Sistematización de la Feria Provincial de Semillas Nativas y Criollas, “Sembrando Esperanza” : Un Aporte al Intercambio de Saberes

Desde 2007 se realiza durante el mes de mayo en el Parque Pereyra Iraola, Buenos Aires (Argentina), la Feria de Semillas Nativas y Criollas, espacio de encuentro e intercambio que realza la importancia de producir y conservar semillas, haciendo visible el papel de las organizaciones de agricultores familiares en la conservación de la biodiversidad. En este marco creamos un grupo de trabajo con la finalidad de registrar la diversidad de productos y materiales que circularon y dar a conocer la variedad de semillas de las organizaciones. En 2008 el relevamiento se realizó en los puestos de las organizaciones y productores presentes mediante entrevistas y toma de muestras. Observamos 392 muestras de semillas y partes reproductivas en puestos de 37 organizaciones. En la Feria 2009 presentamos el Libro de las Semillas que revela lo ocurrido en los talleres, paneles e intercambio en los stands y las semillas presentes en la Feria 2008, y realizamos un nuevo relevamiento en proceso de análisis. El objetivo de este trabajo es compartir esta experiencia.Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestale

Sistematización de la Feria Provincial de Semillas Nativas y Criollas, “Sembrando Esperanza” : Un Aporte al Intercambio de Saberes

Desde 2007 se realiza durante el mes de mayo en el Parque Pereyra Iraola, Buenos Aires (Argentina), la Feria de Semillas Nativas y Criollas, espacio de encuentro e intercambio que realza la importancia de producir y conservar semillas, haciendo visible el papel de las organizaciones de agricultores familiares en la conservación de la biodiversidad. En este marco creamos un grupo de trabajo con la finalidad de registrar la diversidad de productos y materiales que circularon y dar a conocer la variedad de semillas de las organizaciones. En 2008 el relevamiento se realizó en los puestos de las organizaciones y productores presentes mediante entrevistas y toma de muestras. Observamos 392 muestras de semillas y partes reproductivas en puestos de 37 organizaciones. En la Feria 2009 presentamos el Libro de las Semillas que revela lo ocurrido en los talleres, paneles e intercambio en los stands y las semillas presentes en la Feria 2008, y realizamos un nuevo relevamiento en proceso de análisis. El objetivo de este trabajo es compartir esta experiencia.Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestale

The intercontinental schizophrenia outpatient health outcomes study (IC-SOHO): Initial 6 month findings of the sample in Latin America

The IC-SOHO study was designed to supply information on antipsychotic treatments in the real clinical practice by assessment of a large and diverse sample population with schizophrenia. This document describes the findings of the first 6 months of IC-SOHO in Latin America. To date, this is the largest observational study of its type in this region. In this observational and prospective study, those outpatients with schizophrenia, who require a change or initiation of antipsychotic medication are hospitalized. Effectiveness was evaluated using the Clinical Global Impression-Seriousness (CGI-S) grading scale. Tolerability was assessed by questionnaires on adverse events and weight measurements. Herein, the comparisons between olanzapine (monotherapy), risperidone (monotherapy) and conventional antipsychotics (monotherapy and combined therapy) are presented. As a whole, 7,658 patients participated in the IC-SOHO; n = 2,671 from 11 countries of Latin America that were included in this rep

Clozapine treatment for suicidality in schizophrenia: International Suicide Prevention Trial (InterSePT)

Background: Approximately 50% of patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder attempt suicide, and approximately 10% die of suicide. Study results suggest that clozapine therapy significantly reduces suicidal behavior in these patients. Methods: A multicenter, randomized, international, 2-year study comparing the risk for suicidal behavior in patients treated with clozapine vs olanzapine was conducted in 980 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, 26.8% of whom were refractory to previous treatment, who were considered at high risk for suicide because of previous suicide attempts or current suicidal ideation. To equalize clinical contact across treatments, all patients were seen weekly for 6 months and then biweekly for 18 months. Subsequent to randomization, unmasked clinicians at each site could make any interventions necessary to prevent the occurrence of suicide attempts. Suicidal behavior was assessed at each visit. Primary end points included suicide attempts (including those that led to death), hospitalizations to prevent suicide, and a rating of "much worsening of suicidality" from baseline. Masked raters, including an independent suicide monitoring board, determined when end point criteria were achieved. Results: Suicidal behavior was significantly less in patients treated with clozapine vs olanzapine (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% confidence interval, 0.58-0.97; P = .03). Fewer clozapine-treated patients attempted suicide (34 vs 55; P = .03), required hospitalizations (82 vs 107; P = .05) or rescue interventions (118 vs 155; P = .01) to prevent suicide, or required concomitant treatment with antidepressants (221 vs 258; P = .01) or anxiolytics or soporifics (301 vs 331; P = .03). Overall, few of these high-risk patients died of suicide during the study (5 clozapine vs 3 olanzapine-treated patients; P = .73). Conclusions: Clozapine therapy demonstrated superiority to olanzapine therapy in preventing suicide attempts in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder at high risk for suicide. Use of clozapine in this population should lead to a significant reduction in suicidal behavior