Latin American Chapter Research Articles

Proceedings from the First Onco Summit: LATAM Chapter, 19-20 May 2023, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Onco Summit 2023: The Latin American (LATAM) Chapter took place over two days, from 19-20 May 2023, in Brazil. The event aimed to share the latest updates across various oncology disciplines, address critical clinical challenges, and exchange best practices to ensure optimal patient treatment. More than 30 international and regional speakers and more than 300 oncology specialists participated in the Summit. The Summit discussions centered on common challenges and therapeutic advances in cancer care, with a specific focus on the unique obstacles faced in LATAM and examples of adaptable strategies to address these challenges. The Summit also facilitated the establishment of a network of oncologists, hematologists, and scientists in LATAM, enabling collaboration to improve cancer care, both in this region and globally, through drug development and clinical research. This report summarizes the key discussions from the Summit for the global and LATAM oncology community.

ID Asks/Kenneth Werner

ID Asks/Kenneth Werner

The role of the University in the formation, discussion and training of researchers in environmental epidemiology. How to strengthen Latin America?

Since the 1990s, various initiatives have been organized to train persons on environmental health, and epidemiology with the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), governments, and public health centers. In Latin America and the Caribbean counties (LAC), a high prevalence of smoking, obesity, chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, social vulnerability, and air and water pollution are reported. The consequences of COVID-19 and the evident biological, social and cultural crisis that Climate Change represents, are added. This work analyzes the education and training of researchers on environmental epidemiology and its impact on public health actions in LAC. Training programs in public health, environmental health, and epidemiology in LAC were reviewed, and a training case conducted by the PAHO and the Latin American chapter of the Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE-LAC) is described. Until March 2022, most of the LAC countries have postgraduate programs in Environmental management and control; a few programs are a focused on Environmental Epidemiology. Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Colombia, and Costa Rica stand out, and they have developed Environmental Health programs, including online versions. Given the limitations in the training of people specialized in Environmental Epidemiology, researchers from LAC universities and members of the ISEE-LAC, designed and executed the Basic Self-Learning Course in Environmental Epidemiology, on Campus Virtual Public Health. More than 6,000 participants from various LAC countries have signed up; of them, 932 people from different disciplines and countries have completed their training and are in a position to apply basic knowledge in environmental epidemiology. Strengthening is required at all levels in the training of people in environmental epidemiology, with the support of governments and international agencies such as PAHO, to address environmental hazards, the health burden due to environmental deterioration, and the impacts due to climate change in LAC populations.

Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chile, Colombia, and Peru from a children's rights perspectiveResposta à pandemia de COVID-19 no Chile, Colômbia e Peru com foco nos direitos da criança

RESUMENObjetivo.Describir las estrategias que fueron establecidas por Chile, Colombia y Perú durante el primer año de la pandemia por COVID-19 y compararlas desde el enfoque de derechos de la niñez.Métodos.Se realizó un estudio cualitativo de análisis comparado de políticas públicas, tomando como eje siete categorías construidas por el Capítulo Latinoamericano de la International-Society-for-Social-Pediatrics-and-Child-Health a partir de la Convención de Derechos de la Niñez (CDN). La selección de los documentos de los países se realizó por conveniencia y su análisis en diálogos deliberativos.Resultados.Se revisaron 173 documentos de los tres países. Destaca como convergencia la priorización de la prevención de la transmisión comunitaria del virus, por sobre la promoción del ejercicio de derechos de la niñez, la falta de participación de niños, niñas y adolescentes (NNA) en el proceso de elaboración de las políticas públicas, y la falta de avance en el reconocimiento y protección del ejercicio de todos sus derechos. No hubo mayores divergencias más allá de brechas de desigualdad identificadas con base a la realidad de cada país.Conclusión.La pandemia ha afectado el funcionamiento de los sistemas económicos, sociales, de salud, educación, medioambiente y gobernanza de estos tres países. Si bien este estudio muestra un avance en la inclusión del enfoque de derechos de NNA en las políticas formuladas, su comprensión como sujetos sociales y políticos titulares de derecho podría permitir la construcción de alternativas colectivas que garanticen la salud y el bienestar para todas las personas en el curso de vida.

Perceptions of adult and child neurologists of transition programs in epilepsy in Latin America: A cross-sectional study

PurposeThe objective of this study was to review the existence and opinion Latin American adult and child neurologists have about the development and function of transition programs in epilepsy. MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was constructed with sociodemographic variables, knowledge about transition programs, barriers for building up transition programs, and 21 topics regarding the degree of involvement of healthcare providers and carers should have during the transition process. The online questionnaire was sent to 136 Latin American chapter officers registered in the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) webpage and to 36 clinicians assisting to the 13th Latin American Summer School on Epilepsy. ResultsThe answer rate was 68% (117/172), and all 19 Latin American countries were represented. Adult neurologists represented 60.7%. Only 16.2% knew of transition programs in epilepsy. The main limitations for transition programs were poor education about transition (76.9%), inflexible healthcare systems (75.2%), absence of financial support (61.5%), need of multidisciplinary teams (59%), and scarce communication between child and adult neurologists (53%). Providers and carers are expected to get involved at a high degree in all 21 presented topics for a transition process. The topics with highest percentage of commitment were violence and carrying weapons (93.2%), mental health (92.3%), alcohol and drugs (91.4%), suicide (90.6%), care of own's disease (90.5%), mortality risk (89.7%), and integral healthcare (92.2%). ConclusionOnly a few transition programs exist in Latin America. Knowing the benefits of and barriers for transition programs opens the opportunity to move further this strategy in the region considering local specificities. Education, communication skills, team working, and advocacy for adolescents with epilepsy could be initial starting points.

