Edilberto González Ochoa, MD, PhD Epidemiologist. Dr González directs the Research and Surveillance Group on Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Acute Respiratory Infections of the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine, and is a consulting professor at the Higher Institute of Medical Sciences of Havana where he chairs the master’s degree program in epidemiology. He is internationally […]
The following selection—alphabetical by title—reflects Cuban medical publishing in international journals over the last quarter on an array of topics. A myocarditis outbreak with fatal cases associated with adenovirus subgenera C among children from Havana City in 2005. Savón C, Acosta B, Valdés O, Goyenechea A, González G, Piñón A, et al. J Clin Virol. 2008 […]
Charles Boelen, MD, MPH, MSc Specialist in public health, epidemiology, health systems management, and health sciences education. International consultant on health systems and personnel. Dr Boelen coordinated the WHO Human Resources for Health Program from 1988 to 2001. He has worked to develop projects combining human resources capacity building with health service delivery in collaboration […]
TEACHING FOR HEALTH EQUITY: CHANGING PARADIGMS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION Table of Contents EDITORIAL The Doctors Are In PDF POLICY & PRACTICE Cuban Medical Education: Aiming for the Six-Star Doctor Ileana del Rosario Morales Suárez, MD, MS, et al. PDF INTERVIEW A Roundtable of Innovative Leaders in Medical Education André Jacques Neusy, MD, DTM&H and […]
| The following selection—alphabetical by title—reflects Cuban medical publishing in international journals over the last quarter on an array of topics.
Association of atopy, asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis and intestinal helminth infections in Cuban children. Behavioral and antiepileptic effects of acute administration of the extract of the plant Cestrum nocturnum Lin (lady of the night). Could clinical audit improve the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Cuba, Peru and Bolivia? Intracluster correlation coefficients from the 2005 WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health: implications for implementation research. Promoting health in response to global tourism expansion in Cuba. National Prevalence of Nosocomial Infections. Cuba 2004. Obesity reduction and its possible consequences: what can we learn from Cuba’s Special Period? (Commentary) Predicting functional residues in Plasmodium falciparum plasmepsins by combining sequence and structural analysis with molecular dynamics simulations. Valiente PA, Batista PR, Pupo A, Pons T, Valencia A, Pascutti PG. Proteins. 2008 Apr 28. Risk factors associated with uncontrolled hypertension: findings from the baseline CARMEN survey in Cienfuegos, Cuba. |
Leticia Artiles Visbal, PhD, MS Anthropologist, with a doctorate in health sciences. Dr Artiles is a full professor at the Higher Institute in Medical Sciences of Havana, where she teaches research methodology. She is recognized internationally for her work in gender and sexual health, and her current research focuses on middle-aged women and social determinants […]
The following selection—alphabetical by title—reflects Cuban medical publishing in international journals over the last quarter on an array of topics.
Antigliadin antibodies in Cuban patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2.
Almaguer-Mederos LE, Almira YR, G�ngora EM, Gotay DA, Zaldivar YG, Pupo RE et al.J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008;79:315-317.
Biodistribution and internal dosimetry of the 188Re-labelled humanized monoclonal antibody anti-epidermal growth factor receptor, nimotuzumab, in the locoregional treatment of malignant gliomas.
Torres LA, Coca MA, Batista JF, Casaco A, Lopez G, Garcia I, et al. Nucl Med Commun. 2008 Jan;29(1):66-75.
Classical swine fever virus E2 glycoprotein antigen produced in adenovirally transduced PK-15 cells confers complete protection in pigs upon viral challenge.
S�nchez O, Barrera M, Rodr�guez MP, Fr�as MT, Figueroa NE, Naranjo P, et al. Vaccine. 2008 Feb 13;26(7):988-997
Connecting immunology research to public health: Cuban biotechnology.
Lage A. Nat Immunol. 2008 Feb;9(2):109-12.
Impact of energy intake, physical activity, and population-wide weight loss on cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality in Cuba, 1980-2005.
Franco M, Orduñez P, Caballero B, Tapia Granados JA, Lazo M, Bernal JL, et al. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Dec 15;166(12):1374-80.
Intralesional injections of Citoprot-P® (recombinant human epidermal growth factor) in advanced diabetic foot ulcers with risk of amputation.
Fern�ndez-Montequ�n JI, Infante-Cristi� E, Valenzuela-Silva C, Franco-P�rez N, Savigne-Gutierrez W, Artaza-Sanz H, et al. Int Wound J. 2007 Dec;4(4):333-343(11)
Lack of in vivo embryotoxic and genotoxic activities of orally administered stem bark aqueous extract of Mangifera indica L. (Vimang).
Gonz�lez JE, Rodr�guez MD, Rodeiro I, Morffi J, Guerra E, Leal F, et al. Food Chem Toxicol. 2007 Dec;45(12):2526-32.
Lipoprotein NMB0928 from Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B as a novel vaccinecandidate.
Delgado M, Yero D, Niebla O, Gonz�lez S, Climent Y, P�rez Y, et al.Vaccine. 2007 Dec 5;25(50):8420-8431.
Opposite effects of shell or core stimulation of the nucleus accumbens on long-term potentiation in dentate gyrus of anesthetized rats.
L�pez J, Almaguer W, P�rez H, Frey JU, Bergado JA. Neuroscience. 2008 Jan 24;151(2):572-578.
Uses of first line emergency services in Cuba.
De Vos P, Vanlerberghe V, Rodr�guez A, Garc�a R, Bonet M, Van der Stuyft P. Health Policy. 2008 Jan;85(1):94-104.
Nurys Bárbara Armas Rojas, MD Specialist in hygiene and epidemiology. Since 1999, Dr Armas is on the medical staff at the Preventive Cardiology Department of the Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery. She is assistant professor at the Higher Institute of Medical Sciences of Havana. Dr Armas’s research focuses on nosocomial infections, biosafety, morbidity and […]
THE CHALLENGE OF CHRONIC VASCULAR DISEASES Table of Contents EDITORIAL An Iceberg No More: Rising Waters of Chronic Vascular Disease The Editors PDF POLICY & PRACTICE Chronic Vascular Diseases in Cuba: Strategies for 2015 Gail Reed, MS PDF INTERVIEW Riding the Brainwaves of Cuban Science: Pedro Valdés Sosa, MD, PhD, Cuban Neuroscience Center, Havana […]
Ariel Delgado Ramos, MD, MS 1st Degree Specialist in Biostatistics and 2nd Degree Specialist in Medical Informatics. Dr Delgado is National Informatics Director and Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics at the National School of Public Health, Havana. He is a member of the Cuban Society of Public Health, the Cuban Society of Family Doctors, and […]
eHEALTH: CUBA FACES THE DIGITAL DIVIDE Table of Contents EDITORIAL Closing the “Know-Do” Gap: eHealth Strategies for the Global South PDF LETTERS TO THE EDITORS / PEER REVIEWERS Cuban Meningococcal BC Vaccine. PDF Peer Reviewers 2007 POLICY & PRACTICE Cuba’s National eHealth Strategy Ariel Delgado, MD, MS & Conner Gorry PDF INTERVIEW Jacinto Duverger […]
Miguel Almaguer López, MD 2nd Degree Specialist in Nephrology and Chief of Preventive Nephrology Services at Havana’s Institute of Nephrology. Dr Almaguer has received fellowships from the International Society of Nephrology and WHO-PAHO to study at Harvard Medical School and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine respectively. Almaguer is a past Vice President […]
