Expansion of HIV and syphilis into the Peruvian Amazon: a survey of four communities of an indigenous Amazonian ethnic group

Bartlett, Ellika C.; Zavaleta, Carol; Fernández, Connie; Rázuri, Hugo; Vilcarromero, Stalin; Vermund, Sten H.; Gotuzzo, Eduardo

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2008.03.036

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“…Of the published studies on HIV among Latin American Indigenous populations, the only comparable study is that of Bartlett et al (2008) in Peru. They engaged 282 Indigenous people in four remote communities of the Peruvian Amazon and reported a prevalence of 0.7% (2 cases) and 3.2% (9 cases) for HIV and syphilis respectively.…”

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“…Yet in Latin America, home to almost 50 million Indigenous people, much less is known about HIV within this population, even though "some authors believe HIV will have the same effect on Indigenous peoples as the original epidemics brought by the conquistadores" (Montenegro & Stephens, 2006, p. 1864. Indeed, the emergence of HIV within Indigenous populations in Brazil (Wiik, 2001), Mexico (Hernández-Rosete, Maya, Bernal, Castañeda, & Lemp, 2008), and Peru (Bartlett et al, 2008) supports this prediction. In a study of risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, Orellana, Alva, Cárcamo, and García (2013) highlight a number of structural factors.…”

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Prevalence, risk behaviours, and HIV knowledge in an Indigenous community in Colombia

Rojas¹,

Castro²,

Rúa³

et al. 2015

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There are 87 Indigenous ethnic groups in Colombia, representing 3.4% of the country's population. Poverty, forced displacement, and social and health inequities place Indigenous communities at increased risk of HIV/AIDS. However, little is known about the prevalence of HIV in this population. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in an Indigenous community in Colombia, and to assess community members' knowledge about the disease and its risk factors. The study, conducted in 2010, was initiated at the request of the leadership of the community of Cristianía and involved community members in all stages of the project. HIV prevalence data were gathered through rapid testing of a random sample of 295 community members between the ages of 15 and 49 years. As well, researchers administered a survey related to sexual behaviours and knowledge about HIV. Findings revealed 3 cases of HIV, a prevalence of 1.02%, 95% CI [0.21, 2.94]. The 3 cases were women. The majority of individuals sampled had heard of HIV or AIDS, but their level of knowledge about the mechanisms of virus transmission varied substantially. The results of this study, the first to explore the prevalence of HIV among Indigenous people within a community in Colombia, suggest a need to investigate HIV prevalence within other Indigenous communities in Colombia.

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Prevalence, risk behaviours, and HIV knowledge in an Indigenous community in Colombia

Rojas¹,

Castro²,

Rúa³

et al. 2015

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“…Virus Dengue/formas graves de dengue* Oropouche (19)(20)(21) Rabia* Mayaro (16,17) Bacterias Encefalitis equina venezolana (20) Úlcera de Buruli Hantavirus (24,25) Lepra (enfermedad de Hansen)* Fiebre amarilla (26,27) Tracoma HTLV-I (28,29) Pian Hepatitis Ddelta (asociada a HBV) (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30) Protozoos Bacterias Enfermedad de Chagas* Enfermedad de Carrión (25,26,44) Tripanosomiasis africana humana (enfermedad del sueño) Peste (27,28,29) Leishmaniosis* Leptospirosis (31,32) Helmintos Brucelosis (38,39) Cisticercosis/teniasis* Hongos Dracunculiasis (enfermedad del gusano de Guinea) Esporotricosis (40,41) Equinococosis* Paracoccidiodomicosis (42) Trematodiasis transmitidas por los alimentos Otros Filariasis linfática* Ofidismo y loxocelismo …”

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“…Sin embargo, también debemos hacer notar que, como resultado de la influencia de las costumbres occidentales, están generándose nuevos problemas como la infección por VIH (12) o la aparición de enfermedades crónicas, cuando aún no se han superado las enfermedades infecciosas (13) .…”

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Enfermedades infecciosas desatendidas: un permanente reto para la salud pública y la equidad en el Perú

