Prioritization criteria in policies and management of human resources for health: a proposal for a validated methodology
Objective
To create and validate criteria for prioritizing problems related to policies and management of the health workforce.
To create and validate criteria for prioritizing problems related to policies and management of the health workforce.
This report provides a summary of childhood cancer and the efforts made in the Dominican Republic to address child and adolescent cancer in line with the World Health Organization’s Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer. Information was obtained by review of recent local and international literature on pediatric oncology. As a result of the Global Initiative, a meeting was held by the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America to support the development of national pediatric cancer plans for each country.
To evaluate immunization coverage and dropout rates of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine across Brazilian regions.
Evaluate the implementation of the Ministry of Health’s “Action Plan: Border Vaccination Strategy – Agenda 2022” in the Brazil’s 33 twin cities and evaluate the increase in the country’s vaccination coverage (VC).
To identify trends in motorcycle road deaths in Colombia between 2008 and 2021.
An observational and descriptive study of trends in motorcycle road deaths was conducted using official death records from 2008 to 2021. Jointpoint Poisson regression analysis was performed to detect inflection points in mortality rates specific to age, sex, and area of residence.
1) Describe the burden of chronic kidney disease in Latin American countries between 1990 and 2019; and 2) Estimate the correlation between disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and the Sociodemographic Index and the Healthcare Access and Quality Index
To describe the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 cases in Jamaica and to explore the risk factors associated with severe COVID-19 from 9 March to 31 December 2020.
This letter to the editor is available only in Portuguese.
The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of childhood cancer in Chile and the disease landscape, assessing achievements, collaborations, and future challenges to be addressed by the National Plan for Child and Adolescent Cancer Control.
To examine sociodemographic differences in the awareness, understanding, use and effect of nutrition labels among Mexican and Chilean youth.