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Setting priorities
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In public health—as with any investment—where you put your money counts. The Disease Control Priorities Project has identified cost-effective interventions to prevent and control the diseases and conditions that have the greatest impact on health in the developing world
Design: Bola Oyeleye

Best Buys for
Public Health
by Donna Eberwine-Villagrán

It doesn't cost an arm and a leg to save a life—if you invest public health dollars in actions that really work. The Disease Control Priorities Project offers hundreds of ways that countries both rich and poor can improve their populations' health.

HIV: What You Know Can Help You
by Rogerio Waldrigues Galindo

An innovative communication campaign has persuaded many Brazilians that anyone can get HIV and that everyone who is sexually active needs to get tested. PAHO is urging other countries to use Brazil’s effort as a model for their own campaigns.

Deadly Imitation
by Matías Loewy

Drug counterfeiting has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry that has harmed or killed tens of thousands of unsuspecting victims. Now countries are joining forces to combat the problem in the Americas and around the world.

Genetics in the Service of the People
by Paula Andaló

Genetic services should be more than a luxury reserved for the few. An Argentine geneticist is working with PAHO/WHO to ensure that scientific advances in genetics lead to progress in public health.

Health Goes to School
by Marcelo Riccardi Doria

In schools throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, children are being taught more than the three R’s. They’re learning how to shape their behavior and their environments to help themselves, their families, and their communities live healthier and happier lives.

Mirta Roses Periago, Director
Donna Eberwine-Villagrán, Editor
Gilles Collette, Art Director

Bola Oyeleye, Graphic Designer
Paulo Leite, Web Designer
Armando Waak, Photographer

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