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Stressometer: A psychoeducational tool to identify symptoms of stress in the care of people on the move

Aranda S, Miranda S
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Estresómetro: Herramienta psicoeducativa para sensibilizar sobre síntomas de estrés a la población en movimiento

Aranda S, Miranda S
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

INTRODUCCIÓN

En Ciudad de México existe un flujo migratorio creciente y diverso, con una presencia en aumento de Personas en Movimiento (PeM) extracontinentales...

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Research

Analysis of dry and wet season water quality in the municipality of La Gomera, Guatemala

Caballero A, Garcia M, Pérez-Sabino F, Lickes S, Guzmán-Quilo C,  et al.
2024-03-29 • Water Practice & Technology
2024-03-29 • Water Practice & Technology

There is a need for access to clean potable water worldwide. However, almost every source of surface water in Guatemala is contaminated. This study assesses the potential exposure to ...

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Independent clinic-based evaluation of point-of-care testing for the screening of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoea and Trichomonas vaginalis in women-at-risk in Australia, Guatemala, Morocco, and South Africa

Shephard M, Matthews S, Kularatne R, Andrewartha K, Blondeel K,  et al.
2024-03-04 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2024-03-04 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
In 2018, the World Health Organization commenced a multi-country validation study of the Cepheid GeneXpert for a range of molecular-based point-of-care (POC) tests in prim...
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Research

Treatment of high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma with a modified Stanford V regimen in the AHOPCA: Substituting chemotherapy agents and hampered outcomes

Luna‐Fineman S, Castellanos M, Metzger ML, Baez LF, Peña Hernandez A,  et al.
2023-12-05 • Pediatric Blood & Cancer
2023-12-05 • Pediatric Blood & Cancer
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES
High‐risk Hodgkin lymphoma (HRHL) in children is curable with combined modality therapy. The Association of Pediatric Hematology‐Oncology of Central America (AH...
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Research

Feasibility, drug safety, and effectiveness of etiological treatment programs for Chagas disease in Honduras, Guatemala, and Bolivia: 10-year experience of Médecins Sans Frontières

Yun O, Lima MA, Ellman T, Chambi W, Castillo S,  et al.
2009-07-07 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2009-07-07 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND:
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is a zoonotic or anthropozoonotic disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Predominantly affecting populations in poor...
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Research

High seroconversion rates in Trypanosoma cruzi chronic infection treated with benznidazole in people under 16 years in Guatemala

Brum-Soares L, Cubides JC, Burgos I, Monroy C, Castillo L,  et al.
2016-12-01 • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
2016-12-01 • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION
Geographical, epidemiological, and environmental differences associated with therapeutic response to Chagas etiological treatment have been previously discussed. This st...
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Research

Feasibility of satellite image and GIS sampling for population representative surveys: a case study from rural Guatemala

Miller AC, Rohloff P, Blake A, Dhaenens E, Shaw L,  et al.
2020-12-05
2020-12-05
Background
Population-representative household survey methods require up-to-date sampling frames and sample designs that minimize time and cost of fieldwork especially in low- and m...
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Commentary

Between war and peace: humanitarian assistance in violent urban settings

Lucchi E
2010-06-07 • Disasters
2010-06-07 • Disasters
Cities are fast becoming new territories of violence. The humanitarian consequences of many criminally violent urban settings are comparable to those of more traditional wars, yet despit...