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¿Existe evidencia sobre el uso de PCR para diagnosticar hantavirus a contactos cercanos?: síntesis rápida de evidencia
Is there evidence on the use of PCR to diagnose hantavirus in close contacts?: rapid evidence synthesis

ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO El hantavirus es una enfermedad zoonótica transmitida por roedores, que se observa generalmente en áreas rurales. Como no existe claridad en cuanto a la transmisión persona a persona, es importante poder identificar lo antes posible la presencia del virus. En este contexto el ...

Examining the effects of youth skills-development programs

Improving labour-market participation of youth is a common objective across most advanced economies. Achieving this goal is critical to developing a strong economy, as well as for ensuring the social cohesion and inclusion of youth in society.(1) However, countries around the world face the significant c...

Identifying how area-based socio-economic Indicators are measured in Canada

Socio-economic status (SES) is (based on the definition from BC Stats) a measure of the economic and social status of an individual or group of individuals based on education, income, occupation, and other relevant indicators, relative to other members of the population.(1) Given that it is an indicator ...

Examining the efficiency and effectiveness of ontario’s health workforce regulatory system

The regulation and oversight of the health professionals responsible for providing care to patients in Ontario is an important mechanism to ensure patients receive the highest-quality care possible (e.g., by setting the standards that professionals need to meet in their practice) while mitigating, to the...

Evaluation of the effects of a generic substitution policy implemented in Chile

BMJ Glob. Health; 4 (2), 2019
Chile implemented a generic substitution policy in 2014 to improve access to medicines. This study aims to measure if the generic substitution policy had an effect on the sales volume and prices of referent and the branded generic products with demonstrated bioequivalence (BEQ) in the private pharmaceuti...

Economic Analyses of policies to reduce cervical cancer

The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (hereafter referred to as the Partnership) completed an environmental scan in 2018 of cervical cancer screening in Canada.(6) The scan found that organized cervical cancer screening programs are available in most provinces, with the exception of Quebec.(6) Organize...

Determining the features of managed alcohol programs

There are growing concerns globally of the health and social harms caused by alcohol.(1) The harmful use of alcohol resulted in approximately three million deaths worldwide in 2016 (5.3% of all deaths globally).(1) Increases in the global burden of disease attributable to alcohol highlight the importance...

¿Cuál es el efecto de estrategias regulatorias para la reducción de contaminantes en la salud de la población?: síntesis rápida de evidencia
What is the effect of regulatory strategies for pollutant reduction on population health?: rapid evidence synthesis

ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO Contaminación del aire es un importante factor de riesgo y un crucial factor que contribuye a la carga de enfermedad a nivel global, además de tener una incidencia directa sobre la calidad de vida de la población. En este contexto, la División de Planificación Sanitaria soli...