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El papel de la sociedad civil en la mejora de los cuidados del cáncer infantil en América Latina
2023-09-23
[RESUMEN]. En América Latina, el cáncer infantil incluye una serie de enfermedades que exigen muchos recursos y presentan desigualdades en el acceso a diagnóstico y tratamiento oportunos y adecuados. En este contexto, la sociedad civil juega un papel ...
Regional collaboration for the development of national childhood cancer plans in Latin America and the Caribbean
2023-09-23
[ABSTRACT]. This article aims to describe the activities conducted by the National Childhood Cancer Plan Working Group to support the development of national childhood cancer plans in Latin America and the Caribbean in the period 2019–2022, and to ...
Advances in the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer: implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean
2023-09-23
[ABSTRACT]. This report describes the status of childhood cancer control initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Progress between 2017 and 2023 is measured using the outcome indicators from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) ...
Health literacy on quality of life for children with cancer: modules on pediatric palliative care
2023-09-23
[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To describe the development of educational materials for parents and other caregivers of children with cancer, which utilized a culturally sensitive approach to reduce acceptance barriers to palliative care (PC). Methods. The Pan ...
The SickKids Caribbean Initiative to improve care for children with pediatric cancer and blood disorders
2023-09-23
[ABSTRACT]. To improve pediatric hematology and oncology outcomes, there is a recognized potential for partnerships between low and high-resource institutions within health care systems. The SickKids Caribbean Initiative is a partnership between health ...
Strengthening public health policies for childhood cancer: Peru’s achievements through the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer
2023-09-23
[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To report the progress in Peru, since June 2019, in the implementation of the World Health Organization Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer using the CureAll framework, which can be replicated in low- and middle-income ...
Front-of-package warning labels save lives and resources: results from a modeling study in Barbados
2023-09-14
Unhealthy eating has been driven largely by the widespread availability, affordability, and promotion of ultra-processed and processed food products that are excessive in sugars, fats, and sodium. As such, an essential part of the solution requires the ...
Norma de la OMS. Acceso universal a las pruebas de diagnóstico rápido de la tuberculosis
2023-09-13
En la reunión de alto nivel de las Naciones Unidas del 2018 se fijó el objetivo de tratar al menos a 40 millones de personas con tuberculosis (TB) entre el 2018 y el 2022; sin embargo, en el 2021 ese objetivo solo se había cumplido en un 66%. Las pruebas ...