The Traditional Ethnobotanical Knowledge Applied in Parasitology in the Andean Cordillera of Ecuador

Abstract

A923 from an official publication of the Ministry of Health. A sensitivity analysis of 1000 simulations was performed on both outcome variables and costs through a Monte Carlo model using gamma distributions. Results: Nutrition care interventions targeting hospitalized at-risk and malnourished patients could contribute to cost savings of US $503.3 million ($1.5 billion COP) annually. Additionally, reduction of unplanned readmissions contributes to cost savings of US $77.1 million ($230.000 COP million) per year, while rationalization of hospital diets and wasting contributes to cost savings of US $1.3 million ($ 3.900 million COP) per year. This translates into total savings of US $580.4 million (1.7 billion COP), which represents the cost needed to attend 10% of inpatients admitted to Colombian hospitals in one year. ConClusions: Nutrition care interventions targeting at-risk and malnourished hospitalized patients can generate significant cost savings for the Colombian health care system as a result of reducing patient hospital length of stay, cost per event, unplanned hospital readmissions, rationalizing hospital diets, and increasing the capability of hospital beds utilization without having to incur additional investment expenses.

The cognitive performance of indigenous schoolchildren in relation to their feeding during infancy

“…Further, taking into account that the liquids (7.72 ± 3.30 months) were incorporated before solid foods (10.11 ± 4.43), and the age of cow's milk incorporation was later (12.58 ± 6.06 months), and considering the ethnicity of population, it could be interesting to explore if the early incorporation of liquids is linked to ancestral practices. We propose this hypothesis because in a previous study (Herrera‐Moncayo, De la Cruz, & Guerendiain, , ), we observed that the parents used ancestral native plants as intestinal antiparasitic, which were administered as infusions. Intestinal parasitic diseases have an alarming prevalence among children of Riobamba (Balladares‐Saltos, Robalino, & Guerendiain, ) and the use of medicinal plants is widespread (Herrera‐Moncayo et al, ).…”

“…We propose this hypothesis because in a previous study (Herrera‐Moncayo, De la Cruz, & Guerendiain, , ), we observed that the parents used ancestral native plants as intestinal antiparasitic, which were administered as infusions. Intestinal parasitic diseases have an alarming prevalence among children of Riobamba (Balladares‐Saltos, Robalino, & Guerendiain, ) and the use of medicinal plants is widespread (Herrera‐Moncayo et al, ).…”