Syndemic Nature of COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: The Challenge Ahead

doi:10.1016/j.arcmed.2022.06.003

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. 2022 Jul;53(5):535-538.

doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2022.06.003. Epub 2022 Jul 8.

Syndemic Nature of COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: The Challenge Ahead

Ricardo Perez-Cuevas¹, Svetlana V Doubova²

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¹ Division of Social Protection and Health, Interamerican Development Bank, Jamaica Country Office, Jamaica. Electronic address: rperez@iadb.org.
² Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología y Servicios de Salud, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México.

PMID: 35817648
PMCID: PMC9264275
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2022.06.003

Editorial

Syndemic Nature of COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: The Challenge Ahead

Ricardo Perez-Cuevas et al. Arch Med Res. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;53(5):535-538.

doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2022.06.003. Epub 2022 Jul 8.

Authors

Ricardo Perez-Cuevas¹, Svetlana V Doubova²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Social Protection and Health, Interamerican Development Bank, Jamaica Country Office, Jamaica. Electronic address: rperez@iadb.org.
² Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología y Servicios de Salud, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México.

PMID: 35817648
PMCID: PMC9264275
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2022.06.003

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[1] Merrill S. A dose of drug, a touch of violence. A case of AIDS: Conceptualizing the SAVA syndemic. Free Inq Creat Sociol. 1996;24:99–110. https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/FICS/article/view/1346

[2] Merrill S. A dose of drug, a touch of violence. A case of AIDS: Conceptualizing the SAVA syndemic. Free Inq Creat Sociol. 1996;24:99–110. https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/FICS/article/view/1346

[3] Merrill SM, Clair S. Syndemics and public health: reconceptualizing disease in bio-social context. Med Anthropol Q. 2003;17:423–442. - PubMed

[4] Merrill SM, Clair S. Syndemics and public health: reconceptualizing disease in bio-social context. Med Anthropol Q. 2003;17:423–442. - PubMed

[5] Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . AIHW; Camberra, Australia: 2008. Indicators for Chronic Diseases and Their Determinants, 2008, Cat. no. PHE 75.https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/300b36ce-3807-41e2-80f3-7362ad837f90/if... (Accessed March 15, 2022)

[6] Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . AIHW; Camberra, Australia: 2008. Indicators for Chronic Diseases and Their Determinants, 2008, Cat. no. PHE 75.https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/300b36ce-3807-41e2-80f3-7362ad837f90/if... (Accessed March 15, 2022)

[7] Pan American Health Organization . Noncommunicable diseases in the Region of the Americas: facts and figures. PAHO; 2019. https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/51483

[8] Pan American Health Organization . Noncommunicable diseases in the Region of the Americas: facts and figures. PAHO; 2019. https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/51483

[9] Bychkovsky B, Ferreyra M, Strasser-Weippl K, et al. Cervical cancer control in Latin America: A call to action. Cancer. 2016;22:502–514. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29813. - DOI - PubMed

[10] Bychkovsky B, Ferreyra M, Strasser-Weippl K, et al. Cervical cancer control in Latin America: A call to action. Cancer. 2016;22:502–514. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29813. - DOI - PubMed

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