tuberculosis prevention, care and control: key operational challenges and research priorities
(BioMed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Cash transfer interventions are forms of social protection based on the provision of cash to vulnerable households with the aim of reduce risk, vulnerability, chronic poverty and improve human capital. Such ...