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  • Access to health programs at the workplace and the reduction of work presenteeism: A population-based cross-sectional study 
    Bustillos, Arnaldo S.; Trigoso, Oswaldo Ortiz (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2013)
    Objective: To examine access to health programs at workplace as a determinant of presenteeism among adults. Methods: Data source was a subsample of the 2009–2010 Canadian Community Health Survey. The outcome was self-reported ...
  • A critical analysis of Peru's HIV grant proposals to the Global Fund 
    Caceres Palacios, Carlos Fernando; Amaya, Ana B.; Sandoval Figueroa, Clara Zoraida; Valverde, Rocío (Taylor and Francis, 2013)
    Peru has applied to six of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) rounds for funding, achieving success on four occasions. The process of proposal development has, however, been criticised, ...
  • Data do count! Collection and use of maternal mortality data in Peru, 1990-2005, and improvements since 2005 
    Iguiñiz Romero, Ruth Anunciación; Palomino, N. (Taylor and Francis, 2012)
    This paper reports on a qualitative, exploratory study in 2005, based on interviews with 15 key decision-makers from the Peruvian Ministry of Health responsible for maternal mortality prevention and officials responsible ...
  • Elimination of Taenia solium Transmission in Peru 
    García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; O'Neal, Seth E.; Gilman, Robert Hugh (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2016)
    Garcia et al. (June 16 issue) conclude that the transmission of taeniasis and cysticercosis was interrupted in a region in which these diseases are endemic owing to mass drug administration in humans and pigs. We are not ...
  • Epilepsy in poor regions of the world 
    Newton, C.R.; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo (Elsevier, 2012)
    Epilepsy is a common disorder, particularly in poor areas of the world, and can have a devastating effect on people with the disorder and their families. The burden of epilepsy in low-income countries is more than twice ...
  • Improved STD Syndrome Management by a Network of Clinicians and Pharmacy Workers in Peru: The PREVEN Network 
    Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet; Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio; Garnett, G.P.; Campos, P.E.; Holmes, K.K. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
    Background: Sexually Transmitted diseases (STD) syndrome management has been one cornerstone of STD treatment. Persons with STD symptoms in many countries, especially those with limited resources, often initially seek care ...
  • Low implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF among HIV/TB co-infected adults in the International epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) program 
    Clouse, K.; Blevins, M.; Lindegren, M.L.; Yotebieng, M.; Nguyen, D.T.; Omondi, A.; Michael, D.; Zannou, D.M.; Carriquiry, G.; Pettit, A.; IeDEA; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Mejía Cordero, Fernando Alonso; Carriquiry, G. (Public Library of Science, 2017)
    Objective: Xpert MTB/RIF is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the initial tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic test in individuals suspected of HIV-associated TB. We sought to evaluate field implementation of ...
  • New guidelines on mental health in Peru 
    Orellano, Carlos; Macavilca, Marco (Elsevier, 2019)
    In October, 2018, the Ministry of Health of Peru approved the sectoral policy guidelines on mental health, which update those published 14 years ago. The five guidelines highlight the transitional framework of public mental ...
  • Prevention and control of Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in Peru 
    Gilman, Robert Hugh; Gonzalez Zariquiey, Armando Emiliano; Llanos Zavalaga, Luis Fernando; Tsang, V.C.W.; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo (Taylor and Francis, 2012)
    Taenia solium is endemic in most of the world, causing seizures and other neurological symptoms. Transmission is mainly maintained in rural areas by a human to pig cycle. Despite claims on its eradicability, sustainable ...
  • A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: Diagnostics for control and elimination programmes 
    McCarthy, J.S.; Lustigman, S.; Yang, G.-J.; Barakat, R.M.; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Sripa, B.; Willingham, A.L.; Prichard, R.K.; Basáñez, M.-G. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
    Diagnostic tools appropriate for undertaking interventions to control helminth infections are key to their success. Many diagnostic tests for helminth infection have unsatisfactory performance characteristics and are not ...
  • A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: Intervention for control and elimination 
    Prichard, R.K.; Basáñez, M.-G.; Boatin, B.A.; McCarthy, J.S.; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Yang, G.-J.; Sripa, B.; Lustigman, S. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
    Recognising the burden helminth infections impose on human populations, and particularly the poor, major intervention programmes have been launched to control onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, soil-transmitted ...
  • A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: Towards control and elimination 
    Boatin, B.A.; Basáñez, M.-G.; Prichard, R.K.; Awadzi, K.; Barakat, R.M.; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Gazzinelli, A.; Grant, W.N.; McCarthy, J.S.; N'Goran, E.K.; Osei-Atweneboana, M.Y.; Sripa, B.; Yang, G.-J.; Lustigman, S. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
    Human helminthiases are of considerable public health importance in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The acknowledgement of the disease burden due to helminth infections, the availability of donated or affordable ...
  • STI management and control in Latin America: Where do we stand and where do we go from here? 
    Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet; Benzaken, A.S.; Galban, E. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2011)
    Introduction: Control of sexually transmitted infection (STI) remains challenging in most regions; Latin America (LA) is no exception. The Latin American and Caribbean Association for the Control of Sexually Transmitted ...
  • Zoonoses and marginalised infectious diseases of poverty: Where do we stand? 
    Molyneux, D.; Hallaj, Z.; Keusch, G.T.; McManus, D.P.; Ngowi, H.; Cleaveland, S.; Ramos-Jimenez, P.; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Kar, K.; Sanchez, A.; Garba, A.; Carabin, H.; Bassili, A.; Chaignat, C.L.; Meslin, F.-X.; Abushama, H.M.; Willingham, A.L.; Kioy, D. (BioMed Central, 2011)
    Despite growing awareness of the importance of controlling neglected tropical diseases as a contribution to poverty alleviation and achieving the Millennium Development Goals, there is a need to up-scale programmes to ...

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