Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the association between ethnic minority membership and their knowledge about their human health rights in Peru. Design/methodology/approach: A secondary analysis of the National Health User Satisfaction Survey 2015–2016 was conducted using an analytical cross-sectional design. Participants who spoke Quechua, Aymara, Awajun, Bora or a language other than Spanish aged 15 year were considered as a racial minority. The question “Do you know that by law you have health rights?” was applied to incorporate knowledge on health rights. Generalized linear models of the Poisson distribution were used to calculate crude prevalence ratio and adjusted prevalence ratio. A total of 3,721 responses were included in the analysis. Findings: The average age was 38.3 year, and 26.6% were males. The prevalence of belonging to an ethnic minority was 7.7%, and 27.6% of...

En este documento se plasma la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad del uso del producto farmacéutico fórmula con bajo contenido de grasa y alto contenido de triglicéridos de cadena media para pacientes defecto de la beta oxidación de ácidos grasos de cadena larga; cuyos resultados sustentaron la aprobación del uso de esta tecnología sanitaria en EsSalud.

“We aimed to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with parents’ non-intention to vaccinate their children and adolescents against COVID-19 in Colombia and Peru. We performed a secondary anal- ysis using a database generated by the University of Maryland and Facebook (Facebook, Inc). We Included adult (18 and over) Facebook users residing in LAC who responded to the survey between May 20, and November 5, 2021. We Included sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities, mental health, eco- nomic and food insecurity, compliance with mitigation strategies against COVID-19, and practices related to vaccination against this disease. We estimated crude (cPR) and adjusted (aPR) prevalence ratios with their respective 95 %CI. We analyzed a sample of 44,678 adults from Colombia and 24,302 from Peru. The prevalence of parents’ non-intention to vaccinate their children and adolescen...

En este documento se plasma la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad del uso del producto farmacéutico tobramicina en polvo seco para inhalación en pacientes con bronquiectasias no asociadas a fibrosis quística colonizadas por pseudomona aeruginosa; cuyos resultados sustentaron la no aprobación del uso de esta tecnología sanitaria en EsSalud.

En este documento se plasma la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad del uso del producto farmacéutico pembrolizumab en el tratamiento de pacientes con diagnóstico de melanoma maligno con enfermedad metastásica o irresecable, sin tratamiento sistémico previo; cuyos resultados sustentaron la no aprobación del uso de esta tecnología sanitaria en EsSalud.

En este documento se plasma la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad del uso del producto farmacéutico posaconazol en pacientes adultos con mucormicosis y respuesta inadecuada o eventos adversos al uso de amfotericina B; cuyos resultados sustentaron la aprobación del uso de esta tecnología sanitaria en EsSalud.

En este documento se plasma la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad del uso del producto farmacéutico sorafenib en el tratamiento de pacientes con diagnóstico carcinoma de tiroides diferenciado, metastásico, irresecable, refractario a tratamiento con yodo radioactivo; cuyos resultados sustentaron la no aprobación del uso de esta tecnología sanitaria en EsSalud.

En este documento se plasma la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad del uso del producto farmacéutico dabigatran en pacientes adultos con fibrilación auricular no valvular de alto riesgo tromboembólico y respuesta inadecuada a warfarina; cuyos resultados sustentaron la aprobación del uso de esta tecnología sanitaria en EsSalud.

Objective: We assessed the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) and its associated factors in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We performed secondary data analysis of a survey conducted by Facebook and the University of Maryland. We included adults surveyed from April to May 2020. FI was measured by concerns about having enough to eat during the following week. Sociodemographic, mental health, and COVID-19-related variables were collected. We performed generalized Poisson regressions models considering the complex sampling design. We estimated crude and adjusted prevalence ratios with their 95% confidence intervals. Results: We included 1,324,272 adults; 50.5% were female, 42.9% were under 35 years old, 78.9% lived in a city, and 18.6% had COVID-19 symptoms. The prevalence of food insecurity in LAC was 75.7% (n = 1,016,841), with Venezuela...

