Drug use disorders – preventable and treatable conditions – are a challenging and growing public health threat in the Region of the Americas. This study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the levels and trends of the burden of these disorders across countries in the Americas.
Analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on influenza vaccination coverage in some countries in the Americas.
To compare sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and the outcome severity between confirmed cases of Oropouche fever and dengue in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Identify the social determinants of therapeutic adherence among users of the primary health care system’s cardiovascular health program (PSCV).
To estimate the association of social determinants, the urban environment, and public policies with the occurrence and evolution over time of homicides in Santiago de Cali, Colombia (2015–2024), to inform decision-making in public health and territorial planning.
Using Mexico as a case study, identify barriers and opportunities and formulate recommendations to strengthen management of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in primary health care (PHC), with potential for implementation in other countries of the Region of the Americas.
This scoping review summarized recent scientific output on the use of mobile digital technologies in primary health care (PHC) within the context of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). The review was based on the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and followed the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Studies published between 2020 and 2025 and indexed in the PubMed, SciELO, LILACS, and Virtual Health Library databases were included.
To determine the prevalence of hypertension control and its associated risk factors among adult patients using the HEARTS in the Americas treatment protocol.
A cross-sectional, interviewer-administered survey was conducted among adult hypertensive patients in North-Central Trinidad over a four-month period. Anthropometric and blood pressure measurements, and factors associated with hypertension control – alcohol use, smoking status, physical activity, nutrition, and treatment adherence – were assessed.
To summarize the knowledge available in Latin America about clinical coordination (CC) between levels of care, the knowledge of primary care (PC) providers about cancer diagnosis, associated factors, and interventions for the improvement thereof.
A scoping review was conducted in the MEDLINE, LILACS, and SciELO databases. After reviewing titles, abstracts, and full texts, data on study characteristics and main results were extracted and synthesized in accordance with the conceptual framework of CC.
HEARTS is the regional strategy led by the Pan American Health Organization to strengthen hypertension and diabetes control in primary health care. This report summarizes formative and process evidence from the ANDES trial in Puno, Peru, and its alignment with HEARTS implementation.
