Building sustainable and innovative research in cancer and cardiovascular disease: Planning the design and development of South American Center of Research Excellence in Chronic Non-communicable Diseases, SACREN (P20) As the Latin American region completes its epidemiological, demographic and nutritional transition, there is an urgent need to improve strategies to reduce…

Addressing the Challenge and Constraints of Insulin Sources and Supply (ACCISS) – Phase 2 Access to insulin is a public health issue that affects both patients with type 2 and type 1 diabetes. Insulin is extremely important to prevent the onset of complications and to improve the quality of life…

Evaluating the Implementation and Effects of Nutrition Warnings on Food Labeling in Peru: A Mixed Methods Study This project is a SALURBAL Ancillary Study (link with SALURBAL website http://en.cronicas-upch.pe/what-makes-cities-healthy-equitable-and-environmentally-sustainable-lessons-from-latin-america/ ), aligned with aim 2 of the principal study: to evaluate the health and environmental impact of city and neighborhood-level policies…

Household Air Pollution and Health (HAPIN): a multi-country LPG intervention trial In Low and Middle income countries (LMICs), indoor pollution is produced by the use of fossil fuels. Air pollution has been associated with negative outcomes in health such as; respiratory infections in children, and heart attack, stroke, chronic obstructive…

Global Excellence in Chronic Diseases (GECo): Implementation of COPD case finding and self-management action plan In Low and Middle income countries (LMIC), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a high burden of disease; more than 90% of deaths due to COPD take place at LMIC. It also generates an economic…

ACCISS: Evaluation of the response of the health system to the access to insulin for people with Diabetes Mellitus type 1 Health systems in low and middle-income countries must adapt in order to respond to the needs of the population. Diabetes mellitus type 1 is a disease that begins in…

Surveying insulin prices, availability and affordability in Peru An important problem related to access to diabetes treatment is limited availability of medicines. Previous research in Peru showed that approximately 30% of the population with diabetes were prescribed insulin in outpatient care. However, a study in Lima identified insufficient availability of…

Planning to Establish a Regional Center of NCD Research Training in Peru It used to be common knowledge that communicable diseases were the leading cause of death in developing countries. However, in recent years there has been a shift towards greater prevalence, incidence and mortality of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in…

Impact of an intervention to reduce the consumption of sugary drinks in Catholic parishes in Peru The consumption of sugary beverages is associated with the development of cardiometabolic diseases. In regions with large numbers of Catholic people, such as Latin America, interventions carried out in the context of Catholic masses…

TIGTHAT: Towards an integrated global transport and health assessment tool The use of transportation is one of the major determinants of health that exists as it affects physical activity, contributes to environmental pollution and generates traffic accidents. However, most information on the impact of transport on health comes from developed…