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Regional Program on Bioethics GenSalud Virtual Library GenSalud is a referential database with close to 25 000 entries. The main goal of the bibliogrpahic database is to provide access to information on the subject of gender and its methodological presence in the study of health , as well as other related issues. library.htm Negotiating Health Services in Trade and Integration Agreements in the Americas The purpose of this study is to advance understanding of how trade and integration agreements can affect the health care system, and support capacity-building in the health sector to participate in negotiating trade and integration agreements. It explains the rules concerning trade in services of major trade agreements at the global and regional level, explores how they could affect health care and policy, and provides a framework and options for managing trade in health services. TR81.pdf Results of Competition: Research Training Grants in Public Health 2002 The Research Coordination Program of the Pan American Health Organization announces the results of the competition for Research Training Grants in Public Health 2002. Suv-Training-Res-2002.htm Gender Equity in Health Advocacy Pack As part of its Advocacy Pack series, the Women, Health and Development Program announces its new Gender Equity in Health Advocacy Pack! The kit consists of a fact sheet, an issue paper and a PowerPoint presentation, which present the ethical and empirical underpinnings of the effort to incorporate the gender perspective in health policies and programs. advocacykits.htm Results of Competition: Graduate Thesis Grants in Public Health, Second Round 2002 The Research Coordination Program of the Pan American Health Organization announces the results of the competition for Graduate Thesis Grants in Public Health, Second Round 2002. Suv-Thesis-eng-2002-Second.htm Gender and HIV/AIDS Advocacy Pack In time for World AIDS Day on December 1st, The Women, Health and Development Program announces its new Gender and HIV/AIDS Advocacy kit. The kit consists of two fact sheets, an issue paper and a PowerPoint presentation, which look at the gendered aspects of the HIV pandemic in the Americas. Advocacy Kits The process of Health Policy Reform in the English-Speaking Caribbean: Case studies in National Health Insurance Abstract: It documents and analyses the process of Health Policy Reform in the English-speaking Caribbean. It focuses on the development of policies for National Health Insurance in three countries in the Region: Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia and St Vincent & the Grenadines. The study is unique, as it provides the first documentation of the policy process for National Health Insurance Programmes in the English-speaking Caribbean, thereby adding to the literature on Health Policy Process. The research was conducted (1996-2002 part-time) in accordance with the degree requirements for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the University of Leeds, Nuffield Institute for Health, UK. Trinidad-Tob-Res.doc Health and Hemispheric Security This paper points out the importance of human security for national and hemispheric security and itemizes the role and place of health in the preservation of such security. It emphasizes that the regional response must include advocacy, improvement of information and surveillance systems, support for regional institutions, given the transnational nature of some health risks as well as properly focused research and training. hdr-up-Nov.pdf Gender-Based Violence Newsletter November 25th is the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which will be commemorated in countries all over the world. HDW has put together a newsletter which details the history of Day, lists some of the events taking place this year, and provides links to other useful sources of information. VAWDay2002.pdf Brain Desorders in the Developing World: Reseach across the lifespan Calls for aplication. This Request for Applications solicits applications to plan and develop collaborative research and capacity building projects on brain disorders throughout life relevant to low- and middle-income nations. fogarty-Brain.htm Evaluation of the effectiveness and acceptability of self-collected vaginal swabs to detect human papillomavirus, for cervical cancer screening among Mexican women Abstract: The Research's objective is to assess the effectiveness and acceptability of vaginal swabs self-collected at home, for detecting human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between April 2000 and February 2002, among 1,213 women selected through cluster sampling, in Morelos, Mexico. Mex-1523-Res.doc Gender and Public Health Series The Women, Health and Development Program has made its Gender and Public Health Series of documents available on the web. Topics covered include intra-family violence, sexual abuse and the Belén do Pará Convention. Most of the documents are available in Spanish only. gphseries.htm Health and Economic Growth Project The main objective of the Health and Economic Growth Phase II project is to further our knowledge and understanding of the relationships between the health status of the population - quality and longevity of the