En este documento se plasma la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad del uso del producto farmacéutico tocilizumab para el tratamiento de Artritis Idiopática Juvenil con falla al tratamiento con AINEs, glucocorticoides y FARMEs; cuyos resultados sustentaron la aprobación del uso de esta tecnología sanitaria en EsSalud.

En este documento se plasma la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad del uso del producto farmacéutico anidulafungina en pacientes no neutropénicos con candidemia y respuesta inadecuada o reacción adversa a fluconazol; cuyos resultados sustentaron la aprobación del uso de esta tecnología sanitaria en EsSalud.

En este documento se plasma la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad del uso del producto farmacéutico bortezomib en pacientes con mieloma múltiple recidivante y/o refractario a uno o más tratamientos previos; cuyos resultados sustentaron la aprobación del uso de esta tecnología sanitaria en EsSalud.

Objetivos: Estimar la prevalencia y los factores asociados a la intención de vacunación (IDV) contra la COVID-19 en el Perú. Materiales y métodos: Estudio transversal analítico utilizando una encuesta realizada por la Universidad de Maryland, EUA, en Facebook. La variable dependiente fue la IDV. Se calcularon razones de prevalencia (RP) crudas y ajustadas, con sus intervalos de confianza al 95% (IC95%), mediante modelos lineales generalizados de la familia Poisson para evaluar la asociación de variables sociodemográficas, el cumplimiento de estrategias comunitarias de mitigación, los síntomas de la COVID-19, la salud mental y la aceptación de la vacunación ante la recomendación (AVR) por diversos actores y autoridades sanitarias. Resultados: Se analizaron los datos de 17 162 adultos. La prevalencia general de la IDV fue del 74,9%. Se asociaron a una menor prevalencia de la ID...

We aimed to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with parents’ non-intention to vaccinate their children and adolescents against COVID-19 in Colombia and Peru. We performed a secondary analysis using a database generated by the University of Maryland and Facebook (Facebook, Inc). We Included adult (18 and over) Facebook users residing in LAC who responded to the survey between May 20, and November 5, 2021. We Included sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities, mental health, economic and food insecurity, compliance with mitigation strategies against COVID-19, and practices related to vaccination against this disease. We estimated crude (cPR) and adjusted (aPR) prevalence ratios with their respective 95 %CI. We analyzed a sample of 44,678 adults from Colombia and 24,302 from Peru. The prevalence of parents' non-intention to vaccinate their children and adolescents agains...

We aimed to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with parents’ non-intention to vaccinate their children and adolescents against COVID-19 in Colombia and Peru. We performed a secondary analysis using a database generated by the University of Maryland and Facebook (Facebook, Inc). We Included adult (18 and over) Facebook users residing in LAC who responded to the survey between May 20, and November 5, 2021. We Included sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities, mental health, economic and food insecurity, compliance with mitigation strategies against COVID-19, and practices related to vaccination against this disease. We estimated crude (cPR) and adjusted (aPR) prevalence ratios with their respective 95 %CI. We analyzed a sample of 44,678 adults from Colombia and 24,302 from Peru. The prevalence of parents' non-intention to vaccinate their children and adolescents agains...

Users of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) have a lower intention to receive vaccines. Furthermore, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region are among the most affected areas by the COVID-19 pandemics and present a high proportion of CAM users. Therefore, this study evaluates the association between the consumption of herbal supplements or homeopathic remedies to prevent COVID-19 and the intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 in the LAC region. We conducted a secondary data analysis of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) survey with Facebook to assess COVID-19 beliefs, behaviours, and norms. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) with their respective 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated using generalized linear models of the Poisson family with the log link function. The prevalence of the use of products to prevent COVID-19 was the following: c...

En este documento se plasma la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad del uso del producto farmacéutico fórmulanutricional a base de aminoácidos libres en pacientes con diagnóstico de alergia alimentaria severa mediada o no mediada por IgE y que han fracasado al uso de fórmulas extensamente hidrolizadas; cuyos resultados sustentaron la aprobación del uso de esta tecnología sanitaria en EsSalud.