Objectives. To synthesize empirical evidence about the effects of mandatory front-of-package nutrition labeling policies on behavioral and cognitive outcomes related to food choice, and on socioeconomic and demographic inequalities in these outcomes.
Pediatric cancer poses a public health challenge, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Uruguay, a high-income country, has achieved an overall 5-year survival rate of over 79.6% among pediatric patients. The clinical results exceed the 60% target set by the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC). The model is fully aligned with WHO’s CureAll strategy, emphasizing universal coverage at no cost to the patient and the integration of psychosocial support.
Objetivos: Analisar a dinâmica espaço-temporal da incidência de chikungunya nos municípios da região Nordeste do Brasil, de 2015 a 2023.
Objective. To compare concordance between physicians and coders in their assignment of diagnoses under International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11).
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) make statistical software scripts freely available to conduct standardized analysis of vaccination coverage surveys. The software and accompanying documentation are named the Vaccination Coverage Quality Indicators (VCQI). The software examines data from child vaccination records and caregiver recall to calculate indicators of vaccination access, coverage, continuity, and quality.
Objective: To synthesize the existing literature on the etiologic mechanisms of anemia, challenges in anemia measurement, and diagnostic criteria among children in Peru.
Objective. This analysis aimed to identify the underlying causes of gaps in routine immunization coverage observed during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery phase by applying the open-source Vaccination Coverage Quality Indicators package in R (vcqiR), addressing limitations in Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) that often omit quality metrics based on detailed vaccination date analysis.
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Belize and identify behavioral and structural factors associated with infection.
Objective. To identify demographic, occupational, exposure, clinical, and laboratory factors independently associated with diagnostic confirmation of hantavirus infection by RT-PCR or IgM among patients with suspected hantavirus pulmonary syndrome evaluated in Río Negro and Neuquén, Argentina.
Objective. To describe compliance with the interventions defined as drivers of the HEARTS-based integrated model for noncommunicable disease control in Peru.
