Egresos por lesiones externas en un hospital de Ciudad Juárez, México Discharges for external injuries from a hospital in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

En Ciudad Juárez (Chihuahua), México, la morbilidad y la mortalidad por lesiones aumentaron en forma alarmante a partir de 2008. El presente trabajo se propone determinar los cambios en el número de egresos hospitalarios por causas externas registrados durante el período 2008-2010 en un hospital de dicha ciudad. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo descriptivo sobre la incidencia de causas externas como causa de egreso hospitalario en los años antes mencionados en el Hospital General Ciudad Juárez. La media de egresos hospitalarios por causas externas fue de 27%, con el grupo etario de 25 a 44 años como el más afectado. Las fracturas fueron la causa de más de la mitad de los egresos. Los egresos hospitalarios por lesiones en Ciudad Juárez presentan una incidencia casi cuatro veces mayor que la reportada a nivel nacional.<br>In Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, morbidity and mortality from injuries have increased alarmingly since 2008. This paper aims to examine the changes in the number of hospital discharges for external injuries recorded during the 2008-2010 period in a hospital in Ciudad Juarez. A descriptive retrospective study conducted at the Ciudad Juarez General Hospital looked at the incidence of external injuries as the reason for hospital discharges during the period under analysis. The average proportion of hospital discharges attributed to external injuries was 27%, with the 25-44-year-old age group being the most affected. More than half of the discharges were for fractures. The incidence rate of hospital discharges attributed to injuries in Ciudad Juarez was almost four times greater than that reported at the national level

Late Maternal Deaths and Deaths from Sequelae of Obstetric Causes in the Americas from 1999 to 2013: A Trend Analysis.

BACKGROUND:Data on maternal deaths occurring after the 42 days postpartum reference time is scarce; the objective of this analysis is to explore the trend and magnitude of late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes in the Americas between 1999 and 2013, and to recommend including these deaths in the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). METHODS:Exploratory data analysis enabled analyzing the magnitude and trend of late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes for seven countries of the Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and the United States. A Poisson regression model was developed to compare trends of late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes between two periods of time: 1999 to 2005 and 2006 to 2013; and to estimate the relative increase of these deaths in the two periods of time. FINDINGS:The proportion of late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes ranged between 2.40% (CI 0.85% - 5.48%) and 18.68% (CI 17.06% - 20.47%) in the seven countries. The ratio of late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes per 100,000 live births has increased by two times in the region of the Americas in the period 2006-2013 compared to the period 1999-2005. The regional relative increase of late maternal death was 2.46 (p<0.0001) times higher in the second period compared to the first. INTERPRETATION:Ascertainment of late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes has improved in the Americas since the early 2000's due to improvements in the quality of information and the obstetric transition. Late and obstetric sequelae maternal deaths should be included in the monitoring of the SDGs as well as in the revision of the International Classification of Diseases' 11th version (ICD-11)

The Virgin Islands National Information Systems for Health: vision, actions, and lessons learned for advancing the national public health agenda

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) Ministry of Health and Social Development (MOHSD) recently identified the need for an updated strategy to advance the country’s vision for Information Systems for Health (IS4H) (“Informed decision-making for better health outcomes”). Since the early 1990s, the MOHSD has recognized the importance of having strong conceptual foundations and mechanisms for its information systems, and the need to strengthen the production and use of good-quality health data to enable fulfillment of the territory's health goals. Therefore, in May 2017, BVI requested technical assistance from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to develop a plan/“road map” for strengthening the MOHSD's stewardship capacity for IS4H. This resulted in a bilateral, country-led collaboration between PAHO and the Ministry to carry out two assessments of BVI's National Information Systems for Health (NISH): 1) a rapid assessment to map NISH policy, to develop a short- and medium-term workplan for strengthening and updating it, and 2) a maturity assessment, using PAHO's IS4H Maturity Model tool, to evaluate the implementation of NISH policy thus far and determine next steps. This article describes 1) the steps taken in this bilateral collaboration to update BVI's NISH policy and fine-tune its IS4H vision, including the development of a national plan/road map, and 2) lessons learned

Proportion of late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes (O96-O97) by country, among women aged 10–54 years old.

<p>Proportion of late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes (O96-O97) by country, among women aged 10–54 years old.</p

Relative increase and percent variation of late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes between the two periods: 2006–2013 compared to 1999–2005.

<p>Relative increase and percent variation of late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes between the two periods: 2006–2013 compared to 1999–2005.</p

Average annual percent variation (AAPV) in late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes during the years 1999–2013.

<p>Average annual percent variation (AAPV) in late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes during the years 1999–2013.</p