[Extract] Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), principally cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, are the leading causes of death and disability in the World Health Organization’s Region of the Americas, with an estimated 6 million deaths in 2021, 38% of which were premature, occurring in people younger than 70 years (1). Many of these premature deaths can be avoided with improved access to and quality of primary health care.

Objective

To identify digital interventions applied in the context of primary health care (PHC) and assess their impact on access to health care by minority population groups. 

Objectives

To explore the early stages of the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11) implementation in Argentina and Mexico, focusing on mortality coding, to identify essential elements and key considerations for successful adoption. 

Methods

Qualitative analysis was conducted using case studies from Argentina and Mexico. Data were collected through interviews, workshops, and document analysis to uncover opportunities, challenges, and strategic decisions in ICD-11 implementation. 

Objective

To describe the adaptation, preparation, and implementation of a multilevel course to strengthen health personnel capacity related to the surveillance cycle for events supposedly attributable to vaccination or immunization (ESAVI) in Nicaragua. 

Objective

To assess primary health care professionals’ knowledge regarding the timely detection of childhood cancer in five priority cities in Colombia. 

Methods

Descriptive cross-sectional study with an analytical component, of 141 nursing, general medicine, family medicine, and pediatrics professionals in five of the Colombian cities with the highest rates of mortality due to this cause. A multivariate analysis was performed to predict the percentage of success obtained on each section of the test and overall. 

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This study investigates awareness of and support for Mexico’s bans on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products among adults who smoke. 

Objectives

To evaluate implementation of the second round of human papillomavirus (HPV)-based cervical screening, introduced in Argentina in 2012–2014 through the Jujuy Demonstration Project for women 30 years and older, and describe the characteristics of women who adhere to the recommended five-year rescreening interval. 

Objective

To estimate years of life lost (YLL) due to cervical cancer (CC) at the subnational level in Argentina from 2001 to 2020 and identify spatial and spatiotemporal clusters of CC mortality.