The region still needs to build its research capacity to inform effective public health policy and practices.
Link to full original article in English in the BMJ: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2492
Translating knowledge into policy and practice can improve public health and health systems in the Americas.
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Gender continues to be largely neglected in the global response to the noncommunicable disease epidemic. The objectives of this study were to examine current practice and barriers faced by Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) researchers in addressing gender in research on healthy food environments, and to identify future topics for gender-sensitive and gender-transformative research.
The development of research capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean requires investment in both individuals and regional institutions.
Link to full original article in English in the BMJ: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2456
Partnerships are key to building and sustaining health research capacity in Latin America.
Link to full original article in English in the BMJ: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2690
High quality research—and the evidence that it yields—is essential for improving global health and health equity, as well as economic development. In 2009, Member States of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) approved a regional policy on research for health in the Americas, the first such World Health Organization (WHO) regional policy. It was developed to harmonize with and complement WHO’s Strategy on Research for Health.
[excerpt] Health technology is a still-evolving field in Peru. These two examples show how mHealth can provide new approaches for diagnosing and reducing morbidity from NCDs. In order to fully benefit from mHealth, Peru needs a collective effort that involves broad-based support from governmental sectors and private organizations, as well as incorporates community feedback. I am positive that health technology will reform health delivery in Peru and will be a driving force to make the health care sector more sustainable.
To determine the availability of national systems for surveillance of birth defects in Latin America and the Caribbean and describe their characteristics.
To present a methodology for the empirical evaluation of primary health care (PHC) through the construction of digital representations of potential PHC coverage areas.
The increasing geographical spread and disease incidence of arboviral infections are among the greatest public health concerns in the Americas. The region has observed an increasing trend in dengue incidence in the last decades, evolving from low to hyperendemicity. Yellow fever incidence has also intensified in this period, expanding from sylvatic-restricted activity to urban outbreaks. Chikungunya started spreading pandemically in 2005 at an unprecedented pace, reaching the Americas in 2013.
