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Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas

Meetings and Events of the CARMEN Network: List and Access

CARMEN: A Network for Integrated Prevention and Control of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease in the Americas

Chronic Disease Prevention and Control: Home Page

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 3, No. 5, May 2009

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 3, No. 3, March 2009

STEPwise Approach to Stroke Surveillance (STEPS Stroke)

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 9, September 2008

CD48.R2 - WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Opportunities and Challenges for its Implementation in the Americas

Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 8, August 2008

PanAmerican STEPS, the PAHO/WHO Stepwise Approach to Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance

CD48/12 -WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Opportunities and Challenges for its Implementation in the Americas

Healthy Eating and Active Living

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 7, July 2008

First Round of Community Cardiovascular Health Promoters Receives Diplomas (INCAP, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 26 June 2008)

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 6, June 2008

Trans Fat Free Americas: Declaration of Rio de Janeiro

Chronic Diseases: PAHO Activities

Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control at PAHO

4th Pan American Congress to Promote Vegetable and Fruit Consumption (Santiago, Chile, 28-30 August 2008)

CARMEN School International Course: Social Marketing and Preventing Child Obesity (Santiago, Chile, 26–27 August 2008)

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 5, May 2008

Scaling Up Primary Health Care as a Major Strategy in the Prevention and Control of the Chronic Disease Epidemic (Global Health Council’s 35th Annual International Conference on Global Health, Washington, DC, 27 May 2008)

Annual Meeting of the CARMEN Observatory on Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Policy: Mobilizing for Action (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 12-13 May 2008)

Caribbean Private Sector Response to Chronic Diseases (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 8-9 May 2008)

Promoting Physical Activity in the Caribbean (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 6-7 May 2008)

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 4, April 2008

Workshop: Surveillance of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases (CNCDs) in the Southern Cone (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 23–25 April 2008)

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 3, March 2008

Caribbean Expert Consultation on Scaling Up Population-Based Screening and Management of CVD and Diabetes (Montego Bay, Jamaica, 4-5 March 2008)

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2008

Visit to PAHO-NHLBI Project in Mixco, Guatemala

Dominica's National Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases Summit (14 December 2007)

World Heart Day: Team Up for a Healthy Heart

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 1, No. 11, November 2007

Six countries take formal, concrete step towards preventing patient safety problems.

Stop the Global Epidemic of Chronic Disease: Advocacy Toolkit

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 1, No. 10, October 2007

CARMEN Network Biennial Meeting: Sharing, Learning, Imagining, Planning and Partnering to Implement the Chronic Disease Regional Strategy within the CARMEN Network (Nassau, Bahamas, 4–8 November 2007)

Capacity-Building in Prevention and Control of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases: NCD Focal Points Meeting (Panama City, Panama, 10–12 October 2007)

CSP27.R10: Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 1, No. 9, September 2007

Implementation Manual for Collaborative Projects to Improve the Quality of Care for People with Chronic Diseases

Dr. Roses' Talking Points at the Regional Summit on Chronic Non_Communicable Diseases.

Survey of Diabetes, Hypertension and Chronic Disease Risk Factors: Villa Nueva, Guatemala 2007

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 1, No. 8, August 2007

Trinidad and Tobago: Current Activities in CNCD Risk Factor Reduction, Diabetic Foot Care, and Wellness (CARMEN Biennial Conference, Nassau, Bahamas, 4-8 November 2007)

National Consultation: Strategies for a National Action Plan on Integrated Management and Epidemiological Surveillance of Chronic Diseases (Managua, Nicaragua, 2 July 2007)

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 1, No. 6, June 2007

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 1, No. 5, May 2007

PAHO-NHLBI Awardees' Workshop: Promoting Heart Health in the Americas: Preparing for Success (Washington, DC, 30 April – 4 May 2007)

Biannual Meeting of the CARMEN Network (Santiago, Chile, 19-21 October 2005)

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 1, No. 4, April 2007

CARMEN Management Committee Workshop Report (Toronto, 15-16 March 2007)

