Prioridades en salud de la Comuna 18 de Cali. Una aproximación hacia la orientación de los servicios de salud

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the profile of morbidity and mortality in Commune 18 of Cali, Colombia, with the purpose of present a methodology for the construction of priorities in health that orient the decision making in the local scope. The analysis of tendencies presented these problems: mortality by violence and traffic accidents, the related ones to infantile mortality, the neurological problems, and the hypertensive diseases and the diabetes since they are generating a great amount of lost years of potential life and lost years of productive life. A call to the local authorities in health for the consolidation of networking health services and the application to epidemiology approach to reach equity in health. © 2002 Corporación Editora Médica del Valle.