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“In Latin America, health resources are being wasted and the Da Vinci surgical robot is an example of this,” said Spanish Laura Sampietro-Colom, president of the Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), an integrated scientific society, during her visit to Argentina. by 59 countries that met for the first time in Latin America.

On Friday, November 19, the Institute of Clinical and Health Effectiveness (IECS) will host a day in which doctors, nurses, pharmacists, healthcare professionals, biochemists, pharmaceutical companies, scientific societies and other professionals linked to the care of health. The objective is for them to acquire tools related to the quality and safety of medical care.

Pando and Barros Blancos, from the department of Canelones, Uruguay, were chosen among many other locations in Latin America to be part of a scientific study that is measuring, for the first time in history, the cardiovascular health status of the population of the Southern Cone. .

The Center of Excellence in Cardiovascular Health for the Southern Cone (CESCAS) and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the United States offer full scholarships to pursue the Master's Degree in Clinical Effectiveness at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).

An investigation published by Plos One, an internationally recognized scientific journal, revealed that more than half of the Argentines who were studied after being hospitalized for cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and stroke saw their personal income and the income of their family group decrease (see box ). More than 70 percent had to reduce their working hours, 61% had emotional problems and 10% did not buy the medications they needed because they could not afford them.

According to a recent study involving 31 million people worldwide, smoking causes more than 5 million deaths per year and 80 percent of smokers live in developing countries. If cigarette smoking continues as it is today, it will claim 2030 million lives by 8. Lower income groups and young people (people between 15 and 44 years old) are the most affected by the tobacco pandemic, which deepens the gap between rich and poor.

It is a detectable and curable disease that registers 10 thousand new cases per year in the country. A study points out the barriers that exist to increase success in the treatment of the disease.

A health investigation details what measures could lower the mortality rate of cardiovascular diseases and shows that preventing these diseases is cheaper than treating them when they have already occurred.