Honduras has historically faced significant limitations to scientific development, with research spending below 0.1% of the gross domestic product and a university system focused almost exclusively on teaching. However, between 2007 and 2012, the Teasdale-Corti project (a joint undertaking of Canada and Honduras) marked a turning point by establishing the first academic master’s degree in infectious and zoonotic diseases, a biomedical research laboratory, an ethics committee, and biosafety training programs.

Objectives

Physical activity, fitness and nutrition influence health trajectories from childhood to adulthood and are linked to the risk of chronic diseases. Despite the urgency of prevention, there is a lack of longitudinal data about these health indicators among children in Puerto Rico. This 3-year study (2013–2016) followed 46 children from ages 7 to 9 years to assess their physical activity, fitness, nutrition and self-efficacy over time, and to explore the interrelationships among these indicators. 

Objetivo

Los impuestos selectivos al consumo pueden utilizarse para reducir el consumo de bebidas azucaradas, un importante factor de riesgo prevenible de las enfermedades no transmisibles. El objetivo de este estudio es comparar nuevos indicadores estandarizados del nivel de impuestos aplicados a las bebidas azucaradas como porcentaje del precio en las distintas categorías de bebidas en América Latina y el Caribe. 

Objective

To describe HEARTS Initiative implementation in Mendoza, Argentina, focusing on governance, adaptations, and lessons from scaling a standardized hypertension care model across the provincial public health system. 

Objective

To analyze the factors associated with access to cardiometabolic disease screening in older adults in the Peruvian Amazon. 

Method

A secondary analysis study using data from 310 older adults in the AMAZON FRAIL study. Sociodemographic, social, functional, and clinical variables were evaluated using bivariate analysis and Poisson regression. 

Objective

To evaluate the implementation of care pathways for systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) at the primary health care level in two regions of Northeastern Brazil. 

Objective

To investigate nurses’ contribution to tackling chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in primary health care (PHC) settings in Brazil. 

This opinion paper summarizes the strategy applied toward malaria elimination in Suriname and highlights its relevance and feasibility for implementation in similar Amazon rainforest settings. The country implemented a strategy in both stable and nonstable communities, which included robust surveillance, maximizing access to early diagnosis and treatment, retreatment strategies, and ample distribution of insecticide-treated nets. Decades of sustained community engagement further contributed to the sustainability of these efforts.

Objectives

To assess challenges and opportunities within the mortality information systems of Ecuador and Trinidad and Tobago to support the implementation of the International Classification of Diseases, 11th revision (ICD-11) coding system. 

Objectives

This study aimed to contrast Colombian stakeholders’ perceptions of the appropriateness, acceptability and feasibility of a code against cancer for Latin America and the Caribbean.