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Are the Latin American recommendations for the management of patients infected with COVID -19 on hemodialysis realistic in health systems with limited resources?

J. bras. nefrol; 42 (4), 2020

La salud pública en la primera ola: una agenda para la cooperación ante Covid-19

Salud pública Méx; 62 (5), 2020
Resumen El Covid-19 representa uno de los retos más grandes en la historia reciente de la salud pública. Es fundamental que se fortalezcan los lazos de cooperación científica bajo un objetivo común: proteger la salud de la población. En este artículo se presentan ideas que necesitan un desarrollo ...

The anti-cancer League and public outreach for cancer control in Peru

Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos; 27 (supl.1), 2020
Abstract Peru's first cancer control public outreach scheme started in the 1910s, but ground to a standstill as it attained official governmental recognition in 1926 as the Liga Anti-Cancerosa (LAC). This paper explains the developments leading to that earliest effort to enlist a coalition of State healt...

COVID-19: Un gran desafío para la salud pública y la economía en Colombia
COVID-19: A Great Challenge for Public Health and the Economy in Colombia

La pandemia Covid- 19 está generando una gran crisis global en la que los países en desarrollo parecen ser los más afectados; en América Latina y el Caribe resulta preocupante dadas las precarias condiciones laborales y al alto índice de pobreza. El mercado laboral colombiano está seriamente perjud...

Importancia de la detección temprana de hemoglobinopatias en la población pediátrica en países en desarrollo

Rev. chil. pediatr; 91 (4), 2020
OBJETIVO: Alertar al personal de la salud sobre la importancia de la detección temprana de las he- moglobinopatías, dado que es el trastorno monogénico recesivo más frecuente. Pacientes y MÉTODO: Estudio retrospectivo del resultado de eletroforesis capilar (CE) de 152 pacientes entre 0 y 18 años...

Population neuroscience: challenges and opportunities for psychiatric research in low- and middle-income countries

Objective: Population neuroscience is an emerging field that combines epidemiology and neuroscience to study how genes and the environment shape typical and atypical brain functioning. The objective of this study was to review key studies on population neuroscience from low- and middle-income countries (...

Optimizing RT-PCR detection of SARS-CoV-2 for developing countries using pool testing

Rev. chil. infectol; 37 (3), 2020
Abstract The global shortage of reagents and kits for nucleic acid extraction and molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 requires new cost-effective strategies for the diagnosis of suspected COVID-19 cases, especially in countries that need to increase detection capacity. Pooled nucleic acid testing has been ...

Clinical decision making in older adults with COVID-19 in developing countries: looking beyond chronological age

Rev. invest. clín; 72 (3), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a global pandemic. Older adults have been found as a vulnerable group for developing severe forms of disease and increased mortality. Objective: The objective of the study was to propose a pathway to assist the decision-maki...