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Addressing childhood cancer: actions taken in the Dominican Republic
This report provides a summary of childhood cancer and the efforts made in the Dominican Republic to address child and adolescent cancer in line with the World Health Organization's Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer. Information was obtained by review of recent local and international literature on pediatric oncology. As a result of the Global Initiative, a meeting was held by the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America to support the development of national pediatric cancer plans for each country. The objectives of these plans are to improve overall survival and quality of care for children with cancer thro...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - April 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wendy C G ómez García Andelys de la Rosa Vhania Batista Alexandra Matos de Purcell Source Type: research

Brazilian Ministry of Health strategy to increase vaccination coverage at bordersEstrategia del Ministerio de Salud de Brasil para aumentar las tasas de cobertura de vacunaci ón en las fronteras
CONCLUSION: There was an increase in vaccination coverage in children up to 1 year of age in the locations evaluated after the intervention, helping to increase VC in Brazil.PMID:38686133 | PMC:PMC11053370 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.31 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - April 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Luciana Maiara Diogo Nascimento Ana Catarina de Melo Ara újo Priscila Caldeira Alencar de Souza Fernanda Penido Matozinhos Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva Eder Gatti Fernandes Source Type: research

Space-time heterogeneity of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination indicators in children from BrazilHeterogeneidad espaciotemporal de los indicadores de inmunizaci ón con la vacuna triple viral en la población infantil de Brasil
CONCLUSIONS: In some Brazilian regions, the dropout rate has been high since 2014, signaling a risk of measles resurgence. In turn, space-time analysis indicated lower vaccination coverage in 2020, suggesting the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic.PMID:38686134 | PMC:PMC11053372 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.34 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - April 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: L ívia de Lima Moura Mercedes Neto Reinaldo Souza-Santos Source Type: research

Trends in motorcycle road deaths in Colombia, 2008-2021Tend ências de mortalidade por acidentes de motocicleta na Colômbia, 2008-2021
CONCLUSION: The trend in motorcycle road deaths in Colombia continued to rise during the 2008-2021 period, both in rural areas for young adults and in urban areas for middle-aged adults.PMID:38623526 | PMC:PMC11018259 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.44 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gabriela Casta ñeda-Millán Javier Eslava-Schmalbach Source Type: research

Quantification of the burden of chronic kidney disease in Latin America: an invisible epidemicQuantifica ção da carga da doença renal crônica na América Latina: uma epidemia invisível
CONCLUSIONS: Chronic kidney disease is an invisible epidemic that places an excessive burden in terms of mortality and DALYs on Latin American countries. It is essential to join forces to tackle the disease in the region, and promote local actions that address the particularities of each country.PMID:38623527 | PMC:PMC11018258 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.41 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fernando Ulises Rosas-Valdez Andrea Fernanda Aguirre-V ázquez Marcela Agudelo-Botero Source Type: research