[Social inequalities related to road traffic mortality].

Objective: To synthesize the social inequalities related to mortality from traffic accidents reported in scientific publications.

Method: A scoping review following the PRISMA-ScR guide was carried out. Using the MesH vocabulary, we systematically searched for articles in English, Portuguese and Spanish published in the EBSCO, Scielo, Scopus, Ovid, and PubMed databases.

Institutional practices in maternal health according to social class. Bogotá, Colombia, 2018.

Objective: To understand institutional practices in healthcare as relates to women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period according to social class in Bogota.

Methods: Qualitative study based on the critical hermeneutics paradigm. Critical ethnographic method with theoretical sampling.

Swine welfare at slaughterhouses in Valle de Aburrá (Colombia).

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) makes recommendations related to the slaughter of animals for human consumption. Colombia has some regulations on animal welfare in slaughterhouses. This study assessed welfare of pigs in slaughterhouses in Valle de Aburrá, Colombia using measures from existing welfare protocols (Welfare Quality: Assessment protocol for pigs; Recommended Animal Handling Guidelines and Audit Guide for Cattle, Pig and Sheep).

[Canine brucellosiss: Seroprevalence and risk factors in pets from eleven neighbourhoods in Medellin, Colombia].

Objective: Determining Brucella canis prevalence in domestic dogs (pets) from 11 districts in Medellín. A survey of risk factors was also carried out.

Materials And Methods: Immunoassay was used for analysing 441 dog serum samples and several risk factors regarding their owners and some related to the immediate environment were established.