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Human mobility and health: Exploring the health conditions of Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Colombia

Cubides JC, Peiter PC, Garone DB, Antierens A
2021-10-26 • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
2021-10-26 • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) conducted a study to identify health needs and access barriers of Venezuelan migrants and refugees at La Guajira and Norte de Santander Colombian border st...
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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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Time, space and health: using the life history calendar methodology applied to mobility in a medical-humanitarian organisation

Cubides JC, Jorgensen N, Peiter PC
2022-10-06 • Global Health Action
2022-10-06 • Global Health Action
In the medical humanitarian context, the challenging task of collecting health information from people on the move constitutes a key element to identifying critical health care needs and...
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Chagas Disease: Review of Needs, Neglect, and Obstacles to Treatment Access in Latin America

Pinheiro E, Brum-Soares L, Reis R, Cubides JC
2017-06-01 • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
2017-06-01 • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
After more than one century since its discovery, Chagas disease is still extremely prevalent in 21 Latin American countries. Chagas disease is one of the most concerning public health pr...
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Benznidazole treatment safety: The Médecins Sans Frontières experience in a large cohort of Bolivian patients with Chagas' Disease

Sperandio da Silva G, Felix Mediano M, Hasslocher-Moreno A, Holanda M, Silvestre de Sousa A,  et al.
2017-06-22 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
2017-06-22 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
BACKGROUND
Up to half of patients with Chagas' disease under benznidazole treatment present adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and up to one-third do not complete standard treatment.
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