[Implementation of a network drug strategy: the case of praziquantel]. / Implementación de una estrategia de medicamentos en red: el caso de praziquantel.

Parasitic infections cause a huge burden of disease and are a current public health problem. The category of emerging or re-emerging disease is influenced by phenomena that occur in today's interconnected world because of globalization, the displacement of people, trade, uncoordinated urbanization and climate change, they have a very important influence on transmission of these diseases. In 2021 there was an increase in the number of patients who have required treatment for diphyllobothriasis in the Los Ríos Region. This article reviews aspects related to integrated Health Service networks to provide access to pharmacological treatments to patients diagnosed with diphyllobothriasis (tapeworm infection), implemented by the Valdivia Health Service Department, in collaboration with the San José de Osorno hospital, primary care centers and private centers in the Los Ríos Region.

Implementación de una estrategia de medicamentos en red: el caso de praziquantel / Implementation of a network drug strategy: the case of praziquantel

Resumen Las infecciones parasitarias provocan una enorme carga de enfermedad y constituyen un problema presente para la salud pública. Las enfermedades emergentes o reemergentes se ven influenciadas por fenómenos del mundo actual interconectado producto de la globalización, el desplazamiento de las personas, el comercio, la urbanización descoordinada y el cambio climático, contribuyendo en la transmisión de estas enfermedades. En el año 2021 hubo un aumento de la cantidad de pacientes que han requerido tratamiento para la difilobotriasis en la Región de los Ríos. Se revisan los aspectos relacionados con las redes integradas de servicios de salud para el acceso al tratamiento farmacológico a pacientes con diagnóstico de difilobotriasis, implementado por la Dirección de Servicio de Salud Valdivia, en colaboración con el hospital San José de Osorno, centros de atención primaria y centros privados de la Región de los Ríos.

Abstract Parasitic infections cause a huge burden of disease and are a current public health problem. The category of emerging or re-emerging disease is influenced by phenomena that occur in today's interconnected world because of globalization, the displacement of people, trade, uncoordinated urbanization and climate change, they have a very important influence on transmission of these diseases. In 2021 there was an increase in the number of patients who have required treatment for diphyllobothriasis in the Los Ríos Region. This article reviews aspects related to integrated Health Service networks to provide access to pharmacological treatments to patients diagnosed with diphyllobothriasis (tapeworm infection), implemented by the Valdivia Health Service Department, in collaboration with the San José de Osorno hospital, primary care centers and private centers in the Los Ríos Region.