Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Parents in the Use of Antibiotics: A Case Study in a Mexican Indigenous Community.

The rise and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become a global health problem. At the community level, bacterial resistance has been linked to antibiotic misuse practices. These practices are related to social factors such as education level, poverty, ethnicity, and use of traditional medicine.

Still ignored and still invisible: the situation of displaced people and people affected by disasters in the COVID-19 pandemic.

One year after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared around the world, this comment aims to reflect on the current state of vulnerability in which displaced people and people affected by disasters can still find themselves around the world. There is still no accurate data available to assess the magnitude of the phenomena, so these people are still invisible. This contribution aims to dialogue with the previous contributions in the field, as well as to provide up-to-date estimates of people affected by disasters worldwide in 2020, with the purpose of demonstrate the vulnerability of these people during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Disasters in Mexico, 1900-2016: Patterns of occurrence, population affected, and economic damagesDesastres no México de 1900 a 2016: padrão de ocorrência, população atingida e prejuízos econômicos].

Objective: Characterize the patterns in the occurrence of disasters, associated deaths, population affected, and economic damages in Mexico over the period 1900-2016.

Methods: In a descriptive study approach, information was gathered on the frequency of disasters, associated deaths, persons affected, and economic damages in Mexico over the period indicated, using the International Disaster Database (EM-DAT) of the Center for Disaster Epidemiology Research (CRED) of the School of Public Health, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.

Results: In Mexico, an increase was observed in the frequency of disasters starting in the 1990s.

Social vulnerability and its possible relation to the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

The health status of a population is the conjunction of many biological, political and social factors. The biological representations of diseases are attributed to factors, such as ischemic heart disease, that are attributed to unhealthy lifestyles when individuals have high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, or lack of physical activity, or to genetic factors while ignoring social factors such as poverty. This study observes how morbidity and mortality of the population could be affected by living conditions.

Antibiotic-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Increasing Success Remains a Challenge as a Nosocomial Pathogen.

Antibiotic-resistant infectious bacteria currently imply a high risk and therefore constitute a strong challenge when treating patients in hospital settings. Characterization of these species and of particular strains is a priority for the establishment of diagnostic tests and preventive procedures. The relevance of Acinetobacter baumannii as a problematic microorganism in inpatient facilities, particularly intensive care units, has increased over time.