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Desarrollo de la práctica de farmacia - Centrada en la atención del paciente

Wiedenmayer, K. et al. Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Federación Internacional Farmacéutica (FIP) (2006) CC

Spanish version of "Developing Pharmacy Practice" - WHO/FIP Joint handbook - Este manual de introducción marca un nuevo paradigma en la práctica de farmacia. Intenta guiar a los formadores en atención farmacéutica para educar a los estudiantes de farmacia y a los farmacéuticos ya estableci... more

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Challenges in management and prevention of ischemic heart disease in low socioeconomic status people in LLMICs

Gupta, R.; Yusuf, S. BMC Medicine (2019) CC

Cardiovascular diseases, principally ischemic heart disease (IHD), are the most important cause of death and disability in the majority of low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs). In these countries, IHD mortality rates are significantly greater in individuals of a low socioeconomic status (... more

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Infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a systematic review

Durão, S.; Burns, J.; Schmidt, B. et al. BMC Public Health (2023) CC

Background Noncommunicable diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Modifying the risk factors for these conditions, such as physical inactivity, is thus essential. Addressing the context or circumstances in which physical activity occurs may promote physical activity a...t a population level. We assessed the effects of infrastructure, policy or regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase and clinicaltrials.gov to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before-after (CBAs) studies, and interrupted time series (ITS) studies assessing population-level infrastructure or policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity. We were interested in the effects of these interventions on physical activity, body weight and related measures, blood pressure, and CVD and type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality, and on other secondary outcomes. Screening and data extraction was done in duplicate, with risk of bias was using an adapted Cochrane risk of bias tool. Due to high levels of heterogeneity, we synthesised the evidence based on effect direction. Results We included 33 studies, mostly conducted in high-income countries. Of these, 13 assessed infrastructure changes to green or other spaces to promote physical activity and 18 infrastructure changes to promote active transport. The effects of identified interventions on physical activity, body weight and blood pressure varied across studies (very low certainty evidence); thus, we remain very uncertain about the effects of these interventions. Two studies assessed the effects of policy and regulatory interventions; one provided free access to physical activity facilities and showed that it may have beneficial effects on physical activity (low certainty evidence). The other provided free bus travel for youth, with intervention effects varying across studies (very low certainty evidence). Conclusions Evidence from 33 studies assessing infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity showed varying results. The certainty of the evidence was mostly very low, due to study designs included and inconsistent findings between studies. Despite this drawback, the evidence indicates that providing access to physical activity facilities may be beneficial; however this finding is based on only one study. Implementation of these interventions requires full consideration of contextual factors, especially in low resource settings. more

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A New Agenda for Mental Health in the Americas: Report of the Pan American Health Organization High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2024) C_WHO

Unmet mental health needs in the Region of the Americas are a leading source of morbidity and mortality, which result in tremendous health, social, and economic consequences. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the mental health crisis in the Region, necessitating urgent action at the highest leve... more

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Kenya Verbal Autopsy Standards & Guidelines

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2019) C1

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Life expectancy, death, and disability in Haiti, 1990- 2017: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Fene, F.; et al. (2020) CC

7. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2020;44:e13 Haiti faces a double burden of disease. Infectious diseases continue to be an issue, while non-communicable diseases have become a significant burden of disease. More attention must also be focused on the increase in worrying public health issues such as road... more

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Una nueva agenda para la salud mental en las Américas. Informe de la Comisión de Alto Nivel sobre Salud Mental y COVID-19 de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2024) C_WHO

Las necesidades de salud mental insatisfechas en la Región de las Américas son una de las principales causas de morbimortalidad, y tienen enormes consecuencias sociales, económicas y para la salud. La pandemia de COVID-19 ha exacerbado la crisis de la salud mental en la Región, por lo que se nec... more

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Examining the associations between HIV-related stigma and health outcomes in people living with HIV/AIDS: a series of meta-analyses

S. Rueda; S. Mitra; S. Chen; et al. BMJ Open; Pub Med (2016) CC

Rueda S, et al. BMJ Open 2016;6:e011453. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011453

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Impacts of tropical cyclones on food security, health and biodiversity

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Food security, human health and wellbeing largely depend on biodiversity. Biodiversity supports agriculture through ecosystem services such as pollination and water purification, and provides access to natural medicines, which are the primary source of health care for 4 billion people worldwide

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The twin epidemics: Prevalence of TB/HIV co- infection and its associated factors in Ethiopia; A systematic review and meta-analysis

B. Tesfaye; A. Alebel; A. Gebrie; et al. PLOS One (2018) CC

PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203986 October 3, 2018

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Strategy and plan of action on epilepsy

Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2011) C_WHO

Epilepsy is one of the world’s most common chronic neurological disorders. Roughly 50 million people suffer from it, 5 million of them in the Region of the Americas . Nevertheless, it is estimated that over 50% of these people in Latin America and the Caribbean have no access to services. Furthe... more

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Tackling antimicrobial use and resistance in pig production: lessons learned in Denmark

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2019) C2

This publication describes an arduous campaign to tackle the use of antimicrobials - specifically antibiotics - in the Danish swine-producing sector thanks to the collaboration between the regulatory sector within the Ministry of Environment and Food, private veterinary practitioners and swine produ... more

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Clinical features and prognostic factors of COVID-19 in people living with HIV hospitalized with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

15 July 2021. This report describes the demographics, clinical presentation, clinical outcomes, and risk factors among people living with HIV (PLHIV) who have been hospitalized for suspected or confirmed COVID-19. The specific objectives of the analysis were to: describe the clinical char... more

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Global competency and outcomes framework for universal health coverage

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

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Closing the mental health treatment gap in South Africa: a review of costs and cost-effectiveness

Jack, H.; R.G. Wagner, I. Petersen, et al. (2014) CC

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National responsibility for ecological breakdown: a fair-shares assessment of resource use, 1970–2017

Hickel, J.; O'Neill, D.; Fanning, A.; et al. (2022) CC

The Lancet Planetary Health Volume 6, ISSUE 4, e342-e349, April 01, 2022. Human impacts on earth-system processes are overshooting several planetary boundaries, driving a crisis of ecological breakdown. This crisis is being caused in large part by global resource extraction, which has increased dra... more

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Persistent Global Acute Malnutrition

Young, H., Marshak, A. Feinstein International Center (2017) C3

A discussion paper on the scope of the problem, its drivers, and strategies for moving forward for policy, practice, and research In many protracted emergencies, the prevalence rates of global acute malnutrition (GAM) regularly exceed the emergency threshold of > 15% of children with acute malnutri... more

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WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children
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World Health Organization, UNICEF (2009)

A Joint Statement by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund.

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Adolescent alcohol-related behaviours: trends and inequalities in the WHO European Region, 2002–2014

J. Inchley; D.Currie; A. Vieno; et al. World Health Organization (Europe); HBSC (2018) C_WHO

Observations from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) WHO collaborative cross-national study

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Tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS in the German ClinSurv HIV Cohort: long-term incidence and risk factors

B. Karo; W. Haas; C. Kollan; et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2014) CC

Research Article Karo et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14:148 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/14/148

Clinical features and prognostic factors of COVID-19 in people living with HIV hospitalized with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection recommended

WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children recommended

Clinical features and prognostic factors of COVID-19 in people living with HIV hospitalized with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection
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WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children
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