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El especialista en Medicina General Integral en el perfeccionamiento medioambiental para un desarrollo sostenible
The specialist in Comprehensive General Medicine in the environmental improvement for a sustainable development

Rev. medica electron; 41 (3), 2019
RESUMEN Es importante el desarrollo de la educación ambiental desde la simple atención a los aspectos físicos y biológicos locales, como también mantener un enfoque integral de las realidades ambientales. Existe una estrecha vinculación entre desarrollo económico y conservación o degradación del...

Genotipificación de aislamientos del complejo Mycobacterium tuberculosis mediante MIRU-VNTR, Cali, Colombia, 2013-2015

Biomédica (Bogotá); 39 (supl.1), 2019
Resumen Introducción. La tuberculosis continúa siendo uno de los problemas de salud más importantes a nivel mundial y, con la infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (HIV), constituye la principal causa de muerte por infecciones. En el 2016, se notificaron 6,3 millones de casos nuevos ...

2019 World Kidney Day Editorial - burden, access, and disparities in kidney disease

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (1), 2019
Abstract Kidney disease is a global public health problem, affecting over 750 million persons worldwide. The burden of kidney disease varies substantially across the world, as does its detection and treatment. In many settings, rates of kidney disease and the provision of its care are defined by socio-ec...

The declaration of São Paulo: sepsis as the main cause of preventable death and disability in Latin America. A call to action in order to reduce the burden of sepsis

Rev. colomb. anestesiol; 47 (1), 2019
Sepsis is a major cause of preventable deaths in Latin American (LATAM) countries, and is the most frequent cause of death from infection. During the Latin American Sepsis Institute meeting in São Paulo, Brazil, on May 30, 2018, delegates representing 16 LATAM countries called for urgent action by gover...

Debate teórico sobre salud pública y salud internacional
Theoretical debate on public health and international health

Se presentan teorías, tesis y programas de salud pública de alcance internacional. Se toma 1851 como el año inicial del debate internacional sobre salud, con la Primera Conferencia Sanitaria Internacional efectuada en París. Se enfatiza la importancia de tomar en cuenta el cambiante contexto históri...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: perspectives for primary health care

Rev. invest. clín; 71 (1), 2019
Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has become a major health challenge worldwide due to its increasing incidence and mortality, which have serious repercussions for health-care systems. Methods We conducted a review of international efforts to control COPD in primary care....

Health Diplomacy and Global Health: Latin American perspectives

ABSTRACT We will analyze and comment on the book Health Diplomacy and Global Health: Latin American Perspectives, edited by Paulo Marchiori Buss and Sebastián Tobar and published by Editora Fiocruz. Throughout its 653 pages, the book brings prominent national and foreign authors in the field of Health D...

A promoção da saúde no Haiti por meio das organizações humanitárias

Introdução: O estudo analisou de que forma as principais organizações humanitárias atuam na Promoção da Saúde no Haiti. A pesquisa esteve focada em três instituições de grande porte, selecionadas a partir do relatório da Global Genebra (2015), consultoria filantrópica reconhecida mundialment...