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This paper describes the state of health in Argentina. As in other countries in the Latin American region, the public sector and the role of the state in Argentina are in the midst of structural transformation. Public policy has been formulated with the aim of improving economic efficiency in the long term, often at the cost of basic services, such as health, education and safety. Provision of health care services to a population characterized by high levels of poverty and unemployment, which is also rapidly growing and ageing, needs to be addressed when major policies are decided. Otherwise, a large group of inhabitants in Argentina will not be able to reach the universally proposed minimum levels of health by the year 2000.
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Atenção à Saúde/organização & administração , Nível de Saúde , Saúde Pública , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Argentina/epidemiologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Demografia , Feminino , Previsões , Humanos , Lactente , Mortalidade Infantil , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
In February 1992, an epidemic of cholera began in Argentina. The first known case appeared in an aborigine population living by the Pilcomayo river on the Bolivian border. By the end of that year, 551 cases and 15 deaths were reported to the health authorities. Epidemiological analysis helped identify the pattern of transmission of the disease in this region of South America. Polluted watercourses and little pools, formed after the rainy season, were identified as the single source of infection for subsequent cases. Then, the epidemic adopted a person-to-person pattern of transmission and was propagated over a long course with weekly occurrence. Anthropological, cultural, and other factors that contributed to the origin and spread of cholera in northern Argentina are described in this study.
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Cólera/transmissão , Surtos de Doenças , Indígenas Sul-Americanos , Adulto , Argentina/epidemiologia , Cólera/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , MasculinoAssuntos
Tétano/epidemiologia , Argentina , Clima , Feminino , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Gravidez , Estações do AnoRESUMO
Se consideran las tasas de incidencia del tetanos en relacion con las estaciones y el lugar de residencia de la poblacion en Argentina, y se analizan los egresos y defunciones por tetanos y la tasa de mortalidad por edad en los hospitales de la ciudad de Buenos Aires en el periodo de 1968-1973