Globalization of a telepathology network with artificial intelligence applications in Colombia: The GLORIA program study protocol.

In Colombia, cancer is recognized as a high-cost pathology by the national government and the Colombian High-Cost Disease Fund. As of 2020, the situation is most critical for adult cancer patients, particularly those under public healthcare and residing in remote regions of the country. The highest lag time for a diagnosis was observed for cervical cancer (79.

Prevalence of ophthalmological manifestations in pediatric and adolescent populations with Down syndrome: a systematic review of the literature.

Background: Down syndrome (DS) is a chromosomal anomaly that is characterized by an extra chromosome 21. Ophthalmological manifestations have a high prevalence in patients with DS.

Purpose: To review the scientific evidence and estimate the prevalence of ophthalmological manifestations in the pediatric population with DS.

Contraceptive Counseling Strategies for Women Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The Role of Integrating Reproductive Health and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Services to Prevent Perinatal Transmission in Colombia.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of 2 contraceptive counseling strategies in Colombia for women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The first integrates (1) reproductive health and HIV services (integrated model [IM]), and the second (2) offers these services separately (non-IM).

Methods: Cost-effectiveness analysis from the third-party payer perspective (Colombian healthcare system).

Ocular toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent adults: current cost-effectiveness of four treatment regimens in Colombia.

Background: Ocular toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by . In South America, the clinical course of ocular toxoplasmosis is more severe than in Europe and North America because virulent strains of the parasite are present. Ocular toxoplasmosis is the leading cause of posterior uveitis and retinochoroiditis in Colombia, requiring timely and appropriate treatment.

Ocular adverse events from pharmacological treatment in patients with multiple sclerosis-A systematic review of the literature.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to review the scientific evidence and describe the ocular treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) related to pharmacological treatment in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Methods: A systematic review of literature was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis guidelines in the MEDLINE, LILACS, EMBASE, and COCHRANE databases. Articles were filtered based on title and abstract considering the selection criteria and subsequently filtered by full-text reading.

Prevalence of hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and euthyroidism in thyroid eye disease: a systematic review of the literature.

Background: Thyroid eye disease is an autoimmune disorder of the orbital retrobulbar tissue commonly associated with dysthyroid status. The most frequent condition is hyperthyroidism, although it is also present in hypothyroid and euthyroid patients. The prevalence of thyroid conditions in patients with thyroid eye disease had been previously evaluated; however, there is no consensus on a global prevalence.

Access to sexual and reproductive health services for women living with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean: systematic review of the literature.

Introduction: Systematic reviews show that women living with HIV (WLHIV) have high unmet sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs due to barriers to access sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS). In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as of 2016, there were nearly one million WLHIV, but the existing evidence of their SRH needs comes from a few individual studies. This systematic review provides an overview of these women's needs to help define new and/or adapt existing public health strategies to the local context.

[Meeting contraceptive needs of HIV-positive women: effect on elimination of vertical transmission of HIV].

Nearly 38% of unplanned pregnancies occur because of unmet contraceptive needs. In HIV-positive women, these figures triple, a phenomenon explained by social determinants such as poverty, access to health services, violence, and forced displacement, all of which are frequent elements in the lives of these women. Unplanned pregnancies represent a psychological burden related to women's fear of transmitting the infection to their children, orphanhood, and assuming risks during pregnancy, in addition to family and social consequences that are expressed in lack of prenatal care, neglect of their health, and an increased likelihood of vertical transmission.