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: 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...
El sobrepeso y obesidad son problemas de salud pública que se están incrementado de
manera alarmante en Guatemala. Según la Encuesta Mundial de Salud Escolar 2015, capítulo
Guatemala, la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en adolescentes de 13 a 15 años es de
37.8% (29.4% de sobrepeso y 8.4% de obe...
USAID, conjuntamente con el INCAP impulsan un proceso de capacitación para 300 auxiliares de enfermería situados en el primer nivel de atención en salud, en el ámbito geográfico de cinco departamentos del occidente de Guatemala (Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán, San Marcos, Quiché y Huehuetenango), dir...
