Luis Gabriel Cuervo

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) | PAHO · Health Systems and Services

Introduction: Policymakers, practitioners and the public all have a role in health emergency and disaster risk management (Health EDRM). They need to access, understand and use evidence from research to take actions to reduce health risks and harm. They need the best available evidence to maximize their ability to save lives and reduce suffering. E...

Objective: To evaluate the support from the available guidance on reporting of health equity in research for our candidate items and to identify additional items for the STROBE (Strengthening Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology)-Equity extension. Study design and setting: We conducted a scoping review by searching Embase, MEDLINE,...

FRAGMENTO. El tema de mi presentación se refiere al desarrollo de la Política de Investigación para la salud, considerando que me correspondió organizar el desarrollo de una política de investigación para la salud hemisférica, aprobada por los Estados representados en la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, que son los países americanos y algunos...

Background Addressing persistent and pervasive health inequities is a global moral imperative, which has been highlighted and magnified by the societal and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Observational studies can aid our understanding of the impact of health and structural oppression based on the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity, a...

This protocol proposes an approach to assessing the place of residence as a spatial determinant of health in cities where traffic congestion might impact health services accessibility. The study provides dynamic travel times presenting data in ways that help shape decisions and spur action by diverse stakeholders and sectors. Equity assessments in...

Accesibilidad a los servicios de salud con una perspectiva de equidad: Evaluaciones dinámicas con datos públicamente disponibles.

We share progress made with a new approach to assessing equity in accessibility to health services and using travel times as a metric for accessibility to health services. Oral presentation in Hybrid format. Comprehensive primary care in promoting sustainability - Assuring access to health care for all

Martínez-Herrera E, Cuervo LG, Villamizar CJ, Cuervo D, Jaramillo C, on behalf of the AMORE Project Collaboration. *Equitable accessibility to health services using timely measurement.* International Society for Urban Health. 18th International Conference on Urban Health: Growing Our Global Community. Driving Action. Ensuring Equity. Poster present...

Cuervo-Amore LG, Blas MM. Innovaciones sociales para mejorar la salud. biomedica [Internet]. 2 de septiembre de 2022 [citado 15 de septiembre de 2022];42(3):422-8. Disponible en: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/6725 doi:10.7705/biomedica.6725 Editorial Innovaciones sociales para mejorar la salud Las innovaciones socia...

Simple metrics and timely measurements to advance equitable accessibility to health services, presented by Luis Gabriel Cuervo on behalf of the AMORE Collaborative Project at the Online International Seminar "Citizens on the Move: Accessibility and Mobility in the Global South", organized by the Latin American Chapter of the International Network f...

Objectives To test a new approach to characterise accessibility to tertiary care emergency health services in urban Cali and assess the links between accessibility and sociodemographic factors relevant to health equity. Design The impact of traffic congestion on accessibility to tertiary care emergency departments was studied with an equity perspe...

This protocol proposes an approach to assessing the place of residence as a spatial determinant of health in cities where traffic congestion might impact health services accessibility. The study will explore the use of dynamic travel times, instead of travelled distance, to inform urban and health services planning and evaluation. It aims to presen...

Cuervo LG, Martínez-Herrera E, Cuervo D, Jaramillo C. Improving equity using dynamic geographic accessibility data for urban health services planning. Gac Sanit. (ePub ahead of print) 11 June 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2022.05.001 https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0213-9111(22)00110-8 This editorial examines the emergence of stu...

van Niekerk L, Echavarria MI, Alger J, et alBuilding the social innovation for health ecosystem in Latin America: experiences and learning from SIHI-LACBMJ Innovations Published Online First: 08 June 2022. doi: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2021-000898

Tucker JD, Manderson L, Amazigo U, et alSocial innovation in health: concepts and practice BMJ Innovations Published Online First: 08 June 2022. doi: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2022-000982 Editorial opening BMJ Innovations special supplement on social innovation in health.

Background: The mitigation of unfair and avoidable differences in health is an increasing global priority. Observational studies including cohort, cross-sectional and case-control studies tend to report social determinants of health which could inform evidence syntheses on health equity and social justice. However, the extent of reporting and analy...

This study provides data on equity in accessibility to tertiary care emergency services in Cali, accounting for traffic congestion, in two separate weeks in 2020. This cross-sectional study builds on a proof-of-concept, the AMORE Project ⁽¹⁾ and provides a baseline assessment of accessibility to urgent tertiary care at peak and free flow traffic ti...

Objectives: To obtain dynamic spatial-temporal accessibility measurements of travel times by car to haemodialysis services and assess potential benefits of adding new services. Design: Cross-sectional analyses of dynamic spatial-temporal accessibility, accounting for traffic congestion. A web-based platform integrating public census and health ser...

Addressing accessibility to health services requires intersectoral multi-stakeholder action. There is not a lot of knowledge about the effects of traffic congestion on accessibility. The availability of new data allows putting forward simple metrics that all stakeholders can manage. This proof-of-concept reveals accessibility using a platform with...

