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...
Este documento presenta una revisión sobre la relación entre las enfermedades crónicas no-transmisibles (ECNT), tales como diabetes, enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV), cáncer, enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) y enfermedad renal crónica (ERC), entre otras, y la enfermedad por COVID-1...
