In recent years, two simultaneous mass migratory regional phenomena in the Americas have been taking place as people from Central American countries and Venezuela migrate to other countries in the region. It is estimated that over 7 million Venezuelans had left their country, seeking relocation in other Latin American and Caribbean countries, primarily in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador.
To identify sexual risk behaviors and barriers to sexual and reproductive health care (SRH) among Venezuelan female sex workers living in the Dominican Republic.
[Extract...] In 2018, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) established mass migration as a priority health issue in national, sub-regional, and regional agendas (1). In recent years, two simultaneous mass migratory phenomena in the Americas are occurring as people from Central American countries and Venezuela migrate to other countries in the Region. As of December 2022, approximately 7.13 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants had left their country, with 5.99 million relocating to other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (2).
To characterize the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services on offer to the Central American migrant population residing in shelters in Tijuana, Mexico, and identify barriers and facilitators of access to these services by this population, from the provider perspective.
Identify knowledge about and barriers to effective access to voluntary interruption of pregnancy (VIP), and to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in general, among women from Venezuela (Venezuelan migrants and Colombian returnees).
Show the evolution of guidelines on public health policies focused on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) between 1948 and 2022. Other related government actions are also mentioned.
To identify evidence in the literature on the response of managers regarding the organization of global healthcare systems to face the COVID-19 pandemic.
To characterize the distribution profile of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika virus infections in Latin America and the Caribbean and to identify possible factors associated with the risk of dissemination and severity of these arboviruses.
To update the evidence map on the effects of interventions for post-acute COVID-19 rehabilitation.
This report presents the work done on the design, publication, and impact of updates on evidence-based COVID-19 interventions, in order to support decision-making with updated evidence syntheses based on living systematic reviews of therapeutic interventions. To this end, a specific working group was created within the National Commission for Health Technology Assessment (CONETEC) of the Ministry of Health of Argentina, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