Resaltar los riesgos y costos asociados a tener accesibilidad reducida a los servicios de salud, y las implicaciones que esto tiene en la equidad en salud. El infográfico sintetiza desarrollos del Proyecto AMORE

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003788 Background Social innovations in health are inclusive solutions to address the healthcare delivery gap that meet the needs of end users through a multi-stakeholder, community-engaged process. While social innovations in health have shown promise in closing the healthcar...

Highlighting the risks and costs associated with reduced accessibility to health services, and health equity implications. The infographic summarizes aspects of the AMORE Project with the travel times of the first week of July, 2020

Karunananthan S, Cuervo LG, Welch VA and Tugwell P. When is systematic review replication useful, and when is it wasteful? Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2021;45:e11. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2021.11

El propósito de esta guía es presentar orientaciones para mejorar la aplicación de medidas de salud pública no farmacológicas durante la respuesta a la COVID-19, así como la adherencia a dichas medidas por parte de los grupos de población en situación de vulnerabilidad. Para ello, es necesario identificar los principales obstáculos a la aplicación...

Patiño Grajales, Pablo Javier, Alejandro R. Jadad, Álvaro Adolfo Faccini Martínez, Álvaro Acosta Peñaloza, Álvaro Quintero Posada, Andrea Carolina Reyes Rojas, Ariel Iván Ruiz Parra, et al. Propuestas y desafíos para la salud y la vida: una visión desde la Misión. Vol. 6. Misión Internacional de Sabios 2019. Medellín, Colombia: Universidad de Antio...

Universal health coverage is a public health priority in the Americas. Social innovation in health offers novel solutions to unmet needs, by enabling health care delivery to be more inclusive, affordable, and effective. In 2017, an international collaborative consortium launched an open call for solutions that sought to identify social innovations...

Halpaap BM, Tucker JD, Mathanga D. et al. Social innovation in global health: sparking location action. The Lancet Global Health. May 2020 vol 8(5): e633-e634. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30070-X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X2030070X

Background: The randomized controlled trial (RCT) is considered the gold standard study design to inform decisions about the effectiveness of interventions. However, a common limitation is inadequate reporting of the applicability of the intervention and trial results for people who are "socially disadvantaged" and this can affect policy-makers' d...

Mujica O Cuervo L Aymerich J González D Silva J. On the true meaning of leaving no one behind. The Lancet Global Health. 2019 vol: 7 (9) pp: e1176. Access at www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(19)30257-8/fulltext#

Gómez L, Jaramillo A, Halpaap B, Launois P, Cuervo LG, Saravia NG (2019) Building research capacity through “Planning for Success”. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(8): e0007426. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007426 Download from http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007426

Jull J, Graham ID, Kristjansson E AND Members of the CONSORT-Equity 2017 and Boston Equity Symposium, et al. Taking an integrated knowledge translation approach in research to develop the CONSORT-Equity 2017 reporting guideline: an observational study BMJ Open 2019;9:e026866. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026866. Accessed 30 Sep 2019 at https://bmjopen...

The improvement of health in the twenty-first century is inextricably linked to research for health. In response to growing international appeal to address regional health needs, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and its Member States approved the Policy on Research for Health (CD49/10) in 2009. This document represents the flagship regio...

Janet Jull, Mark Petticrew, Elizabeth Kristjansson, Manosila Yoganathan , Jennifer Petkovic, Peter Tugwell, Vivian Welch and the CONSORT-Equity 2017 and Boston Equity Symposium participants. Engaging knowledge users in development of the CONSORT-Equity 2017 reporting guideline: a qualitative study using in-depth interviews. Research Involvement and...

Salicrup LA, Cuervo LG, Cano Jiménez R, Salgado de Snyder N, Becerra-Posada F. Advancing health research through research governance. BMJ 2018; 362 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2484 (Published 16 July 2018). Cite this as: BMJ 2018;362:k2484. https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k2484 High quality research—and the evidence that it yields—is es...

Cite as: Zicker F, Cuervo LG, Salicrup LA. Promoting high quality research into priority health needs in Latin America and Caribbean. July 2018. BMJ Clinical Research 362:k2492. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k2492. https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k2492

Evolution of health research to reshape national health agendas Cite as: Etienne D, Abbasi K, Cuervo LG. Research for health in the Americas. July 2018. BMJ Clinical Research 362:k2944. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k2944. https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k2944

Tulloch-Reid M, Gore Saravia N, Dennis RJ, Jaramillo A, Cuervo LG, Walker SP, Salicrup LA. Strengthening institutional capacity for equitable health research: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean. July 2018. BMJ Clinical Research 362:k2456. DOI:10.1136/bmj.k2456 Available at https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k2456

DOI: 10.1891/9780826155719.0018 https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-5571-9/part/part03/chapter/ch18 https://www.amazon.com/Intervention-Research-Evidence-Based-Quality-Improvement/dp/0826155537/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1543500811&sr=8-2&keywords=Intervention+Research+and+Evidence-Based+Quality+Improvement%2C+Second+Edition http...

