The effects of climate change on human health

Presentation by Dr. Luiz A. Galvao for the INFORMAL SESSION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH for 27th PAN AMERICAN SANITARY CONFERENCE, 59.a SESSION REGIONAL COMMITTEE

Hurricane Felix

Improving People’s Health through Healthy Environments

The 5 Key Ways Project: Adapting the WHO Manual on Food Safety for Use in Guatemalan Elementary Schools

How to make a plan for safe food in my school? The 5 key ways to have a school with safe food and water: Manual for the Parent Advisory Council

Progress made in the Project on Adaptation and Validation of the 5 Key Ways Manual on Food Safety in Elementary Schools in Guatemala

Activity Book, The 5 key ways to keep your food safe (Teacher's Guide)

PAHO and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work signed an Arrangement to strengthen and improve safety and health at work in the Americas. Madrid, España. Julio 6, 2006.

Almost a quarter of all disease caused by environmental exposure

Preventing disease through healthy environments: Towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease

The Challenge in Disaster Reduction for the Water and Sanitation Sector: Improving Quality of Life by Reducing Vulnerability

Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas-April 2006, No. 103

Management of Dead Bodies after Disasters: A Manual for First Responders

Floods in Bolivia - February 2006

Handbook for a safe and healthy school - A healthy environment for children

Floods in Central America and Mexico - October 2005

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

CD46/10-Strategy for the Future of the Pan American Centers: Current Status of the Centers

Sustainable Development and Environmental Health - Healthy Settings

Sustainable Development and Environmental Health - Basic Sanitation

Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas-January 2005, No. 98

Floods in Guyana

Regional Core Health Data System - Indicators Glossary

CD45.R8: Disaster Preparedness and Response

NYAM NEWS August 1&2, 2004 - Water - the forgotten but essential nutrient

Photo Gallery: Typhoid Epidemic in Ca Pierre, Haiti

EID Weekly Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 22—1 July 2004

Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas-April 2004, No. 95

Public health response to biological and chemical weapons

Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas-October 2003, No. 93

Fact Sheet: Primary Care in an Indigenous Community of Chorotes (Tartagal, Province of Salta, Argentina)

Photo Gallery: Primary Care in an Indigenous Community of Chorotes (Tartagal, Province of Salta, Argentina)

Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas-July 2003, No. 92

Volcanic Eruption in Montserrat

Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas-April 2003, No. 91

Virtual Disaster Library -Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance

Villa Centenario OPS - Chronicle of healthy housing after a disaster

Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas-October 2002, No. 89

Hurricane Lili in the Caribbean

Disaster Chronicles - Eartquakes in El Salvador 2001

Technical Guidelines for Disaster Situations - Index

Aprendiendo a vivir con el volcán, protegemos nuestra salud (only in Spanish)

Disaster Chronicles: El Niño 1997-1998 (only in Spanish)

Impact of the Disasters on the Public Health (only in Spanish)

Perspectives in Health - Volume 5, Number 1, 2000

Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas. April 2000, No. 80

Drains & You: A Manual for Drainage Maintenance Workers

Healthy Homes, Healthy Communities: An Environmental Health Manual for Use by your Family and Community

Crónicas de Desastres: Terremoto de Aiquile, Cochabamba, Bolivia (only in Spanish)

Natural Disaster Mitigation in Drinking Water and Sewerage Systems: Guidelines for Vulnerability Analysis

Manual para la mitigación de desastres naturales en sistemas rurales de agua potable (only in Spanish)

A World Safe from Natural Disasters: The Journey of Latin America and the Caribbean