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...
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...
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...
Resumen: Presentamos un caso de una paciente femenina de 27 años, con síndrome de Cushing ACTH dependiente con hipercortisolismo severo, causado por un macroadenoma hipofisario recurrente y resistente pese a dos cirugías transesfenoidales, radioterapia y terapia médica. Dada la falla en las diferente...
To identify the corporate political activity (CPA) strategies used by food industry actors during the development of two public health nutrition policies in Central America: Law #570 (taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages) in Panama and Bill #5504 (labelling and food marketing regulations) in Guatemala. ...
La Cruzada Nacional por la Nutrición es la estrategia que busca unir a todos los sectores del país: gubernamental (central y municipal), de la empresa privada, las organizaciones no gubernamentales, de cooperación internacional, académico, religioso y sociedad civil con
la finalidad de mejorar la nut...
Naqvi, S;
Naqvi, F;
Saleem, S;
Thorsten, VR;
Figueroa, L;
Mazariegos, M;
Garcés, A;
Patel, A;
Das, P;
Kavi, A;
Goudar, SS;
Esamai, F;
Mwenchanya, M;
Chomba, E;
Lokangaka, A;
Tshefu, A;
Yousuf, S;
Bauserman, M;
Bose, CL;
Liechty, EA;
Krebs, NF;
Derman, RJ;
Carlo, WA;
Hibberd, PL;
Billah, SM;
Peres-da-Silva, N;
Haque, R;
Petri, WA Jr;
Koso-Thomas, M;
Nolen, T;
McClure, EM;
Goldenberg, RL.
Objective: To assess, on a population basis, the medical care for pregnant women in
specific geographic regions of six countries before and during the first year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in relationship to pregnancy outcom. Results: Across all sites, a small but statistically ...
The prevalence of mental health concerns is growing worldwide, along with lack of access to and receipt of needed treatment. Current gaps in treatment provision have led to exploring alternative methods of prevention, with research linking nutrition and mental health, of particular relevance in low- and ...
Ultraprocessed products (UPPs), associated with obesity and non-communicable diseases
(NCDs), are becoming predominant on the global market and a target for market-driven fortification initiatives. The aim of this article is to describe the implications of adding micronutrients to UPPs with excessive amo...
