Modelo de gestión socialmente responsable para el eslabón de producción de guadua

In this paper the methodology enabling to design and validate a model of socially responsable for the production of bamboo link in Quindío, represented in a tool, in order to contribute to the sustainability and competitiveness of the sector appears the bamboo. The tool has components represented in environmental, social, commercial and administrative indicators, which were developed and validated with the participation of experts. Validation was performed by applying the check matrix of initial conditions specified in mixed methodology studies with a sequential approach through correlational type of research. As a result, the appropriate indicators for each component were established. The management tool suggests improvement strategy to be applied in the short, médium and long term by the intermediary and bamboo production unit for compliance indicators.En el presente artículo se describe la metodología que permitió diseñar y validar un modelo de gestión socialmente responsable para el eslabón de producción de guadua en el departamento del Quindío, representado en una herramienta, con el propósito de aportar a la sostenibilidad y competitividad del sector de la guadua. La herramienta tiene componentes representados en indicadores ambientales, sociales, comerciales y administrativos, los cuales fueron elaborados y validados con la participación de expertos. La validación se realizó mediante la aplicación de la matriz de verificación de condiciones iniciales contemplada en la metodología de estudios mixtos con un enfoque secuencial a través del tipo de investigación correlacional. Como resultado, se establecieron los indicadores apropiados por cada componente. La herramienta de gestión sugiere la estrategia de mejoramiento que debe ser aplicada en el corto, mediano y largo plazo por el intermediario y la unidad productiva de guadua para el cumplimiento de los indicadores

The Helicobacter pylori Genome Project : insights into H. pylori population structure from analysis of a worldwide collection of complete genomes

Helicobacter pylori, a dominant member of the gastric microbiota, shares co-evolutionary history with humans. This has led to the development of genetically distinct H. pylori subpopulations associated with the geographic origin of the host and with differential gastric disease risk. Here, we provide insights into H. pylori population structure as a part of the Helicobacter pylori Genome Project (HpGP), a multi-disciplinary initiative aimed at elucidating H. pylori pathogenesis and identifying new therapeutic targets. We collected 1011 well-characterized clinical strains from 50 countries and generated high-quality genome sequences. We analysed core genome diversity and population structure of the HpGP dataset and 255 worldwide reference genomes to outline the ancestral contribution to Eurasian, African, and American populations. We found evidence of substantial contribution of population hpNorthAsia and subpopulation hspUral in Northern European H. pylori. The genomes of H. pylori isolated from northern and southern Indigenous Americans differed in that bacteria isolated in northern Indigenous communities were more similar to North Asian H. pylori while the southern had higher relatedness to hpEastAsia. Notably, we also found a highly clonal yet geographically dispersed North American subpopulation, which is negative for the cag pathogenicity island, and present in 7% of sequenced US genomes. We expect the HpGP dataset and the corresponding strains to become a major asset for H. pylori genomics

Socializing One Health: an innovative strategy to investigate social and behavioral risks of emerging viral threats

In an effort to strengthen global capacity to prevent, detect, and control infectious diseases in animals and people, the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) PREDICT project funded development of regional, national, and local One Health capacities for early disease detection, rapid response, disease control, and risk reduction. From the outset, the EPT approach was inclusive of social science research methods designed to understand the contexts and behaviors of communities living and working at human-animal-environment interfaces considered high-risk for virus emergence. Using qualitative and quantitative approaches, PREDICT behavioral research aimed to identify and assess a range of socio-cultural behaviors that could be influential in zoonotic disease emergence, amplification, and transmission. This broad approach to behavioral risk characterization enabled us to identify and characterize human activities that could be linked to the transmission dynamics of new and emerging viruses. This paper provides a discussion of implementation of a social science approach within a zoonotic surveillance framework. We conducted in-depth ethnographic interviews and focus groups to better understand the individual- and community-level knowledge, attitudes, and practices that potentially put participants at risk for zoonotic disease transmission from the animals they live and work with, across 6 interface domains. When we asked highly-exposed individuals (ie. bushmeat hunters, wildlife or guano farmers) about the risk they perceived in their occupational activities, most did not perceive it to be risky, whether because it was normalized by years (or generations) of doing such an activity, or due to lack of information about potential risks. Integrating the social sciences allows investigations of the specific human activities that are hypothesized to drive disease emergence, amplification, and transmission, in order to better substantiate behavioral disease drivers, along with the social dimensions of infection and transmission dynamics. Understanding these dynamics is critical to achieving health security--the protection from threats to health-- which requires investments in both collective and individual health security. Involving behavioral sciences into zoonotic disease surveillance allowed us to push toward fuller community integration and engagement and toward dialogue and implementation of recommendations for disease prevention and improved health security

