J. Jaime Miranda

TL;DR: The prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes is alarmingly high among urban and periurban populations in Latin America, South Asia, and South Africa and the propensity for South Asians to develop diabetes andPre-di diabetes at a younger age and lower body mass index compared with individuals from other low and middle income countries is alarming.

TL;DR: The SALURBAL project as mentioned in this paper analyzed variability and predictors of life expectancy and proportionate mortality in 363 cities across nine Latin American countries and found that higher levels of education, water access and sanitation and less overcrowding were associated with longer life expectancy, a relatively lower proportion of communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional deaths and a higher proportion of deaths from cancer, cardiovascular disease and other non-communicable diseases.

TL;DR: The importance of developing and validating a package of simple, preventative SMS text messages, grounded in evidence and theory, across three different Latin American countries with active engagement of end users is highlighted.

TL;DR: Policy simulations showed that the most effective attraction package to uptake a rural job included a 75% increase in salary plus scholarship for a specialization, which would increase the proportion of health workers taking a ruralJob from 36% up to 60%.

TL;DR: In the absence of structured institutional responses, family members are responsible of providing care for stroke survivors, a task escorted by major emotional, financial, and social strains, which could be prevented or curtailed if caregivers were to be targeted by interventions providing psychological and financial support, together with basic training on post-stroke care.