human capital- and the process of economic growth and social development. ecs-p2.pdf Presentation - Transforming Health Systems: Gender and Rights in Reproductive Health (September 13th, 2002 - PAHO) A presentation of the WHO Training Curriculum for Health Program Managers by Jane Cottingham (Technical Officer for Gender and Reproductive Rights, WHO). Download the presentation announcement for more information (Word file): cottinghampresentation.htm cottinghampresentation.doc Health, Human Capital and Economic Growth - Workshop on Empirical Research The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the type of empirical research that should be promoted to better document the relationships between changes in nutrition and health status on long-term economic growth and social development. ecs-ws02.htm Reproductive health and health sector reform in developing countries: establishing a framework for dialogue This paper examines factors that limit dialogue and proposes a framework for encouraging it, including the identification of policy groups, development of bases for collaborative links; introduction of a common understanding around relevant policy contexts; reaching agreement on compatible aims, developing causal links between policy content in reproductive health and health sector change as a basis for evidence-based policy-making. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2002;80:667-674. website Trade in Health Services This publication is the final report of the Inter-Regional Meeting on Health and Trade: Toward the Millennium Round, sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) from 3 to 5 November, 1999 in Washington, D.C. The objective of that meeting was to explore effective cooperation mechanisms between the health and trade sectors, in order to incorporate health priorities in the international trade agendas. The publication includes general conclusions and recommendations from the meeting. trade.htm Gender, Equity and Health Reform in Chile HDW's Gender, Equity and Health Reform Project in Chile has just released a collection of technical briefs, the result of a series of participatory workshops with various civil society groups in Chile. The briefs cover seven current themes in the gender and health reform debate. chilereform.htm WHO Short-term professional positions in Health Financing and Stewardship (HFS) WHO - Health Systems Performance and Poverty Reduction Unit as part of its activities to support countries in improving the performance of their health systems, is developing a programme of work on health and poverty reduction. who-stp.doc Health and Human Rights In a bid to help governments develop a human rights approach to public health work, a new publication by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) makes the case that protecting civil liberties can reduce vulnerability to and the affect of poor health. Website  Human Development Report 2002  Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented World. Politics matter for human development. Reducing poverty depends as much on whether poor people have political power as on their opportunities for economic progress. Democracy has proven to be the system of governance most capable of mediating and preventing conflict and of securing and sustaining well-being. By expanding people's choices about how and by whom they are governed, democracy brings principles of participation and accountability to the process of human development. Website  Health legislation This page presents a panoramic view of all PAHO materials related to Health Legislation, Other PAHO Materials, and GeneralInformation/Links. It also contains a listing of featured items with the most important documents from each, announcements of upcoming events, and/or new books default.htm Ethnicity and Health This page presents a panoramic view of all PAHO materials related to Ethnicity and Health, Other PAHO Materials, and General Information/Links. It also contains a listing of featured items with the most important documents from each, announcements of upcoming events, and/or new books default.htm Centre for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) CHANGE has launched its new website. CHANGE works to advance a reproductive health and rights agenda within US international population and health policies and programs. Visit CHANGE’s new Website Women (Bolivia) CIDEM's mission is to empower women in their struggle for equal opportunities, equity and participation in development processes. Visit their new Website Profiting from Pain: Where Prescription Drug Dollars Go New 2001 data show big drug companies spent almost two and ine half time as much on marketing, advertising and administration as they spent in research development. Link Senior Policy Seminar on Health, Human Capital and Economic Growth: Theory, Evidence and Policy The main objective of this Seminar [October 3-4, 2002] is to promote the incorporation in the current policy debate on economic growth and social development the role of the "investments in human capital" as complementary to the domestic rate of savings and investments. healthgrowth.pdf The size of the gap: measuring inequalities in health Presented at the meeting of the Global Equity Gauges Alliance, Uganda, February, 