Socioeconomic and demographic transformations are occurring very rapidly in some areas
of the world, especially in South America, and are accompanied by changes in lifestyle …

Objective To examine hypertension management across countries and over time using
consistent and comparable methods. Methods A systematic search identified nationally …

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Colombia varies between 4 and 8% depending on the age
range of the studied population. In the rural area it is less tan 2%. Ethnic admixture, ageing …

Abstract According to the International Diabetes Federation, 8.3% of the world population
suffers from diabetes mellitus, and it is expected that the number of individuals with the …

A large screening of around 1,000 emerging contaminants, focused on licit and illicit drugs
and their metabolites, has been made in urban wastewaters (both influent and effluent) and …

Background Surgical, anaesthetic, and obstetric (SAO) health-care system strengthening is
needed to address the emergency and essential surgical care that approximately 5 billion …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effectiveness of the health system response to the challenge of
diabetes across different settings and explore the inequalities in diabetes care that are …

Background Out-of-pocket expenditure to pay for health services could result in financial
catastrophe. The purpose of this study was to identify the incidence and determinants of …

Objetivo: caracterizar y evaluar los sistemas de información del sector salud en Colombia.
Metodología: Se desarrolló un marco conceptual que incluyó contexto legal del país y …

Aims (i) To develop a diabetes mellitus risk score model for the Colombian population
(ColDRISC); and (ii) to evaluate the accuracy of the ColDRISC unknown Type 2 diabetes …