3 results match your criteria: "Centro Universitario Regional de Occidente[Affiliation]"
Coffee farmers willingness to accept payments for ecosystem services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Honduras.
J Environ Manage
March 2025
Centro Universitario Regional de Occidente, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Honduras.
Coffee production in Central America provides a valuable yet volatile source of income for hundreds of thousands of small-scale farmers and employment for millions of workers. Expansion of coffee production into previously forested areas has caused the loss of a wide range of valuable ecosystem goods and services while contributing to global climate change and socioeconomic instability. Growth in carbon markets in agricultural settings and production of specialty coffees to meet consumer demands for products that support environmental and community outcomes suggests promise for favorable change.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStrengthening Fungal Infection Diagnosis and Treatment: An In-depth Analysis of Capabilities in Honduras.
Open Forum Infect Dis
October 2024
Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Article Synopsis
- * A study conducted from March to December 2023 in Honduras assessed the capabilities for diagnosing and treating IFIs, revealing a lack of consistent use of available diagnostic methods and inadequate antifungal options in health care facilities.
- * The findings indicated that while basic antifungal medications like fluconazole are available, more potent options are scarce, and advanced diagnostic techniques for fungal infections are largely absent, creating major barriers to effective IFI management.
[Survival of Gastric Cancer in Western Honduras Pilot study: 2002-2012].
Rev Med Hondur
January 2017
Departamento Medicina Interna, Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital de Occidente, Santa Rosa, Copán, Honduras.
Background: Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death globally. In Honduras the incidence in the last decade was 39 and 21 per 100,000 inhabitants for men and women, respectively. In 2008 IARC (GLOBOCAN) placed Honduras as the country with the highest incidence of gastric cancer in Latin America.
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