Results: 16

Ensuring health equity during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of public health infrastructure

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly stressed public health systems around the world and exposed the gaps in health care for underserved and vulnerable populations. In the context of the social determinants of health, focusing on health system preparedness is paramount for protecting the heal...

Preventing diseases in round-the-world travelers: a contemporary challenge for travel medicine advice

Abstract Providing advice for travelers embarking on long-term trips poses a challenge in travel medicine. A long duration of risk exposure is associated with underuse of protective measures and poor adherence to chemoprophylaxis, increasing the chances of acquiring infections. Recently, in our clinic, w...

Las decisiones políticas y su influencia en los programas de salud
Political decisions and their influence on health programs

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la evolución epidemiológica de cuatro enfermedades de importancia sanitaria para Argentina y observar el impacto que diferentes decisiones político / administrativos / técnicas han tenido en su desarrollo histórico epidemiológico. Analizamos la evolución his...

Programa de control de la tuberculosis: situación actual y perspectivas en un proceso de reestructuración
Tuberculosis control programme: current state and perspectives in a period of changes