{"id":1021,"date":"2019-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7a7df05b52dab8495fdeb023c7d876bd1135a5b7.helpmesee.org\/solving-the-public-health-crisis-of-blindness-in-latin-america\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T20:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:05:26","slug":"solving-the-public-health-crisis-of-blindness-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/es\/solving-the-public-health-crisis-of-blindness-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolver la crisis de salud p\u00fablica de la ceguera en Am\u00e9rica Latina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1021\" class=\"elementor elementor-1021\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5621d854 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5621d854\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-546fbcc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"546fbcc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background et_section_regular\"><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\"><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\"><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><!-- divi:paragraph --><\/p><p>HelpMeSee is placing an <a href=\"https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/es\/simulation-based-training\/\">Simulador de cirug\u00eda ocular<\/a> to the Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmolog\u00eda (IMO) a charitable hospital in Queretaro, Mexico dedicated to providing high-quality eye care at a low cost. Please help us support IMO and other HelpMeSee training partner programs by donating here:<\/p><p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_button_alignment_tablet_left et_pb_module\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.helpmesee.org\/give\/\">Haz un donativo a HelpMeSee<\/a><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><!-- divi:paragraph --><\/p><ul><li>La prevalencia de la ceguera por cataratas en Am\u00e9rica Latina, como en otros lugares, es un problema de pobreza y desigualdad en la atenci\u00f3n sanitaria.<\/li><li>Quer\u00e9taro, un estado de M\u00e9xico con una econom\u00eda fuerte, tuvo una elevada tasa de cobertura de cirug\u00eda de cataratas de 91,7% para las personas con cataratas que provocaban una discapacidad visual grave, mientras que Chiapas, un estado m\u00e1s pobre del sur, tuvo una tasa de cirug\u00eda de cataratas de s\u00f3lo 69%.<\/li><li>Otra cuesti\u00f3n son los resultados, es decir, lo bien que se ve despu\u00e9s de una operaci\u00f3n de cataratas. Unos buenos resultados en cataratas significan que menos de 10% de los casos deber\u00edan tener una \"discapacidad visual grave\" en el momento de la recuperaci\u00f3n. En algunos pa\u00edses latinoamericanos, esta cifra es de 23%.<\/li><li>Si tenemos en cuenta el envejecimiento general de la poblaci\u00f3n, esta situaci\u00f3n, tanto en Am\u00e9rica Latina como en el resto del mundo, no har\u00e1 sino empeorar.<\/li><li>Aunque el problema de la ceguera por cataratas pueda parecer desalentador, la mayor\u00eda de los expertos coinciden en la soluci\u00f3n: m\u00e1s formaci\u00f3n centrada en aumentar la productividad de la cirug\u00eda de cataratas al tiempo que se mejoran los resultados.<\/li><\/ul><p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_0 clearfix et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_testimonial_no_image\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_portrait\" style=\"background-image: url(;\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description\" style=\"margin-left: 180px;\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p><!-- divi:paragraph --><\/p><p><em>\u201cWe believe in Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (<a href=\"https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/es\/msics-course\/\">MSICS<\/a>) and fully support the training of this technique to address the backlog of those blind due to untreated cataracts in Latin America and elsewhere. MSICS delivers excellent results. It can be performed in large numbers and is well-suited for treating the poor.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><p><span class=\"et_pb_testimonial_author\">Dra. Karla Pamela Gonz\u00e1lez-Daher<\/span><\/p><p class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><span class=\"et_pb_testimonial_position\">Anterior Segment Surgeon &amp; Head of Online Education Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmologia<\/span><span class=\"et_pb_testimonial_separator\">,<\/span> <span class=\"et_pb_testimonial_company\">OMI, Quer\u00e9taro - M\u00e9xico<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>La prevalencia de la ceguera por cataratas en Am\u00e9rica Latina, como en otros lugares, es un problema de pobreza y desigualdad en la atenci\u00f3n sanitaria. M\u00e9xico est\u00e1 considerado un pa\u00eds de renta media, pero su prosperidad est\u00e1 dividida. Con una poblaci\u00f3n de m\u00e1s de 125 millones de personas, la mitad vive en la pobreza y hasta una quinta parte no tiene acceso a ning\u00fan tipo de asistencia sanitaria. Debido a esta disparidad, muchos de los que necesitan tratamiento oftalmol\u00f3gico dependen de hospitales de beneficencia como el Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmolog\u00eda (IMO), situado en Quer\u00e9taro.