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Prevalence of intestinal helminths, anemia, and malnutrition in Paucartambo, Peru
(Pan American Health Organization, 2015)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections, anemia, and malnutrition among children in the Paucartambo province of Cusco region, Peru, in light of demographic, socio-economic, and ...
For a General Theory of Health: preliminary epistemological and anthropological notes
(Cadernos de Sa??de P??blica, 2001)
A method for calculating age-weighted death proportions for comparison purposes
(Oxford Univ Press, 1998-12-01)
Objective To introduce a method for calculating age-weighted death proportions (wDP) for comparison purposes.Materials and Methods A methodological study using secondary data from the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil ...
Posttraumatic stress disorder associated with unexpected death of a loved one: Cross-national findings from the world mental health surveys
(Wiley, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Unexpected death of a loved one (UD) is the most commonly reported traumatic experience in cross-national surveys. However, much remains to be learned about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after this ...
Cost-effectiveness of active case-finding of household contacts of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in a low HIV, tuberculosis-endemic urban area of Lima, Peru
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)
We compared the cost-effectiveness (CE) of an active case-finding (ACF) programme for household contacts of tuberculosis (TB) cases enrolled in first-line treatment to routine passive case-finding (PCF) within an established ...
Contribution of modifiable risk factors for hypertension and type-2 diabetes in Peruvian resource-limited settings
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)
BACKGROUND: It is important to understand the local burden of non-communicable diseases including within-country heterogeneity. The aim of this study was to characterise hypertension and type-2 diabetes profiles across ...
Challenges and emerging perspectives of an international SARS-CoV-2 epidemiological surveillance in wastewater
(2021-01-01)
SARS-CoV-2 is a new type of coronavirus capable to infect humans and cause the severe acute respiratory syndrome COVID-19, a disease that has been causing huge impacts across the Earth. COVID-19 patients, including mild, ...