Coinfections between Persistent Parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases and Viral Infections among Prisoners from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America by Lilian Da Silva Santos, Hans Wolff, François Chappuis, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Marco Vitoria, Nguyen-Toan Tran, Stéphanie Baggio, Giuseppe Togni, Nicolas Vuilleumier, François Girardin, Francesco Negro, Laurent Gétaz

“…Our research aimed to study the prevalence rates and coinfections of two neglected tropical diseases, namely, Strongyloides stercoralis and Schistosoma sp. and viral infections among sub-Saharan Africans (SSA) and Latin Americans (LA) in Switzerland’s largest pretrial prison. …”
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‘They treat us like machines’: migrant workers’ conceptual framework of labour exploitation for health research and policy by Mary Alison Durand, Cono Ariti, Sabah Boufkhed, Nicki Thorogood

“…Our study aimed to conceptualise ‘labour exploitation’ from the perspective of migrant workers employed in manual low-skilled jobs.Methods Twenty-seven Latin Americans working in London (UK) participated in Group Concept Mapping; a participatory mixed-method where qualitative data are collected to define a concept’s content and then analysed using quantitative methods to generate a structured conceptual framework. …”
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Procesos educativos vivenciados en la práctica social mecánica de bicicleta (Educational processes experienced in the social mechanical bicycle practice) by Leandro Dri Manfiolete Troncoso, Sandra Soledad Troncoso Robles Dri Manfiolete, Sergio Alejandro Toro-Arévalo

“…As a methodological procedure, six Latin-Americans bicycle mechanics were interviewed. Inclusion/exclusion criteria were as follows: previous formal or informal work in bicycle mechanics, experience with utilitarian, sport, or recreational cycling, and cycloactivist political-pedagogical actions. …”
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Multiple sclerosis in Central America and Caribbean countries: frequency and clinical characterization of an emergent disease by Fernando Gracia, Fernando Gracia, Deyanira A. Ramírez Navarro, Nicia E. Ramírez Sánchez, Roberto Weiser, Alexander Parajeles-Vindas, Ligia I. Portillo Rivera, Ericka López Torres, Luis A. García Valle, Alfredo Sanabria-Castro, César Abdón López, Pahola Araujo, Maria J. Ayerdis Zamora, Andrea Balmaceda-Meza, Aron Benzadon Cohen, Awilda Candelario Cueto, Diego Castillo, Romy Castro-Escobar, Karla Z. Corea Urbina, Anyeri de Peña Rivas, Octavio Duarte Sotelo, Temís Enamorado Claros, José L. Giroud Benítez, Karla Gracia, Mario Larreategui, Jorge A. Martínez Cerrato, Josmarlin P. Medina Báez, Carlos E. Menjivar Samayoa, Gustavo Miranda-Loria, Priscilla Monterrey-Alvarez, Lilliam A. Morales Arguello, Michelle Ortiz, Carlos D. Pérez Baldioceda, Lizeth Pinilla Aguilar, Luis C. Rodríguez Salinas, Virginia Rodríguez-Moreno, Sebastián Rojas-Chaves, Norbel Román-Garita, Biany Santos Pujols, Carlos Valderrama, Ivonne Van Sijtveld, Indhira Zabala Angeles, Victor M. Rivera, Blas Armien, Blas Armien

“…Frequencies among Latin Americans continue to be studied, however, epidemiologic, and clinical characterization studies lack from Central American and Caribbean countries. …”
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Socioeconomic Disparities in Urban Forest Diversity and Structure in Green Areas of Santiago de Chile by Brian R. Guevara, Sandra V. Uribe, Carmen L. de la Maza, Nélida R. Villaseñor

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República, nación y democracia ante el desafío de la diversidad Republic, nation and democracy against the challenge of diversity by Susana Villavicencio

“…The narratives of national identity are studied describing how the opposition between civilization and barbariy affects the way Latin Americans see the great challenges presented by the future of democracy, and by the recognition of the plurality of cultural allegiances.…”
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Driving multisectoral antimicrobial resistance action in South America: Lessons learned from implementing an enhanced tripartite AMR country self-assessment tool by Nathalie El Omeiri, Alix Beith, Nienke Bruinsma, Marisa Caipo, Luis Barcos, Maria Mesplet, Leopoldo del Barrio, Martin Minassian, Ingrid Contreras Arias, Germán Vásquez, Margarita Corrales, Pilar Ramon-Pardo

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Doença de Chagas, ambiente, participação e Estado Chagas disease, environment, participation, and the state by João Carlos Pinto Dias

“…<br>Human Chagas Disease (HCD) affects 16 million Latin Americans and is related to environmental and social questions like education, anthropogenic changes, housing, and migration. …”
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P-4 RISK OF HCC IN SOUTH AMERICANS ASSOCIATED WITH TLL1 VARIANT SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM by Andre Boonstra, Domingo Balderramo, Dhamina Karim, Jhon Prieto Ortiz, Javier Diaz Ferrer, Angelo Mattos, Marcos Arrese Jimenez, Enrique Carrera Estupinan, Zwier Groothuismink, Jeffrey Oliveira, Jose Debes

“…The OR for HCV-associated HCC in Latin Americans was 2.07 (CI 0.93-4.58), suggesting a non-significant increased odd of being diagnosed with HCC in South Americans with the variant. …”
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Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos: idéias políticas numa revista de cultura Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos: political ideas in a cultural review by Maria Helena Capelato

“…<br>Cuadernos hispanoamericanos, created in 1948, presented itself as periodical of culture intended to draw Spaniards and Latin Americans closer together toward a common identity. …”
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Species Richness and Composition of Forest Birds in Urban Parks and Reserves of Buenos Aires City, Argentina by Ianina N. Godoy, Fabricio C. Gorleri, Maximiliano A. Cristaldi, Lucas M. Leveau

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El sentido de comunalidad y la lucha del pueblo Mixe/ The meaning of communality and the struggle of the the Mixe people by Edith Barrera Pineda

“…Thus the study of communality proposes to decolonialized the thought, based on a Latin-Americans resistance against the Eurocentric episteme. …”
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Modelo ECO2: redes sociales, complejidad y sufrimiento social by Juan Machín

“…In this framework, we present a model, called ECO2 (developed by civil society organizations in Mexico and experienced in different countries, mainly Latin Americans), for intervention on a wide range of hypercomplex phenomena called “social suffering” that uses social networks as a useful and powerful theory and method for both diagnosis (of individuals and local communities), design and development of intervention strategies in a variety of social contexts (including those considered severe social exclusion) with objectives of prevention, harm reduction and associated risks, as well as for community-based treatment of different situations of social distress (i.e. problematic use of psychoactive substances, legal and / or illegal status, homelessness, juvenile offenders, gender violence, exploitation commercial sexual, et cetera). …”
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Rochester Healthy Community Partnership: Then and now by Mark L. Wieland, Mark L. Wieland, Jane W. Njeru, Jane W. Njeru, Jennifer A. Weis, Jennifer A. Weis, Abby Lohr, Abby Lohr, Julie A. Nigon, Julie A. Nigon, Miriam Goodson, Miriam Goodson, Ahmed Osman, Ahmed Osman, Luz Molina, Luz Molina, Yahye Ahmed, Yahye Ahmed, Graciela Porraz Capetillo, Graciela Porraz Capetillo, Omar Nur, Omar Nur, Irene G. Sia, Irene G. Sia

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