2018
DOI: 10.5294/pebi.2018.22.2.10
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Tuberculosis en América Latina y el Caribe: reflexiones desde la bioética

Abstract: El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las condiciones de acceso a servicios de salud de las personas con tuberculosis en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), reflexionando desde la bioética sobre los aspectos de salud pública implicados. Se realizó una revisión documental del contexto de la tuberculosis en ALC con base en datos epidemiológicos. Los resultados se analizaron a partir de su relación con los determinantes sociales de la salud, los principios éticos que pautan la práctica médica y la responsabilida… Show more

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“…Tuberculosis is an endemic disease that affects any age range and regardless of social situation. 4 According to the study called Tuberculosis disease during pregnancy carried out at the Maternal-Infant Hospital of the Canary Islands, Spain, the form of presentation of tuberculosis in pregnant women is similar to the rest of the patients, but the diagnosis is delayed due to the appearance of non-specific symptoms at the beginning, very frequent in normal pregnancy. There are several aspects to emphasize in this case, the first is the special situation of infection due to being a pregnant patient.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tuberculosis is an endemic disease that affects any age range and regardless of social situation. 4 According to the study called Tuberculosis disease during pregnancy carried out at the Maternal-Infant Hospital of the Canary Islands, Spain, the form of presentation of tuberculosis in pregnant women is similar to the rest of the patients, but the diagnosis is delayed due to the appearance of non-specific symptoms at the beginning, very frequent in normal pregnancy. There are several aspects to emphasize in this case, the first is the special situation of infection due to being a pregnant patient.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Abordagens efetivas no combate à TB devem envolver estratégias de proteção social, inclusão e intervenções socioeconômicas, associadas ao acesso ao diagnóstico, assistência e cobertura universal de saúde (WINGFIELD et al, 2018). Entretanto, o contexto atual de déficit financeiro e desmantelamento dos serviços de saúde em que se encontram diversos países, entre eles o Brasil, estão associados à manutenção da TB como doença infecciosa prevalente e preocupante (TOIA et al, 2018).…”
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“…En el campo de la TB este comportamiento es ligeramente diferente (17) , donde Brasil se posiciona como el país con más vínculos de cooperación, y Perú el que posee instituciones y autores más prolíficos. Brasil, Perú y México, países latinoamericanos con más del 50% de casos estimados de TB en Latinoamérica (18) , son los más prolíficos en estudios de campo, Brasil y México ocupan la sexta y decimoctava posición, respectivamente, en la producción mundial sobre salud (19) . Brasil destaca por ser el país con mayor producción sobre TB (7) , e incrementar los trabajos científicos en colaboración (10) .…”
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