<\/p><p>Un estudio realizado en 2010 en los estados mexicanos de Quer\u00e9taro y Chiapas pone de manifiesto este desequilibrio en la atenci\u00f3n. Quer\u00e9taro es una de las econom\u00edas estatales m\u00e1s fuertes de M\u00e9xico. Chiapas, en el sur, es m\u00e1s pobre. La mitad de la poblaci\u00f3n de Chiapas vive de la agricultura de subsistencia. Los resultados concluyeron que la incidencia de ceguera es dos veces y media mayor en Chiapas que en Quer\u00e9taro. Asimismo, Quer\u00e9taro ten\u00eda una alta tasa de cobertura de cirug\u00eda de cataratas de 91.7% para aquellos con cataratas que conduc\u00edan a una discapacidad visual severa, mientras que s\u00f3lo 69% de los pacientes en Chiapas en la misma condici\u00f3n reciben tratamiento. Por lo general, las zonas m\u00e1s grandes y pr\u00f3speras cuentan con un n\u00famero adecuado de cirujanos de cataratas, pero no as\u00ed las zonas rurales menos ricas. Este escenario se reproduce en otros pa\u00edses, como lo demuestra un estudio de 2014 que encontr\u00f3 que la cobertura de la cirug\u00eda de cataratas variaba ampliamente. Uruguay trata 77% de sus casos de cataratas, pero El Salvador solo 15%.<\/p><p>No todo son malas noticias. En este mismo estudio de 2014, se descubri\u00f3 que se hab\u00edan logrado algunos avances durante la d\u00e9cada anterior, de 2004 a 2015. La Tasa de Cirug\u00eda de Cataratas (TCC) definida como el n\u00famero de cirug\u00edas de cataratas realizadas por a\u00f1o por cada 1 mill\u00f3n de habitantes para Am\u00e9rica Latina en su conjunto aument\u00f3 de 1.562 a 2.672, lo que representa un impresionante crecimiento de 70%. La Organizaci\u00f3n Mundial de la Salud sugiere un CSR sostenido de 3.000 a 5.000 para eliminar la ceguera por cataratas. En cuanto al n\u00famero total de oftalm\u00f3logos por mill\u00f3n de habitantes, la cifra correspondiente a Am\u00e9rica Latina es de 62. Aunque no es la peor seg\u00fan los est\u00e1ndares mundiales, se trata de una cifra inferior pero segura.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\"><p><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3826\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HelpMeSee-OPHTHALMIC-PERSONNEL-PER-MILLION-POPULATION.png\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1125px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HelpMeSee-OPHTHALMIC-PERSONNEL-PER-MILLION-POPULATION.png 1125w, https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HelpMeSee-OPHTHALMIC-PERSONNEL-PER-MILLION-POPULATION-980x544.png 980w, https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HelpMeSee-OPHTHALMIC-PERSONNEL-PER-MILLION-POPULATION-480x266.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Otra cuesti\u00f3n son los resultados, es decir, lo bien que se ve despu\u00e9s de una operaci\u00f3n de cataratas. Unos buenos resultados en cataratas significan que menos de 10% de los casos deben tener una \"discapacidad visual grave\" en el momento de la recuperaci\u00f3n. En un pa\u00eds se registraron resultados inferiores en 15% y en otro en 23%.<\/p><p>Si observamos el envejecimiento general de la poblaci\u00f3n, esta situaci\u00f3n no har\u00e1 sino empeorar. En el estado natal de IMO, Quer\u00e9taro, el n\u00famero de personas de 50 a\u00f1os o m\u00e1s aumentar\u00e1 en 24% de 2010 a 2030.<\/p><p>Aunque el problema de la ceguera por cataratas pueda parecer desalentador, la mayor\u00eda de los expertos coinciden en la soluci\u00f3n: m\u00e1s formaci\u00f3n centrada en aumentar la productividad de la cirug\u00eda de cataratas mediante la mejora de los resultados. Adem\u00e1s, un modelo de atenci\u00f3n oftalmol\u00f3gica de \u00e9xito que incluya un programa de atenci\u00f3n integral que abarque un centro de formaci\u00f3n. Para solucionar el problema de la ceguera por cataratas, instituciones como IMO deben centrarse en escalas de econom\u00eda para mantener la sostenibilidad y garantizar una atenci\u00f3n oftalmol\u00f3gica asequible para todos.  Por ello, HelpMeSee tiene previsto instalar uno de nuestros simuladores de cirug\u00eda ocular en el IMO.<\/p><p>La cirug\u00eda es la \u00fanica cura para las cataratas. Reducir el n\u00famero de personas ciegas o con deficiencias visuales graves redundar\u00e1 en una poblaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s sana, reducir\u00e1 los costes sanitarios globales, ahorrar\u00e1 presupuestos sanitarios para otros proyectos esenciales y aumentar\u00e1 las perspectivas econ\u00f3micas de las personas y las econom\u00edas al permitir que la gente trabaje.<\/p><p>Apoyar una operaci\u00f3n de cataratas o incluso unas pocas es un esfuerzo admirable, pero formar a m\u00e1s cirujanos de cataratas para hacer frente a la escasez en Am\u00e9rica Latina y en otros lugares del mundo es una soluci\u00f3n sostenible que puede ayudar a cientos de personas. El uso de una t\u00e9cnica quir\u00fargica rentable y productiva como la MSICS es la \u00fanica forma eficaz de abordar esta crisis de salud p\u00fablica.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HelpMeSee is placing an Eye Surgery Simulator to the Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmolog\u00eda (IMO) a charitable hospital in Queretaro, Mexico dedicated to providing high-quality eye care at a low cost. 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