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Prevalence of trachoma in indigenous and non-indigenous areas, Northeastern Brazil, 2019-2021
CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of TF and TT in the two evaluation units in the state of Maranhão were within the limits recommended for the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. However, the prevalence of TF was higher in the indigenous evaluation unit, indicating a greater vulnerability of this population to the disease. The prevalence of TF of below 5.0% implies a reduction in transmission, which may have resulted from improved socioeconomic conditions and/or the implementation of the World Health Organization SAFE strategy.PMID:38464869 | PMC:PMC10924615 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.19 (Source: Pan American Jour...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daniela Vaz Ferreira Gomez Wanessa da Silva de Almeida Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza Junior Maria de F átima Costa Lopes Expedito Jos é de Albuquerque Luna Ivan Ricardo Zimmermann Noemia Urruth Le ão Tavares Maria Margarita Urdaneta Gutierrez C élia L Source Type: research

HEARTS in the Americas: targeting health system change to improve population hypertension controlHEARTS nas Am éricas: impulsionar mudanças no sistema de saúde para melhorar o controle da hipertensão arterial na população
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2024 Mar 10;48:e17. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2024.17. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTPURPOSE OF REVIEW: HEARTS in the Americas is the regional adaptation of Global Hearts, the World Health Organization initiative for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and control. Its overarching goal is to drive health services to change managerial and clinical practice in primary care settings to improve hypertension control and CVD risk management. This review describes the HEARTS in the Americas initiative. First, the regional epidemiological situation of CVD mortality and population hypertension control trends are su...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Pedro Ordunez Norm R C Campbell Donald J DiPette Marc G Jaffe Andr és Rosende Ram ón Martínez Angelo Gamarra Cintia Lombardi Natalia Parra Libardo Rodr íguez Yenny Rodr íguez Jeffrey Brettler Source Type: research

Public health surveillance and the data, information, knowledge, intelligence and wisdom paradigm
This article points out deficiencies in present-day definitions of public health surveillance, which include data collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination, but not public health action. Controlling a public health problem of concern requires a public health response that goes beyond information dissemination. It is undesirable to have public health divided into data generation processes (public health surveillance) and data use processes (public health response), managed by two separate groups (surveillance experts and policy-makers). It is time to rethink the need to modernize the definition of public health...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bernard C K Choi No ël C Barengo Paula A Diaz Source Type: research

Determinants of continued breastfeeding in children aged 12-23 months in three regions of Haiti
CONCLUSIONS: The study results highlight the need for geographically equitable access to tailored and adequate health services and education that support breastfeeding in a way that is compatible with the local context.PMID:38464872 | PMC:PMC10921905 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.6 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: St éphane Decelles Milena Nardocci Alison Mildon Bana Salameh Ines Sebai Sabrina Arasimowicz Malek Batal Source Type: research

Understanding the dynamics of deceased organ donation and utilization in Colombia
CONCLUSIONS: About one-tenth of donors are effectively used for transplantation purposes. Our findings highlight areas of success and challenges, providing a basis for future improvements in Colombia.PMID:38464873 | PMC:PMC10921909 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.24 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: William Cruz Musus ú Andrea Garc ía-Lopez Nicol ás Lozano-Suarez Andrea G ómez-Montero Milena Orellano-Salas Luisa Vargas-P érez Ximena Escobar-Chaves Fernando Gir ón-Luque Source Type: research