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Healthcare challenges for people with diabetes during the national state of emergency due to covid-19 in lima, peru: Primary healthcare recommendations

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Pesantes M.A., Lazo-Porras M., Cárdenas M.K., Diez-Canseco F., Tanaka-Zafra J.H., M.carrillo-Larco R., Bernabé-Ortiz A., Málaga G., Miranda J.J.

Publicado 2020

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Patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus, who then become infected with SARS-CoV-2, are at greater risk of developing complications from COVID-19, which may even lead to death. Diabetes is a chronic condition that requires continuous contact with healthcare facilities; therefore, this type of patients should have regular access to medicines, tests and appointments with healthcare personnel. In Peru, care and treatment continuity have been affected since the national state of emergency due to COVID-19 began; because many healthcare facilities suspended outpatient consultations. The strategies presented in this study were developed by different Peruvian health providers in the pandemic context to ensure care continuity for people with diabetes. This article provides recommendations to strengthen primary healthcare, because it is the first level of healthcare contact for patients wi...

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An exploration into caring for a stroke-survivor in Lima, Peru: Emotional impact, stress factors, coping mechanisms and unmet needs of informal caregivers

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Pesantes M.A., Brandt L.R., Ipince A., Miranda J.J., Diez-Canseco F.

Publicado 2017

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Understanding local complexities and challenges of stroke-related caregiving are essential to develop appropriate interventions. Our study aimed to characterize the impact of post-stroke care among informal caregivers in a setting of transitioning economy.

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Healthcare of Indigenous Amazonian Peoples in response to COVID-19: Marginality, discrimination and revaluation of ancestral knowledge in Ucayali, Peru

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Montag D., Barboza M., Cauper L., Brehaut I., Alva I., Bennett A., Sanchez-Choy J., Sarmiento Barletti J.P., Valenzuela P., Manuyama J., García Murayari I., Guimaraes Vásquez M., Aguirre Panduro C., Giattino A., Palomino Cadenas E.J., Lazo R., Delgado C.A., Nino A., Flores E.C., Pesantes M.A., Murillo J.P., Belaunde L.E., Recuenco S., Chuquimbalqui R., Zavaleta-Cortijo C.

Publicado 2021

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Systematic and persistent discrimination against Indigenous Peoples translates into differential health outcomes when analysed through ethnicity and/or mother tongue.1 In Peru, morbidity and mortality rates among Indigenous Peoples for COVID-19 appear to confirm this

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Towards sustainable partnerships in global health: the case of the CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases in Peru

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Miranda, JJ, Bernabe-Ortiz, A, Diez-Canseco, F, Malaga, G, Cardenas, MK, Carrillo-Larco, RM, Lazo-Porras, M, Moscoso-Porras, M, Pesantes, MA, Ponce, V, Araya, R, Beran, D, Busse, P, Boggio, O, Checkley, W, Garcia, PJ, Huicho, L, Leon-Velarde, F, Lescano, AG, Mohr, DC, Pan, W, Peiris, D, Perel, P, Rabadan-Diehl, C, Rivera-Chira, M, Sacksteder, K, Smeeth, L, Trujillo, AJ, Wells, JCK, Yan, LL, Garcia, HH, Gilman, RH

Publicado 2016

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Describes the experience of the CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, based at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, as a case study for fostering meaningful and sustainable partnerships for international collaborative research. In defiant contexts, partnerships require to be nurtured and sustained. Acknowledging that all partnerships are not and should not be the same, we also need to learn from the evolution of such relationships, its key successes, hurdles and failures to contribute to the promotion of a culture of global solidarity where mutual goals, mutual gains, as well as mutual responsibilities are the norm.

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Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study

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Anderson I., Robson B., Connolly M., Al-Yaman F., Bjertness E., King A., Tynan M., Madden R., Bang A., Coimbra C.E.A., Jr, Pesantes M.A., Amigo H., Andronov S., Armien B., Obando D.A., Axelsson P., Bhatti Z.S., Bhutta Z.A., Bjerregaard P., Bjertness M.B., Briceno-Leon R., Broderstad A.R., Bustos P., Chongsuvivatwong V., Chu J., Deji, Gouda J., Harikumar R., Htay T.T., Htet A.S., Izugbara C., Kamaka M., King M., Kodavanti M.R., Lara M., Laxmaiah A., Lema C., Taborda A.M.L., Liabsuetrakul T., Lobanov A., Melhus M., Meshram I., Miranda J.J., Mu T.T., Nagalla B., Nimmathota A., Popov A.I., Poveda A.M.P., Ram F., Reich H., Santos R.V., Sein A.A., Shekhar C., Sherpa L.Y., Skold P., Tano S., Tanywe A., Ugwu C., Ugwu F., Vapattanawong P., Wan X., Welch J.R., Yang G., Yang Z., Yap L.

Publicado 2016

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International studies of the health of Indigenous and tribal peoples provide important public health insights. Reliable data are required for the development of policy and health services. Previous studies document poorer outcomes for Indigenous peoples compared with benchmark populations, but have been restricted in their coverage of countries or the range of health indicators. Our objective is to describe the health and social status of Indigenous and tribal peoples relative to benchmark populations from a sample of countries.