2002 sizeofthegap.ppt Inequities in access to and use of drinking water services in Latin America and the Caribbean Studies to identify and evaluate inequities in access to drinking water services as reflected in household per capita expenditure on water, and to determine what proportion of household expenditures is spent on water in 11 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Link XIV International AIDS Conference (Barcelona 2002) Visit the Conference Home Page at: http://www.aids2002.com/Home.asp The United Nations (UNAIDS) "Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, 2002" was released this week (2002, Geneva). It concludes that the rate of new infections worldwide is increasing, not leveling off as some theorists had thought. To read the full text of the report, visit UNAIDS at: http://www.unaids.org/barcelona/presskit/report.html. To read the HIV/AIDS Regional Report for Latin America and the Caribbean, visit UNAIDS at: http://www.unaids.org/barcelona/presskit/factsheets.html For information about Women's events at the Barcelona Conference, visit: The Women at Barcelona website: http://www.womenatbarcelona.net/english/englishhome.html The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) website: http://www.undp.org/unifem/events/barcelona.html Campbell Collaboration Colloquium 2003 The Campbell Collaboration is an emerging international effort that aims to help people make well-informed decisions by preparing, maintaining and promoting access to systematic reviews of studies on the effects of social and behavioral interventions.Third Annual Campbell Collaboration Colloquium to be held on February 27-28, 2003 at Stockholm, Sweden. The theme is: "Developing Systematic Reviews Across Countries". Collaboration website: http://www.campbellcollaboration.org website Annotated Bibliography on Equity in Health,1980-2001 The purposes of this bibliography are to present an overview of the published literature on equity in health and to summarize key articles relevant to the mission of the International Society for Equity in Health (ISEqH).The intent is to show the directions being taken in health equity research including theories,methods,and interventions to understand the genesis of inequities and their remediation.Therefore,the bibliography includes articles from the health equity literature that focus on mechanisms by which inequities in health arise and approaches to reducing them where and when they exist.- BioMed Central, International Journal for Equity in Health, 2002,1 :1 website Resources on Gender and HIV/AIDS Gender, HIV and Human Rights: A Training Manual (2000). Visit UNIFEM at: http://www.undp.org/unifem/public/hivtraining/ Turning the Tide: CEDAW and the Gender Dimensions of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic (2001). Visit UNIFEM at: http://www.undp.org/unifem/public/turningtide/ Gender or Sex: Who Cares? - Skills-building Resource Pack on Gender and Reproductive Health for Adolescents and Youth Workers (2001). Visit IPAS at: http://www.ipas.org/new/AdolescentCurricula.htm Addressing Gender Perspectives in HIV Prevention (2002). visit UNFPA at: http://www.unfpa.org/aids/prevention/hivprev4a.htm Search the Siyanda database of resources on gender (enter "HIV" or "AIDS" in the search box). To access Siyanda, visit: http://www.siyanda.org/search.htm Visit Planetwire at: http://www.planetwire.org/ for the special coverage of Women and HIV/AIDS Poverty, Health & Equity: From Global Challenges to Innovative Solutions 9th Canadian Conference on International Health (CCIH) - October 27-30, 2002, Ottawa, CANADA - To provide a forum for practitioners, researchers, educators, policy makers and community mobilizers, interested in health and development issues, to share knowledge, experience and promote innovation and collaborative action. Website Globalization and Equity Fourth Annual Global Development Conference, the Government of Egypt will be the official host of Globalization and Equity, to be held in Cairo, January 19-21, 2003. Website HIV/Gender Continuum From IPPF/WHR (International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region), the HIV/Gender Continuum is a tool to investigate how responsive an organization’s services and programs are to gender issues related to HIV prevention within an overall rights-based approach to sexual and reproductive health. The HIV/Gender Continuum is available in PDF format in four languages. Download the English version at: http://www.ippfwhr.org/resources/gender_continuum.html The Impact of the Caracas Declaration on the Modernization of Mental Health Legislation in Latin America and the English-speaking Caribbean Document presented at the XXVII International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 9-12, 2002. BolisPaperMentalHealth-Amsterdam.pdf Revista Tertulia (julio 2002) La revista Tertulia (Julio 2002, Vol.5, No. 24) ha sido publicada en línea. Visite http://www.geocities.com/guatertulia/200224.htm para ver el texto completo. El tema de esa edición es "Una ventana hacia las vidas de las mujeres", y incluye información sobre los derechos de la mujer en Guatemala, la anticoncepción en Costa Rica y la despenalización del aborto en Europa. Para más información contacte Laura E. Asturias First aid: Lessons