Objectives: To assess differences in cardiovascular risk profiles among rural-to-urban migrants and non-migrant groups. Methods: Cross-sectional study in Ayacucho and Lima, Peru. Participants were: rural (n=201); rural-to-urban ...

Studies examining urban health and the environment must ensure comparability of measures across cities and countries. We describe a data platform and process that integrates health outcomes together with physical and social ...

An assessment of changing care and prevention needs in the framework of global public health should not be just a technical exercise of 'standard' demographic and epidemiological analysis; rather, it should also involve a ...

In response to the progressive environmental deterioration, the Ecological Society of America has made a proposal, called "Sustainable Biosphere Initiative", to do research, teaching and decision making processes on ...

With increasing urbanization vector-borne diseases are quickly developing in cities, and urban control strategies are needed. If streets are shown to be barriers to disease vectors, city blocks could be used as a convenient ...

Objective: To determine the awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and diabetes by migration status. Design: Cross-sectional study, secondary analyses of the PERU MIGRANT study. Patients: Rural, rural-to-urban ...

Chagas disease vector control campaigns are being conducted in Latin America, but little is known about medium-term or long-term effectiveness of these efforts, especially in urban areas. After analyzing entomologic data ...

Chagas disease vector control campaigns are being conducted in Latin America, but little is known about medium- term or long-term effectiveness of these efforts, especially in urban areas. After analyzing entomologic data ...

Recientemente se ha publicado la edición de la encuesta Lima Cómo Vamos ( http://www.limacomovamos.org/ ). Este instrumento explora la percepción de la calidad de vida por parte los habitantes de la ciudad de Lima, así ...