National Faculty of Public Health

Notable Projects

• Project on serosurveillance and mathematical modeling of vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Network for tobacco control in women in Antioquia, Colombia.
• AVATAR project with the Florida International University.
• Transmission of tuberculosis in prisons and children under 5 years old.
• Nationwide survey on intestinal parasitism.
• HIV/AIDS in indigenous communities.
• Violence prevention and risk behavior (PREVIVA).
• Inequities and Health map for Antioquia and Colombia.
• State of the Art in Urban Health Research in the Americas and Europe, 1992-2016.
• Health and forced displacement in Colombia.
• Analysis of the Colombian health situation.
• Air pollution and health in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburra Valley, Medellin.

Main Research Results

• Use of mathematical models to demonstrate the actions required to control outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics.
• Analysis of the tobacco habit in women in the Department of Antioquia.
• Technology, pedagogy, and health education elements aimed at heart failure patients were combined.
• High tuberculosis risk in children under 5 years old living with adults with tuberculosis in the city, and prisons of Medellin.
• Prevalence of intestinal parasitism in regions of Colombia.
• HIV epidemiology and prevention in Colombian indigenous communities.
• Educational programs to prevent violence in the Aburra Valley (PREVIVA).
• Particulate matter in Medellin’s air are harmful to health.

Research Portafolio