Screening with Anal Cytology in Colombia: Initial Experience and Need for High-Resolution Anoscopy.

Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at increased risk of anal cancer. Anal cytology can be used to screen for dysplasia, with high-resolution anoscopy (HRA) required for diagnostic confirmation. We describe the impact lack of HRA had on management of abnormal screening results in Bogotá, Colombia.

Detection of potential risks in the prescription of tricyclic antidepressants through an online clinical alert system.

Objective: To analyse the use, indications and potential risks of tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), using a technological system of clinical alerts at the time of prescription.

Methods: Observational, descriptive, retrospective study on a population covered by a Colombian health insurance plan with an average of 2,333,582 members/month. The information was generated in the PBM (Pharmacy Benefit Management) MC21 Colombia technological platform.

Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in a developing country: the Dominican Republic experience.

Transmission of HIV in the Dominican Republic occurs primarily through heterosexual contact. As part of a continuing strategy to prevent and contain the spread of HIV infection, the Ministry of Health of the Dominican Republic established an integrated package of interventions to reduce HIV mother-to-child transmission that was initiated on May 15, 2000. The program was designed to be implemented in 3 phases.