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Home / Archives for 2018

Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention for labour and birth care in Brazilian private hospitals: a protocol

  • Autores: Ayres BVS, Belizán JM, Domingues RMSM, Figueiró AC, Gomes ML, Hartz Z, Leal MC, Nakano AR, Oliveira EFV, Pereira APE, Pereira MN, Sandall J, Torres JA
  • Ano de Publicação: 2018
  • Journal: Reproductive Health
  • Link: https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-018-0636-y

Background In Brazilian private hospitals, caesarean section (CS) is almost universal (88%) and is integrated into the model of birth care. A quality improvement intervention, “Adequate Birth” (PPA), based on four driving components (governance, participation of women and families, reorganisation of care, and monitoring), has been implemented to help 23 hospitals reduce their CS rate. […]
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The Role of Reservoirs: Canine Leishmaniasis

  • Autores: Campino L, Maia C
  • Ano de Publicação: 2018
  • Journal: Drug Resistance in Leishmania Parasites
  • Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-74186-4_3

Canine leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum species (syn. L. (L.) chagasi species in Latin America), which is transmitted by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies, is endemic and affects millions of dogs in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and South America and is considered as an emergent disease in North America. Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) are the major hosts for these parasites and […]
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Family Health Strategy, private health care, and inequalities in access to mammography in Brazil

  • Autores: Alves LS, Arcêncio RA, Arcoverde MAM, Berra TZ, Campoy L, Júnior JFM, Lapão LV, Palha PF, Popolin MP, Ramos ACV
  • Ano de Publicação: 2018
  • Journal: Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica
  • Link: https://scielosp.org/article/rpsp/2018.v42/e166/

Objective To evaluate the association between access to mammography and coverage by private health insurance or by the public healthcare system through the Family Health Strategy (FHS). Method An ecological study was performed with data obtained from the Unified Health System Data Processing Department (DATASUS). Time trends were analyzed using the Prais-Winsten method, having the […]
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Population structure of a vector of human diseases: Aedes aegypti in its ancestral range, Africa

  • Autores: Ayala D, Badolo A, Evans BR, Gloria-Soria A, Kamgang B, Kotsakiozi P, Le Goff G, Lutwama J, Mayanja M, Paupy C, Pinto J, Powell JR, Sousa CA, Troco AD
  • Ano de Publicação: 2018
  • Journal: Ecology and Evolution
  • Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.4278

Aedes aegypti, the major vector of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, remains of great medical and public health concern. There is little doubt that the ancestral home of the species is Africa. This mosquito invaded the New World 400‐500 years ago and later, Asia. However, little is known about the genetic structure and history […]
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CYTED Network to develop an immunogen compatible with integrated management strategies for tick control in cattle

  • Autores: Anadón JLC, Bechara GH, Cruz RL, Domingos A, Machado RZ, Pérez AAL, Rodríguez-Mallon A, Tamayo Sosa AR
  • Ano de Publicação: 2018
  • Journal: Vaccine
  • Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X18313409?dgcid=rss_sd_all

INCOGARR is a thematic network recently approved to be financially supported by the Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED). The objectives of this Network are the design and evaluation of an efficient and feasible anti-tick vaccine candidate from the technical and economical points of view and also sharing experiences in the immunological […]
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