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 1, No. 2, February 2007

Subregional Meeting of Representatives and Center Directors from Central America, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, and the US-Mexican Border Field Office (Belize City, 12–16 February 2007)

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2007

Criteria for Submission and Standard Operational Procedures (For the Monthly Newsletter Chronic Disease Prevention and Control in the Americas)

Stop the Global Epidemic of Chronic Disease: A Practical Guide to Successful Advocacy

Central America-Mexico Regional Consultation: Regional Strategy and Plan of Action on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health (Panama City, 27 November 2006)

Surveillance of Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors (WHO Fact Sheet No. 273)

Obesity and Overweight (WHO Fact Sheet No. 311)

Obesity

Nutrition

CE138/17 - Regional Strategy and Plan of Action on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases

Ist Workshop on Implementation of Pan American STEPS Methodology for Risk-Factor Surveillance (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 10-15 May 2006)

STEPS Training Workshop Materials (PAHO/WHO STEPwise Approach to Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance)

Investing in Global Health: 'Best Buys' and Priorities for Action in Developing Countries

Priorities in Health

Promoting Active Lifestyles and Healthy Urban Spaces: The Cultural and Spatial Transformation of Bogotá, Colombia

Symposium Report: Lay Health Workers (Health Promoters) Project: Community Mobilization to Improve Cardiovascular Health in the Americas (Santiago, Chile, 17-18 October 2005)

We Can! Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition

RIMSA14/26-Rural Poverty: Health and LIfestyle

Genetic, dietary, and other lifestyle determinants of serum homocysteine levels in young adults in Costa Rica

NYAM NEWS December 1&2, 2004 - Alcohol

Charting New Directions for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prevention and Control in the Americas: A Joint NHLBI/PAHO Workshop (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA, 13–15 October 2004)

Regional Core Health Data System - Indicators Glossary

Children, Adolescents and Heart Disease

Unhealthy Lifestyles are threatening children’s hearts, warns the World Heart Federation on World Heart Day

WHO publishes definitive Atlas on Global Heart Disease and Stroke Epidemic

The Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke

World Heart Day: Sunday, 26 September 2004

Pharmaceutical care project in hypertension (AF/HTA) - (spanish only)

NYAM NEWS September 1&2, 2004 - Understanding coronary heart disease

Pan American Journal of Public Health - Vol. 16, No. 2, August 2004

Protocol for the Nutritional Management of Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension in the Caribbean

Cardiovascular Diseases

Final Report: Combating Cardiovascular Disease through Nutrition in the Caribbean

III Global Forum on Integrated Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control (Hotel Intercontinental, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6-14 November 2003)

Diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels.

The Prime of Life: Ages 25 - 64 years.

CD44.R6: Primary Health Care in the Americas: Lessons Learned over 25 Years and Future Challenges

Health Statistics from the Americas, 2003 Edition

The World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life

Disease Prevention.

Calculation for Age-Standardized Mortality Rate (ASMR) by Gender for Selected Countries in Latin America & the Caribbean (1996-1999, per 100,000 pop., by gender)

Capture-recapture method to estimate lower extremity amputation rates in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A Tool for Assessing the Usefulness of Prevalence Studies Done for Surveillance Purposes: The Example of Hypertension

NCD Surveillance Toolkit: Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases

PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers, Noncommunicable and Chronic Diseases

European Health21, Target 11: Healthier Living

Pan American Journal of Public Health/Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública

CARMEN: Country Profiles

CARMEN Project Examples

Cardiovascular Diseases

CARMEN: Protocol and Guidelines. Countrywide Integrated Noncommunicable Diseases Intervention (CINDI) Programme.

Perspectives in Health - Volume 2, Number 1, 1997

The Community-Based Strategy to Prevent Coronary Heart Disease: Conclusions from the 10 Years of the North Karelia Project.

Twenty-year trends in coronary risk factors in North Karelia and in other areas in Finland.

Community-Based Approaches to Health Promotion: Guidelines for Community Mobilization.