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Washington, D.C; Organización Panamericana de la Salud; 2004. 112 p. (OPS/DPC/CD/309/2004).
Monography in Spanish | LILACS, MINSALCHILE | ID: lil-409452
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Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam ; 113(3): 189-196, 1992. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-370533

ABSTRACT

En América Latina y el Caribe la epidemia de SIDA cada vez afecta a mas mujeres y ninos. La proporcion de casos acumulados notificados en el Caribe hasta 1989 en mujeres (49,7 por millon) fue superior a la alcanzada en Norteamerica (28,6 por millon). La informacion serologica confirma que la prevalencia de infeccion por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) en prostitutas y en mujeres emparejadas con varones infectados es particularmente elevada en el Caribe y llega hasta 70. , segun algunos estudios. Los informes de morbilidad recibidos por la Organización Panamericana de la Salud muestran entre 1986 y 1989 incrementos en la incidencia de casos de SIDA en mujeres de 185. en el Caribe y de 4 548. en América Central. Otras zonas de la Region, pese a no estar tan afectadas, experimentan tambien un incremento del numero de casos de SIDA en mujeres. Urge aumentar la vigilancia serologica de manera coordinada para cuantificar mejor la infeccion por VIH en las mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe. Los programas nacionales del SIDA deben promover intensas campanas educativas para proteger a las mujeres contra el VIH. Para prevenir la infeccion es fundamental asegurar que en las transfusiones imprescindibles para tratar urgentemente abortos u otras complicaciones obstétricas no se utilice sangre contaminada por el VIH


Subject(s)
Regional Health Strategies , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/epidemiology , Caribbean Region , Latin America
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Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam ; 107(3): 196-219, sept. 1989. graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-367850

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to estimate the needs for mental health services in Latin América and the Caribbean by the year 2000. Two types of data were used: statistics on mortality due to psychosocial and psychopathological causes, and data on psychiatric morbidity which were extrapolated from a study on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Puerto Rico. As a result of a rise in the prevalence of certain psychiatric disorders that lead to death, particularly those that involve violence, it is predicted that gross mortality from these causes will increase by 11.2 percent between 1985 and the year 2000. Parallel to this trend will be an increase in the number of years of potential life lost. In addition, it is estimated that 88.3 million people in Latin América and the Caribbean will suffer specific psychiatric disorders. This figure represents an increase of 48.1 percent over 1985. There will also be a rise in the gross prevalence figures for this group of disorders. There is no question that the predicted population growth differential will have a serious impact on the demand for mental health services. The worsening of socioeconomic conditions in Latin América and the Caribbean, coupled with other social factors, may cause the increases to be even greater


Subject(s)
Mental Health , Mental Health Services/organization & administration , Mental Disorders/epidemiology , Caribbean Region , Health Services Needs and Demand , Latin America , Mortality , Socioeconomic Factors
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