{"title":"The Impact of the Alma-Ata Declaration on Global Pediatric Health Disparities: An Intersectional Perspective.","authors":"Nokwanda Thandeka Kota, Jean L Raphael","doi":"10.1007/s40475-024-00329-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-024-00329-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>The purpose of this review is to examine the impact of the Alma-Ata Declaration on global pediatric health disparities, highlighting the potential value of innovative research approaches such as intersectional quantitative studies in broadening our understanding of how the drivers of marginalization and social privilege intertwine to reinforce (or diminish each other) in the development of pediatric health disparity.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Despite the global reach of the Alma-Ata Declaration and decades of its implementation, pediatric health disparities persist, with poorer health outcomes and greater exposure to adverse social contexts borne by children living in low and middle income countries (LMICs).</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>This paper explores degree to which the Alma-Ata Declaration through its proxy pediatric policy, the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), has been able to reduce global pediatric health disparities and suggests the use of intersectional analytical approaches as a means of addressing shortfalls in effectiveness of pediatric health policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":37441,"journal":{"name":"Current Tropical Medicine Reports","volume":"11 4","pages":"208-215"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11981595/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144051811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dillon T Wademan, Jean Hunleth, Musonda Simwinga, Tahiya Mahbub, Sarah Bernays, Graeme Hoddinott, Amrita Daftary
{"title":"Including the voice of children <15-years-old in paediatric global health research.","authors":"Dillon T Wademan, Jean Hunleth, Musonda Simwinga, Tahiya Mahbub, Sarah Bernays, Graeme Hoddinott, Amrita Daftary","doi":"10.1007/s40475-024-00323-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40475-024-00323-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Despite evidence of the benefits of including children's voices in global health research, they continue to be underrepresented. Implementation of how to include children's voices appears to remain an obstacle to their inclusion in global health research. In this manuscript, we present an epistemological frame that advocates children as experts of their own experiences and knowledge-bearers. Then we provide four case studies, to illustrate ongoing efforts to build equity in the design and execution of paediatric health research.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Ensuring children's equitable inclusion requires recognizing them as active participants in their health and wellbeing, and empowering them to employ their agency in all interactions with researchers, while recognizing the dialogical nature of those interactions. Successfully involving children in global health research can lead to important psychosocial and clinical insights, that could be leveraged to inform future treatment and care practices.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>We present four case studies describing the inclusion of children in research and research development related to prevention, treatment and/or care of chronic and acute diseases (tuberculosis, HIV, cervical and other forms of cancer) in a number of global settings including India, Philippines, South Africa, United States, Zambia. The exemplars detail novel applications of a diversity of arts-based methods that are rooted in frameworks for participatory action research. They highlight the need to invest funds, training, time and resources for early and sustained engagement with children throughout the research process. We conclude by offering principles for equitably engaging children in global health research.</p>","PeriodicalId":37441,"journal":{"name":"Current Tropical Medicine Reports","volume":"11 3","pages":"126-134"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11433855/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142355847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sasipha Hokeness, Faye Lanni, Jessica Glycenfer, A. Obregón-Henao, M. Henao-Tamayo
{"title":"Tuberculous Meningitis: an Update on the Pathogenesis and Neuroimmunology","authors":"Sasipha Hokeness, Faye Lanni, Jessica Glycenfer, A. Obregón-Henao, M. Henao-Tamayo","doi":"10.1007/s40475-023-00310-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-023-00310-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37441,"journal":{"name":"Current Tropical Medicine Reports","volume":"60 7","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139384548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica V. Mendoza, L. Harburguer, Paula V. Gonzalez
{"title":"Aliphatic Lactones of Natural Origin: Their Toxicological and Behavioral Effects as a Possible Control Strategy for Medical Importance Mosquitoes","authors":"Jessica V. Mendoza, L. Harburguer, Paula V. Gonzalez","doi":"10.1007/s40475-023-00311-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-023-00311-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37441,"journal":{"name":"Current Tropical Medicine Reports","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139003662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Ramiro Silva-Ramos, Julián A. Mejorano-Fonseca, Marylin Hidalgo, A. J. Rodriguez-Morales, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez
{"title":"Clinical, Epidemiological, and Laboratory Features of Mayaro Virus Infection: a Systematic Review","authors":"Carlos Ramiro Silva-Ramos, Julián A. Mejorano-Fonseca, Marylin Hidalgo, A. J. Rodriguez-Morales, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez","doi":"10.1007/s40475-023-00308-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-023-00308-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37441,"journal":{"name":"Current Tropical Medicine Reports","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139230977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian Olivo-Freites, Hendrik Sy, Jorge Cardenas-Alvarez, Franklyn Vega-Batista, A. Henao-Martínez
{"title":"Trypanosoma cruzi Central Nervous System Infection—Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Treatment","authors":"Christian Olivo-Freites, Hendrik Sy, Jorge Cardenas-Alvarez, Franklyn Vega-Batista, A. Henao-Martínez","doi":"10.1007/s40475-023-00300-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-023-00300-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37441,"journal":{"name":"Current Tropical Medicine Reports","volume":"180 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139246029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Snakebites in the Americas: a Neglected Problem in Public Health","authors":"Eduardo A Fernández C, Peter Youssef","doi":"10.1007/s40475-023-00309-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-023-00309-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37441,"journal":{"name":"Current Tropical Medicine Reports","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139252737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael D Lum, Olga Syritsyna, Eric Spitzer, Luis A. Marcos
{"title":"Neurologic Manifestations of Tick-Borne Diseases Transmitted by Deer Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in the USA","authors":"Michael D Lum, Olga Syritsyna, Eric Spitzer, Luis A. Marcos","doi":"10.1007/s40475-023-00302-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-023-00302-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37441,"journal":{"name":"Current Tropical Medicine Reports","volume":"35 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139264525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Héctor Rivera-Villegas, María Fernanda Vargas-Morales, Juan Sierra-Madero
{"title":"CNS Infections in Patients Living with HIV/AIDS","authors":"Héctor Rivera-Villegas, María Fernanda Vargas-Morales, Juan Sierra-Madero","doi":"10.1007/s40475-023-00301-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-023-00301-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37441,"journal":{"name":"Current Tropical Medicine Reports","volume":"52 14","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135043131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}