ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES To explore the experiences of irregular (undocumented) Venezuelan migrants in accessing prenatal health services in Colombia and to examine the economic, social, and cultural resources mobilized by them to gain access to care. METHODS Data was retrieved from the qualitative compon...
Abstract Background: The objective of this paper is to analyze the prices of biological drugs in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in three Latin American countries (Brazil, Colombia and Mexico), as well as in Spain and the United States of America (US), from the point of market entry of biosim...
Artritis Reumatoide/economía,
Productos Biológicos/economía,
Antirreumáticos/economía,
Acceso a Medicamentos Esenciales y Tecnologías Sanitarias,
Precio de Medicamento,
Evaluación en Salud,
Brasil,
Colombia,
México,
España,
Estados Unidos
ABSTRACT Objective. To describe the mortality trends of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Colombia, by sex and age group, from 1979 to 2017. Methods. We carried out an ecological study using mortality data from the Colombian National Administrative Department of Statistics. Crude and age-standardized annual mo...
RESUMEN Objetivo. Caracterizar la relación entre la inequidad por la condición étnico-racial y el tipo de aseguramiento de salud en Colombia. Métodos. Estudio de corte transversal basado en datos de la Encuesta de Calidad de Vida 2019. Se analizó el tipo de aseguramiento de salud (contributivo, su...
ABSTRACT Objective. Construct and evaluate the care cascade for pulmonary tuberculosis in the indigenous population of the department of Cauca (Colombia) and identify existing gaps. Methods. Mixed-methods sequential explanatory design. In the first phase, the pulmonary tuberculosis care cascade for the...
RESUMEN El Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social de Colombia, en colaboración con el Instituto Nacional de Salud y la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, convocaron en 2018 a todos los actores asociados al Programa Nacional de Prevención y Control de la Tuberculosis (PNPCT) y el Sistema Nacional...
RESUMEN Objetivo. Identificar los factores asociados con el éxito del tratamiento de tuberculosis multidrogorresistente (TB-MDR) relacionados con los pacientes y el personal sanitario en seis municipios de Colombia con mayor número de casos. Métodos. Mediante regresiones logísticas bifactorial y mu...
Personal de Salud,
Tuberculosis Resistente a Múltiples Medicamentos/terapia,
Modelos Logísticos,
Grupos Focales,
Colombia,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud,
Antituberculosos/uso terapéutico,
Competencia Clínica
Abstract Dental caries remains highly prevalent in Latin American and Caribbean countries (LACC). However, this disease can be controlled through interventions that implement evidence-based strategies in an affordable manner and that target all population groups instead of the most affluent only. Therefo...
Argentina,
Brasil,
Región del Caribe,
Cariostáticos/uso terapéutico,
Chile,
Colombia,
Susceptibilidad a Caries Dentarias,
Caries Dental/epidemiología,
Caries Dental/prevención & control,
Guatemala,
América Latina/epidemiología,
México,
Nicaragua,
Panamá,
Perú,
Uruguay
BACKGROUND Forty percent of the world's population live in areas where they are at risk from dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever, and dengue shock syndrome. Dengue viruses are transmitted primarily by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. In Cali, Colombia, approximately 30% of field collected Ae. aegypti are ...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Leishmaniasis is strongly associated with armed conflict. We describe the epidemiology of leishmaniasis before and after the peace agreement in Colombia. METHODS: Data for 2004-2019 period were collected from the National Public Health Surveillance System. The annual incidence p...
