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Improving antivenom availability and accessibility: Science, technology, and beyond
(2012-09-15)
Snakebite envenomings constitute a serious and neglected public health problem. Despite the fact that effective treatment exists, i.e. administration of animal-derived antivenoms, the availability and accessibility of these ...
Understanding and confronting snakebite envenoming: The harvest of cooperation
(2016-01)
During 45 years, the Instituto Clodomiro Picado (ICP, University of Costa Rica) has developed an ambitious scientific, technological, productive, and social program aimed at providing a better understanding of snakes and ...
Spatial Analysis of Disaster Risk in Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica, Central America
(2014-07)
This article summarizes the results of an investigation into disaster risk in the canton (county) of Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica. This canton is exposed to several natural hazards as well as technological risks. ...
Factores Previos para la Gestión del Conocimiento en la Administración Pública Costarricense
(2015)
La Gestión del Conocimiento (GC) es un fenómeno relativamente nuevo que aparece en la esfera de la Administración Pública (AP) trayendo a la vez, nuevos paradigmas de gestión organizacional, retos, riesgos y oportunidades ...
Antivenom for snakebite envenoming in Sri Lanka: The need for geographically specific antivenom and improved efficacy
(2013-07)
Sri Lanka is a tropical developing island nation that endures significant economic and medical burden as a result of snakebite envenomation, having not only a high prevalence of envenomations, but also one of the highest ...
Retos y desafíos para el fortalecimiento y apoyo de las capacidades de gestión empresarial a través del trabajo comunal universitario (TCU) en las PYMES de Pococí, Limón, Costa Rica
(2011)
Este artículo se centra en la elaboración de un diagnóstico cuyo fin será determinar los retos
y desafíos para el fortalecimiento y apoyo de las capacidades de gestión empresarial de las
organizaciones públicas y PYMES, ...
Reducing the impact of snakebite envenoming in Latin America and the Caribbean: achievements and challenges ahead
(2014-09-01)
Snakebite envenoming constitutes an important public health problem in Latin America and some countries of
the Caribbean. The advances and pending tasks in the study and control of this neglected tropical disease in ...
Socioeconomic development, health interventions and mortality decline in Costa Rica
(1991-02)
Costa Rica, whose life expectancy was 74 years by 1985, has reached a health level comparable to a developed country. The health achievements of this country are product of political and socioeconomic circumstances as well ...
Comprendiendo los venenos de serpientes: 50 años de investigaciones en América Latina
(2002)
As a tribute to Revista de Biología Tropical in its 50th anniversary, this review describes some of the main research efforts carried out in the study of the chemical composition and the mechanism of action of toxins present ...
Assessment of Physical Vulnerability in Santo Domingo De Heredia, Costa Rica, Central America
(2014-09)
This work assesses the physical vulnerability of the Santo Domingo Canton in the province of Heredia in Costa Rica. We evaluate the vulnerability of areas located in high risk zones as well as the structural resistance of ...