After civil war: the demobilization of armed forces in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala by Finger, E

“…At the most elementary level, what is missing is clear knowledge of those factors that make the difference between successful peace implementation and failure, between the assurance of peace and the resumption of war. …”

Food insecurity and self-rated health in rural Nicaraguan women of reproductive age: a cross-sectional study by Wilton Pérez, Mariela Contreras, Rodolfo Peña, Elmer Zelaya, Lars-Åke Persson, Carina Källestål

“…Food insecurity is a facet of poverty and measures an important missing capability directly related to health.…”
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In the classroom but absent: Evidence of sickness presenteeism among teachers at four public schools by Carlos Rojas-Roque, MSc, Indiana López-Bonilla, PhD

“…Four public schools in Leon, Nicaragua, were selected, and 132 teachers were included in the final sample. …”
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Missed Opportunities for Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Immunization in Mesoamerica: Potential Impact on Coverage and Days at Risk. by Ali H Mokdad, Marielle C Gagnier, K Ellicott Colson, Emily Dansereau, Paola Zúñiga-Brenes, Diego Ríos-Zertuche, Annie Haakenstad, Casey K Johanns, Erin B Palmisano, Bernardo Hernandez, Emma Iriarte

“…Card MMR coverage ranged from 44.6% in Mexico to 79.6% in Honduras while potential coverage accounting for missed opportunities ranged from 70.8% in Nicaragua to 96.4% in El Salvador. …”
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The impact of maternal morbidity on cesarean section rates: exploring a Latin American network of sentinel facilities using the Robson’s Ten Group Classification System by Claudio Sosa, Bremen de Mucio, Mercedes Colomar, Luis Mainero, Maria L. Costa, Jose P. Guida, Renato T. Souza, Adriana G. Luz, José G. Cecatti, Maria H. Sousa, Carmen M. Cruz, Luz M. Chevez, Rita Lopez, Gema Carrillo, Ulises Rizo, Erika E. Saint Hillaire, William E. Arriaga, Rosa M. Guadalupe, Carlos Ochoa, Freddy Gonzalez, Rigoberto Castro, Allan Stefan, Amanda Moreno, Suzanne J. Serruya

“…Furthermore, the sample was divided into two groups, according to maternal outcomes: women without SMM and those who experienced SMM, considering Potentially Life-threatening Conditions, Maternal Near Miss and Maternal Death as the continuum of morbidity. …”
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Supply-side interventions to improve health: Findings from the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative. by Ali H Mokdad, Erin B Palmisano, Paola Zúñiga-Brenes, Diego Ríos-Zertuche, Casey K Johanns, Alexandra Schaefer, Sima S Desai, Annie Haakenstad, Marielle C Gagnier, Claire R McNellan, Danny V Colombara, Sonia López Romero, Leolin Castillo, Benito Salvatierra, Bernardo Hernandez, Miguel Betancourt-Cravioto, Ricardo Mujica-Rosales, Ferdinando Regalia, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Emma Iriarte

“…El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama reached their 18-month targets, while the State of Chiapas in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize did not. …”
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Glyphosate’s synergistic toxicity in combination with other factors as a cause of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin by Gunatilake, S, Seneff, S, Orlando, L

“…The disease primarily affects people in agricultural regions who are missing the commonly known risk factors for CKD. Sri Lanka is not alone: health workers have reported prevalence of CKDu in Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. …”
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Global respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in young children (RSV GOLD): a retrospective case series by Nienke M Scheltema, MD, Angela Gentile, MD, Florencia Lucion, MD, D James Nokes, PhD, Patrick K Munywoki, PhD, Shabir A Madhi, PhD, Michelle J Groome, PhD, Cheryl Cohen, PhD, Jocelyn Moyes, MD, Kentigern Thorburn, FCPaed, Somsak Thamthitiwat, MD, Hitoshi Oshitani, MD, Socorro P Lupisan, MD, Aubree Gordon, PhD, José F Sánchez, MD, Katherine L O'Brien, MD, Bradford D Gessner, MD, Agustinus Sutanto, MD, Asuncion Mejias, PhD, Octavio Ramilo, MD, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, MD, Natasha Halasa, MD, Fernanda de-Paris, PhD, Márcia Rosane Pires, Michael C Spaeder, MD, Bosco A Paes, FRCPC, Eric A F Simões, MD, Ting F Leung, MD, Maria Tereza da Costa Oliveira, PhD, Carla Cecília de Freitas Lázaro Emediato, Quique Bassat, PhD, Warwick Butt, MD, Hsin Chi, MD, Uzma Bashir Aamir, PhD, Asad Ali, MBBS, Marilla G Lucero, PhD, Rodrigo A Fasce, BSc, Olga Lopez, MD, Barbara A Rath, PhD, Fernando P Polack, MD, Jesse Papenburg, MD, Srđan Roglić, MD, Hisato Ito, MD, Edward A Goka, PhD, Diederick E Grobbee, PhD, Harish Nair, PhD, Dr Louis J Bont, MD

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