Improving measurement of tuberculosis care cascades to enhance people-centred care

L Faust, P Naidoo, G Caceres-Cardenas… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Care cascades represent the proportion of people reaching milestones in care for a disease
and are widely used to track progress towards global targets for HIV and other diseases …

Liver transplantation in Latin America: reality and challenges

D Aguirre-Villarreal, M Servin-Rojas… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Summary Healthcare systems in Latin America are broadly heterogeneous, but all of them
are burdened by a dramatic rise in liver disease. Some challenges that these countries face …

Estimated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence and treatment of depressive symptoms in Peru: an interrupted time series analysis in 2014–2021

D Villarreal-Zegarra, CM Reátegui-Rivera… - Social psychiatry and …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic increased the burden of mental disorders worldwide.
Peru has been one of the countries most affected by COVID-19, however, studies evaluating …

Frequency, inequalities and spatial distribution of oral health services utilization in Peruvian children under twelve years of age: a population-based comparative …

D Azañedo, A Hernández-Vásquez, FJ Visconti-Lopez… - BMC Oral Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Oral diseases pose a significant public health challenge among Peruvian
children. However, oral health services utilization among them is marked by inequalities …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the services provided by the Peruvian health system: an analysis of people with chronic diseases

D Villarreal-Zegarra, L Bellido-Boza, A Erazo… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
During the pandemic, many individuals with chronic or infectious diseases other than COVID-
19 were unable to receive the care they needed due to the high demand for respiratory care …

Estimating mortality and disability in Peru before the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of the Disease Study 2019

MJ Rios-Blancas, V Pando-Robles, C Razo… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Estimating and analyzing trends and patterns of health loss are essential to
promote efficient resource allocation and improve Peru's healthcare system performance …

[HTML][HTML] Bilingual education and child labor: Lessons from Peru

A Posso - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effect of bilingual education reform in Peru on child labor. The
reform aimed to improve access to schooling for indigenous children in rural areas with …

What Drives Abdominal Obesity in Peru? A Multilevel Analysis Approach Using a Nationally Representative Survey

A Hernández-Vásquez, KM Olazo-Cardenas… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Abdominal obesity (AO) is a serious public health threat due to its increasing prevalence
and effect on the development of various non-communicable diseases. A multilevel analysis …

Social vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru

CO Zegarra Zamalloa, PJ Contreras… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has demanded governments and diverse organizations to work on
strategies to prepare and help communities. Increasing recognition of the importance of …

[HTML][HTML] Multimorbidity analysis and hospitalizations for diabetes before and after lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru

A Hernández-Vásquez, A Barrenechea-Pulache… - Preventive Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has disrupted the treatment of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study
conducted a multimorbidity analysis and evaluated hospital admissions and death rates …