Here is a link to the chapter in Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Intervention-Research-Evidence-Based-Quality-Improvement/dp/0826155537/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1543500811&sr=8-2&keywords=Intervention+Research+and+Evidence-Based+Quality+Improvement%2C+Second+Edition

https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-5571-9/part/part03/chapter/ch18 DOI: 10.1891/9780826155719.0018 Link to the chapter in Amazon http://connect.springerpub.com/binary/sgrworks/f6117c54d229cdc8/c47812805ade1b8b881fee056d4bf43fcc0dd506188fa6a1252b9617426c874b/9780826155719_0018.pdf

"High quality research—and the evidence that it yields—is essential for improving global health and health equity, as well as economic development. In 2009, member states of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) approved a regional policy on research for health in the Americas, the first such WHO regional policy. It was developed to harmonise...

This report contributes towards the monitoring and evaluation of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Policy on Research for Health (CD49/10), specifically, how it has been used by Member States and how it has influenced their policies, strategies, research, and relevant stakeholders. This cross-sectional study...

Background: Health systems guidance (HSG) provides recommendations to address health systems challenges. No tools exist to inform HSG developers and users about the components of high quality HSG and to differentiate between HSG of varying quality. In response, we developed a tool to assist with the development, reporting and appraisal of HSG - th...

Establishing Principles of Stakeholder Engagement in Global Health Implementation Science and Research. https://www.heardproject.org/resources/establishing-principles-of-stakeholder-engagement-in-global-health-implementation-science-and-research/

Despite its low incidence, pediatric cancer makes up a significant portion of childhood illnesses. Yet information on pediatric cancer in Latin America is scarce. Since the early 2000s the World Health Organization (WHO) has been highlighting the role of cancer registries in cancer surveillance and control. This article describes the main aspects o...

Si elimináramos todo lo que hemos aprendido con la investigación para la salud, muy probablemente perderíamos una buena parte de las ganancias en salud que hacen que la esperanza de vida en Latinoamérica y el Caribe se acerque a los 78,5 años, y esta estaría más próxima posiblemente a los 29 años que se tenían a inicios del siglo xx1. El Canal de P...

Pan American Health Organization. Sixth University Internationalization Seminar: New Frontiers for Inter-American Cooperation. (Washington, D.C., 26 February – 2 March 2018). Washington, D.C.: PAHO; 2018. Available at http://iris.paho.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/49150 This seminar was the sixth of its kind in promoting the internationalization of...

El Programa de Becas de OEA-OPS brinda oportunidades para realizar estudios de postgrado (i.e. doctorado, maestría o especialidad) en universidades de Brasil y México, mediante convenios con el Grupo Coimbra de Universidad Brasileras (GCUB), el Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de México (CONACYT) y la Agencia Mexicana de Cooperación Interna...

Pang T, Fathalla M, Whitworth J, Cuervo LG. Time for WHO to renew its commitment to health research. The Lancet. 16 Dec 2017. 390(10113): 2623-2624. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33111-2

Welch V, Norheim OF, Jull J, Cookson R, Sommerfelt H, Tugwell P, CONSORT-Equity and Boston Equity Symposium. CONSORT-Equity 2017 extension and elaboration for better reporting of health equity in randomised trials. BMJ 2017;359:j5085. Accessed http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5085

http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/9/e015815 Full text available in Open Access Background Randomised controlled trials can provide evidence relevant to assessing the equity impact of an intervention, but such information is often poorly reported. We describe a conceptual framework to identify health equity-relevant randomised trials with the aim of...

Cassano P, Peña-Rosas J, Stover P, Rayco-Solon P, Cuervo LG. The Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for global policy making. Abstracts of the Global Evidence Summit, Cape Town, South Africa. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, Issue 9 (Suppl 2). dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD201702 Poster summarizing the characteristics...

Cassano P, Peña-Rosas J, Stover P, Rayco-Solon P, Cuervo LG. The Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for global policy making. Abstracts of the Global Evidence Summit, Cape Town, South Africa. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, Issue 9 (Suppl 2). dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD201702 Poster summarizing the characteristics...

Available in Spanish: Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS/OMS). Comité Asesor de Investigaciones en Salud (CAIS). Examen de sus contribuciones a la salud y a la investigación para la salud en la Región de las Américas 2009-2015. Segunda edición, revisada. Washington D.C., OPS. 2017. Document OPS/KBR/17-006. Disponible en http://iris.paho.org...

Rodríguez-Feria P, Cuervo LG. Progress in trial registration in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2007–2013. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2017;41:e31. Accessed 27 Mar 2017 from http://iris.paho.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/33963 This descriptive study identifies trends in clinical trial registration in the World Health Organization International Clinica...

This descriptive study identifies trends in clinical trial registration in the World Health Organization International Clinical Trial Registry Platform (ICTRP) for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), from 2007–2013, and provides adjusted estimates for registration rates by population and publications (2007–2011). Trends and data are presented by...

Frankfurter C, Cuervo LG. E-Government as tool to advance health. Glob J Med Public Health. 2016;5 (6). ISSN 2277-9604. Accessed Feb 7 2017 from http://www.gjmedph.com/uploads/VP1-Vo5No6.pdf