Annual Report of the Director 1996
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| MESSAGE OF THE DIRECTOR: HEALTHY PEOPLE, HEALTHY SPACES | xi |
| THE HEALTH SITUATION |
1 |
| Healthy Spaces in the Americas |
1 |
| Methodology |
2 |
| Healthy People as a Function of Health Status |
6 |
| Healthy Spaces as a Function of Living Conditions |
9 |
| Healthy People in Healthy Spaces: An Integrated Approach to Equity in Health |
13 |
| Promoting the Analysis of Healthy Environments in the Region |
14 |
| THE TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAM |
49 |
| Strategic and Programmatic Orientations |
51 |
| * Health Promotion and Protection |
52 |
| Healthy Spaces |
52 |
| Health throughout the Life Cycle |
59 |
| Health Communication |
65 |
| Food Safety |
66 |
| * Environmental Protection and Development |
67 |
| Promotion of Healthy Spaces |
70 |
| Work Environments |
71 |
| Environmental Waste Management |
73 |
Adequate Sanitation for Communities |
74 |
| Safe Water in the Home |
75 |
| Healthy Communities |
77 |
| * Health in Human Development | 78 |
| Women, Health, and Development |
78 |
| Health Situation Analysis |
79 |
| Bioethics |
80 |
| Health Policy and Sector Financing |
81 |
| Health and Tourism |
84 |
| PAHO and Religious Groups |
85 |
| * Health Systems and Services Development | 86 |
| Policies and Institutional Organization of Health Care |
86 |
| Organization of Health Service Delivery |
87 |
| Planning, Analysis of Health Spending, and Promotion of Investment in Health |
88 |
| Information Systems for Health Systems and Services |
89 |
| Development of Human Resources for Health |
90 |
| Essential Drugs and Technology |
92 |
| Research and Development in the Field of Vaccines |
97 |
| * Disease Prevention and Control | 100 |
| Disease Elimination and Eradication Programs |
101 |
| Measles |
101 |
| Neonatal Tetanus |
103 |
| Leprosy |
104 |
| Chagas' Disease and Triatoma infestans |
105 |
| Onchocerciasis |
106 |
| Diseases Transmitted through Blood Transfusions |
107 |
| Foot-and-Mouth Disease |
108 |
| Disease Control Programs |
109 |
| Diseases Prevalent in Childhood |
109 |
| Vaccine-preventable Diseases |
111 |
| Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases |
112 |
| AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
113 |
| Foodborne Diseases |
115 |
| Rubella |
117 |
| Tuberculosis |
118 |
| Dengue and Aedes aegypti |
119 |
| Malaria |
121 |
| Cholera |
122 |
| Human Rabies |
123 |
| Plague |
124 |
| Equine encephalitides |
125 |
| Noncommunicable Diseases |
126 |
| Cancer |
128 |
| Diabetes |
129 |
| Injury Prevention |
130 |
| Mental Health |
130 |
| Smoking, Alcoholism, and Drug Abuse |
131 |
| Nutrition-related Problems |
132 |
| MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION AT THE COUNTRY LEVEL | 135 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
136 |
| Argentina |
136 |
| Bahamas |
137 |
| Barbados |
138 |
| Belize |
139 |
| Bolivia |
140 |
| Brazil |
140 |
| British Dependent Territories |
141 |
| Anguilla |
141 |
| Bermuda |
142 |
| British Virgin Islands |
142 |
| Cayman Islands |
142 |
| Montserrat |
142 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
143 |
| Canada |
143 |
| Chile |
144 |
| Colombia |
145 |
| Costa Rica |
146 |
| Cuba |
148 |
| Dominica |
149 |
| Dominican Republic |
149 |
| Ecuador |
150 |
| El Salvador |
151 |
| French Departments in the Americas: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique |
152 |
| Grenada |
153 |
| Guatemala |
153 |
| Guyana |
154 |
| Haiti |
155 |
| Honduras |
155 |
| Jamaica |
157 |
| Mexico |
157 |
| Netherlands Antilles and Aruba |
159 |
| Nicaragua |
159 |
| Panama |
160 |
| Paraguay |
162 |
| Peru |
162 |
| Puerto Rico |
163 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
163 |
| Saint Lucia |
164 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
165 |
| Suriname |
165 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
167 |
| United States of America |
167 |
| Uruguay |
168 |
| Venezuela |
168 |
| Field Office/United States-Mexico Border |
169 |
| Caribbean Program Coordination |
170 |
| EVALUATION OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION AT THE COUNTRY LEVEL |
173 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
175 |
| Belize |
177 |
| Brazil |
180 |
| Costa Rica |
182 |
| Dominican Republic |
184 |
| Jamaica |
186 |
| Mexico |
187 |
| Netherlands Antilles and Aruba |
190 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
191 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
193 |
| Venezuela |
195 |
| THE SECRETARIAT | 199 |