A New Chapter is Born on the Centennial: An Introduction to the Latin American Chapter of the Ecological Society of America

A New Chapter is Born on the Centennial: An Introduction to the Latin American Chapter of the Ecological Society of America

Transnational Feminist Networks Building Regions in Latin America

This article presents an approach in feminist geopolitics that seeks to expand the regionalism approach to transnational feminist action in Latin America. After a brief discussion on literature, it analyzes the discourses and practices of three Latin American feminist networks, the Network of Women Transforming the Economy, the Latin American Chapter of International Gender and Trade Network, and Marcosur Feminist Articulation. It considers the meanings each network gives to integration to understand how they negotiated and decided on a tense, ambivalent meaning. The analysis of the symbolic and material negotiations of the transnational feminist networks studied and their encounters and conflicts show their contribution to building regions, the progressive redefinition of Latin America, and the emergence and consolidation of South America as a privileged reference for action. The reflections are based on intensive fieldwork conducted with more than 40 feminist activists in different Latin American countries from 2003 to 2004 and from 2010 to 2102.

International Business Research and Latin America

This article reviews international business research on Latin America and introduces the articles contained in this special issue on international business research and Latin America. The articles are the finalists for the best paper award given at the 2010 meeting of the Latin American chapter of the Academy of International Business. They reflect the promise of using Latin America as a research laboratory for advancing the theory of international business

Oxigenación con membrana extracorpórea neonatal-pediátrica

ABSTRACT Neonatal and Pediatric exracorporeal membrane oxygenation In 1973 and 1975 the Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy was first successfully used in neonatal patients with cardiac and respiratory failure who were unresponsive to maximal therapy. ECMO allows the heart and/or lungs time to rest and heal, providing opportunity for recovery. ECMO is used in neonatal-pediatric areas as rescue therapy in over 1,200 patients with respiratory failure and about 750 patients with heart diseases every year, according to reports from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO). The best survival results in short and long term are achieved in patients with isolated respiratory diseases, becoming a standard therapy in high complexity referral centers. The first Chilean neonatal/pediatric ECMO program was started in the Catholic University Hospital in 2003, becoming the first program associated with ELSO in Latin America. In recent years, new neonatal-pediatric ECMO programs have been created in high complexity centers in several Latin American countries such as Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and Chile, which are now giving form to the ELSO Latin American Chapter. We hope that these new ECMO refe-rral centers, associated to a better network management, positively impact the survival of infants and children with respiratory or cardiac failure and be available in the future to a greater number of patients in our region.(Key words: membrane oxygenation, ECMO, cardiopulmonary failure, pulmonary hyperten-sion, ELSO).Rev Chil Pediatr 2013; 84 (4): 367-378RESUMENEn los anos 1973 y 1975 se utilizo por primera vez en forma exitosa la terapia de oxigenacion con Membrana Extracorporea (ECMO) para pacientes neonatales con falla cardiaca y respiratoria que no respondian a la tera-pia maxima. La ECMO da “tiempo” para el descanso pulmonar y/o cardiaco, y asi da oportunidad a la recu-

Seminars on Maternal‐Fetal Interactions and the Latin‐American Chapter of ASRI

Seminars on Maternal‐Fetal Interactions and the Latin‐American Chapter of ASRI

When the Cell Stress Society International became South American: meeting report of the IX International Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Stress Responses

The International Workshop on the Molecular Biology of the Stress Response organized by the Cell Stress Society International was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on May 27-30, 2012, as part of the development of the Latin American Chapter of the Society, a superb initiative headed by Drs. Antonio De Maio and Larry Hightower. The meeting took place in the wonderful facilities of the Pontifícia Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) and was warmly chaired by Professor Cristina Bonorino. Thirty-four invited speakers presented their work to more than 200 scientists and, even more importantly, to 150 registered students, who were the main beneficiaries of the meeting. The first day of the workshop was dedicated to an educational program for students, young investigators, and participants who were unfamiliar with the field of molecular chaperones and the stress response. Speakers in this pre-workshop were Dr. Harm Kampinga, Dr. Lea Sistonen, Dr. Larry Hightower, Dr. Ivor Benjamin, Dr. Daniel Ciocca, and Dr. Linda Hendershot. Then, the scientific sessions discussed below followed.

Latin American Chapter of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO-LA)

Latin American Chapter of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO-LA)

III Latin-American Chapter Congress of IFCN and IX Brazilian Symposium of Clinical Neurophysiology, Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, 11–14 September 2002

III Latin-American Chapter Congress of IFCN and IX Brazilian Symposium of Clinical Neurophysiology, Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, 11–14 September 2002