The World Health Organization HEARTS Technical Package is a widely implemented global initiative to improve the primary care management of cardiovascular disease risk factors. The study’s objective is to report outcomes from a pilot implementation trial of integrated hypertension and diabetes managemen...
Irazola, Vilma;
Prado, Carolina;
Rosende, Andres;
Wellmann, Irmgardt Alicia;
Flood, David;
Tsuyuki, Ross;
Ojeda, Carolina Neira;
Villatoro Reye, Matías;
Otero, Johanna;
Fajardo, Ileana;
Ridley, Emily;
Londoño, Esteban;
Giraldo, Gloria;
Bolastig, Edwin;
Moreno Dias, Bruna;
Haeberer, Nicolas;
Ordunez, Pedro.
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of premature morbidity and mortality globally, with hypertension as their main modifiable risk factor. In Latin America and the Caribbean, hypertension affects more than 30% of adults, yet control rates remain alarmingly low. The HEARTS in the Americas Ini...
Background In 2023, the Azithromycin Prevention in Labor Use (A-PLUS) trial showed intrapartum azithromycin reduces maternal sepsis or death in women with planned vaginal delivery in low-resource settings, but whether it reduces maternal infection is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of int...
Background: The World Health Organization HEARTS Technical Package is a widely implemented global initiative to improve the primary care management of cardiovascular disease risk factors. The study’s objective is to report outcomes from a pilot implementation trial of integrated hypertension and diabet...
Background Sepsis is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality globally. In 2023, the Azithromycin Prevention in Labor Use (A-PLUS) trial showed intrapartum azithromycin for women planning a vaginal birth reduced the risk of maternal sepsis or death and infection. We aimed to evaluate the cost-effe...
Este documento proporciona indicadores del estado nutricional materno infantil en municipios de Guatemala, utilizando una metodología de áreas pequeñas denominada SAE. Ésta ofrece estimaciones en agregaciones geográficas pequeñas como municipios, así como en subgrupos de población (o combinaci...
Esta publicación es un compendio académico, que examina el papel multifacético del maíz (Zea Mays) en la cultura mesoamericana. Como lo definió Kirchhoff (1943), Mesoamérica es una región que abarca fronteras geográficas, composición étnica y características culturales existentes en la époc...
This study aimed to exhaustively explore the characteristics of food advertising on TV in Guatemala and Costa Rica. The International Network for Food and Obesity Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) methodology was applied. In 2016, we recorded 1440 h of vi...
Muñoz-Manrique, Cinthya;
Ancira-Moreno, Mónica;
Burrola-Méndez, Soraya;
Isabel Omaña-Guzmán, Isabel;
Hoyos-Loya, Elizabeth;
Hernández-Cordero, Sonia;
Trejo-Domínguez, Alejandra;
Mazariegos, Mónica;
Smith, Natalia;
Alonso-Carmona, Scarlett;
Mier-Cabrera, Jennifer;
Tavano-Colaizzi, Loredana;
Sánchez-Múzquiz, Belén;
Avendaño-Álvarez, Fermín;
Muciño-Sandoval, Karla;
Rodríguez-Moguel, Nadia C;
Padilla-Camacho, Magali;
Espino-y-Sosa, Salvador;
Ibarra-González, Lizeth;
Medina-Avilés, Cristina.
This work aimed to identify clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) that include recommendations for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of women’s malnutrition during pregnancy and to evaluate the quality of these guidelines using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE II) ins...