Cabezas-Sánchez¹

2014

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica

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SimposioCitar como: Cabezas-Sánchez C. Enfermedades infecciosas desatendidas: un permanente reto para la salud pública y la equidad en el Perú. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. 2014;31(2):326-35. RESUMENLas enfermedades infecciosas desatendidas (EID) afectan a más de mil millones de personas en el mundo, y están asociadas con la pobreza, el aislamiento geográfico de las poblaciones, la estigmatización social, la escasez de datos sobre estimaciones de la carga de enfermedad local y mundial (subregistro de la enfermedad), insuficientes recursos políticos y financieros para su control, falta de grupos de presión de parte de la población más vulnerable, escasos fármacos y métodos de diagnóstico. En este artículo se describe la relación entre las EID la pobreza e inequidad, se propone un nuevo concepto de enfermedad en el trópico, la ampliación de la lista de enfermedades en el contexto del Perú que comparten las características de las EID, la escasa disponibilidad de medicamentos y pruebas de diagnóstico para enfrentar adecuadamente estas enfermedades, los aportes que viene haciendo el Instituto Nacional de Salud del Ministerio de Salud del Perú en este contexto, y como consideraciones finales se menciona que la solución para la prevención y control de las EID debe ser integral, con un abordaje desde las determinantes sociales de la salud y en el contexto de la lucha contra la pobreza y la inequidad. Palabras clave: Enfermedades infecciosas; Enfermedades tropicales desatendidas; Políticas públicas de salud (fuente: DeCS BIREME). ABSTRACTNeglected Infectious Diseases (NID) affect more than one billion people worldwide, and are associated with poverty, geographic isolation of populations, social stigma, lack of precise data on estimates on both the global and local burden of disease (underreporting of the diseases), inadequate financial and political resources to effective control measures, lack of lobbying on behalf of the most vulnerable population, as well as scarce drug and diagnostic methods development. In this article we describe the relationship between NID, poverty and inequality, we propose a new concept of disease in the tropics, expanding the list of diseases that share characteristics with NID in the Peruvian context, discuss the limited availability of drugs and diagnostic tests to properly deal with these diseases, as well as highlight the contributions by the Peruvian National Institute of Health, and as final thoughts, we state that the solution for the prevention and control of NID must include an integrated approach, including the social determinants of health in the context of the fight against poverty and inequality. Key words: Infectious diseases; Neglected tropical diseases; Health public policy (source: MeSH NLM). ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS DESATENDIDAS ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS DESATENDIDAS SU RELACIÓN CON LA POBREZA E INEQUIDAD Y LAS ÁREAS TRÓPICALESLas enfermedades infecciosas desatendidas (EID) son un grupo de enfermedades infecciosas que afectan a más de mil millones de personas en el mundo, ...

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“…(4) Otras grupos étnicos como poblaciones indígenas Amazónicos del Perú presentan alta vulnerabilidad con prevalencia de sí lis del 3.2% y de VIH del 0.7%. (5). Asimismo, la extensión de la epidemia en la población joven es un tema preocupante.…”

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State of the art of the Latin American HIV/Aids epidemic after 30 years theonset

Alonso

Montesdeoca

2010

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The authors make a careful review of available information on the HIV/aids epidemics in Latin America. 4 ey start from the characteristics of the epidemic in the región, which is restricted to certain groups of population, and they describe the situation among those groups, some of them de' ned by their behavior (MSM,IDU, commercial sex workers), or special situations (incarcerated men, migrants), reaching a more open population (women, youth). Descriptions are illustrated with results of seroprevalence studies. Also they report the decline in the condom use prevalence among CSW as they become older, but these prevalences are higher than the obtained among men who have comercial sex with other men (less than 50% have safe sex).

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Expansion of HIV and syphilis into the Peruvian Amazon: a survey of four communities of an indigenous Amazonian ethnic group

Cited by 32 publications

References 15 publications

Prevalence, risk behaviours, and HIV knowledge in an Indigenous community in Colombia

Prevalence, risk behaviours, and HIV knowledge in an Indigenous community in Colombia

Enfermedades infecciosas desatendidas: un permanente reto para la salud pública y la equidad en el Perú

State of the art of the Latin American HIV/Aids epidemic after 30 years theonset

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