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

Indicadores de gestión de responsabilidad social en unidades productivas de guadua

In the present article, it is shown the design of management indicators on social responsibility, applicable to productive units on the bamboo production link in natural forests. This design was conducted obeying to the concerts from the interest groups of the production link, taking into count their expectations, and the indicators selection given by the ISO standard 26000. The result from the present work was the indicator structuring from the administrative, environmental, social and economic components, as well as the management cycle, planning, doing, verifying, and acting, posing improvement strategies to the accomplishment of this indicators on each productive unit.En el presente artículo se presenta el diseño de indicadores de gestión de responsabilidad social aplicables a unidades productivas del eslabón de producción de guadua en bosques naturales. Dicho diseño se llevó a cabo a partir de lo concertado por los grupos de interés del eslabón de producción, teniendo en cuenta sus expectativas, y  la selección de indicadores, a la luz de lo planteado en la Norma ISO 26000. El resultado del trabajo propuesto fue la estructuración de indicadores desde los componentes administrativo, ambiental, social y económico, y el ciclo administrativo planear, hacer, verificar y actuar, planteando estrategias de mejoramiento para el cumplimiento de los mismos en cada unidad productiva.

La Responsabilidad Social como Factor de Competitividad del Eslabón de Producción de la Guadua en Bosques Naturales en el Quindío

The results of the investigation: Social responsibility as a factor of competitiveness in the production slab of guadua, in the natural forests of the department of Quindío are presented in this article First a matrix of analysis was elaborated that allowed a correlation between conceptual and antecedent focuses in the sector, to diagnose the production slab of guadua, primarily according to the chain of value and also its support. What in mentioned will generate Social Responsibility indicators for the implementation of advantageous techniques whit low environmental impact, and ultimately determine the impact that implementation advantageous techniques have on the competitiveness of the slab.En este artículo se presentan los resultados de la investigación “La Responsabilidad Social como factor de competitividad del eslabón de producción de guadua en bosques naturales en el departamento del Quindío”. Primero se elaboró una matriz de análisis que permitió correlacionar los enfoques conceptuales y antecedentes del sector para diagnosticar el eslabón de la producción de la guadua, a partir de la cadena de valor y sus actividades primarias y de apoyo. Lo mencionado permitirá generar indicadores de responsabilidad social para la implementación de técnicas de aprovechamiento de bajo impacto ambiental y, por último, determinar su impacto en la implementación de técnicas de aprovechamiento que contribuyan a la competitividad del eslabón

Competitividad, una anfibología conceptual

Currently in the disciplines of the administrative economic study it is common to hear the term competitiveness. However, the problem arises as to what it refers to when talking about it; if it is of the competition that arises between products, productive units, economic sectors or countries. However, it should be pointed out that only certain products or some companies are competitive and that these will lead to some regions also being able to do so. Finally, it can be inferred that the elements that have interference in the development of competitiveness are not exclusively typical of companies as the traditional discourse raises, but that they are evidenced as the result of the interrelation of many Factors that affect productive activityActualmente en las disciplinas del estudio económico administrativo es habitual escuchar el término competitividad. Sin embargo, el problema surge a qué se refiere cuando se habla de este; si es de la competencia que suscita entre productos, unidades productivas, sectores económicos o países. No obstante, se debe precisar que solo ciertos productos o algunas empresas son competitivos y, que estos conllevarán a que algunas regiones también puedan serlo. Por último, se puede inferir que los elementos que presentan injerencia en el desarrollo de la competitividad no son exclusivamente propios de las empresas como lo plantea el discurso tradicional, sino, que se evidencian como el resultado de la interrelación de muchos factores que repercuten en la actividad productiva

Modelo de gestión socialmente responsable para el eslabón de producción de guadua

En el presente artículo se describe la metodología que permitió diseñar y validar un modelo de gestión socialmente responsable para el eslabón de producción de guadua en el departamento del Quindío, representado en una herramienta, con el propósito de aportar a la sostenibilidad y competitividad del sector de la guadua. La herramienta tiene componentes representados en indicadores ambientales, sociales, comerciales y administrativos, los cuales fueron elaborados y validados con la participación de expertos. La validación se realizó mediante la aplicación de la matriz de verificación de condiciones iniciales contemplada en la metodología de estudios mixtos con un enfoque secuencial a través del tipo de investigación correlacional. Como resultado, se establecieron los indicadores apropiados por cada componente. La herramienta de gestión sugiere la estrategia de mejoramiento que debe ser aplicada en el corto, mediano y largo plazo por el intermediario y la unidad productiva de guadua para el cumplimiento de los indicadores