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| Title |
Chagas disease: review of needs, neglect, and obstacles to treatment access in Latin America
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.1590/0037-8682-0433-2016 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eloan Pinheiro, Lucia Brum-Soares, Renata Reis, Juan-Carlos Cubides |
| Abstract |
After more than one century since its discovery, Chagas disease is still extremely prevalent in 21 Latin American countries. Chagas disease is one of the most concerning public health problems in Latin America; the overall cost of CD treatment is approximately 7 billion United States dollars per year and it has a strong social impact on populations. Little progress has been made regarding the access to diagnosis and treatment at the primary health care level, calling into question the current policies to ensure the right to health and access to essential medications. In this article, diverse dimensions of access to treatment for Chagas disease are reviewed, illustrating the present state of benznidazole medication in relation to global production capacity, costs, and needs. The findings are based on an investigation requested by Médecins Sans Frontières Brazil through a consultancy in 2015, aiming to estimate the current costs of benznidazole production. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 191 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 191 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 36 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 15% |
| Researcher | 19 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 19 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 35 | 18% |
| Unknown | 42 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 20 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 9% |
| Chemistry | 13 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 39 | 20% |
| Unknown | 54 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 October 2023.
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#7,357,897
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#141
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