from health economics for economic evaluation in social welfare Beyond health care, the economic evaluation of social welfare programmes is rare but the demand for such evaluation is rising. To encourage greater use of economic evaluation, undoubtedly social welfare researchers need to gain a better understanding of the philosophy behind such evaluation and the methodologies necessary to carry these out in practice. PDF file BIREME In addition to the objectives that can be attributed to the Center by resolution of the Pan American Health Organization's Governing Bodies, BIREME's objective is to stimulate technical cooperation in health scientific and technical information among Latin American and Caribbean countries default.htm Program on Bioethics The PAHO/WHO Regional Program on Bioethics is a technical program of the Division of Health and Human Development which collaborates with public and private institutions in developing and applying concepts and procedures appropriate to the ethical sustainability of decisions regarding scientific research, technical training and cooperation, professional development and health care. default.htm Research Grants Program The Research Grants Program is a special fund administered by the Research Coordination of the Pan American Health Organization, through which it facilitates the process of generating knowledge in diverse fields of public health default.htm Research Coordination The Research Coordination Program of the Division of Health and Human Development (HDP/HDR) cooperates with the countries of the Region to develop knowledge that contributes to alleviate relevant public health problems of their populations. default.htm Public Policies and Health Promote social policies that facilitate the development of good health policies. There is an urgent need to mobilize a variety of actors, including national and regional organizations, parliaments, social organizations, unions, and associations, that influence the formulation of these issues at the national and regional levels. default.htm Health and Human Development The Division of Health and Human Development (HDP) promotes, coordinates, and implements technical cooperation activities directed toward increasing equity in health and improving the health sector's contribution to human development. default.htm Poverty in the Transition: Social Expenditures and the Working-Age Poor Poverty in the Transition: Social Expenditures and the Working-Age Poor Series: Innocenti Working Papers, 91 A combination of economic growth and committed revenue-raising should give most governments in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Resources to tackling poverty. Labour market reform a experience in Central and Eastern Europe. The paper concludes by considering the role of improved wages for public service workers and the targeting of categorical benefits. PDF file Bibliography on Sexuality The Bibliography of the History of Western Sexuality, 1700-1945, contains about 16 600 titles of primary and secondary literature of the history of sexuality in Europe and North America from 1700 to 1945. This is a referential database only, full-text documents and hyperlinks are not available. Web site Online Tool health inequalities and deprivation - Methods review for Monitoring, Measurement Health Inequalities The tool has been designed to be an easily navigable system for users to access information and support in the area of health inequalities. The toolkit has descriptions and directions for using various data sources and methodologies and includes links to data sources. The tool was developed following input with stakeholders and potential users participated in consultation and review of the product during its development. It may be viewed at: Website Horn of Africa Women's Knowledge Network (HAWKNET) The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) announces a new website devoted to gender issues in the Horn of Africa region. HAWKNET will enable women to discuss emerging national issues, network and participate in global debates and comment on national policies regarding information and communication technologies. ACHR-37/2002.06 Advances in knowledge about health determinants at population level Dr. Cesar G. Victora's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Abstract, Slide presentation, and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Victora.htm ACHR-37/2002.07. Knowledge and Development, the role of the new information a communication technology Dr. Pierre Levy's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Levy.htm ACHR-37/2002.08 The role of PAHO/WHO in health and development Dr. Juan Antonio Casas's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation, and Video Conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Casas.htm ACHR-37/2002.09 Priority research strategies for a new Public Health with emphasis in Health Promotion Dr. Ilona Kickbusch's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Abstract and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Kickbusch.htm ACHR-37/2002.10 Mental health promotion and prevention: Evidence of effectiveness Dr. Sheppard G. Kellam's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Kellam.htm ACHR-37/2002.12 Advances on nutrition research: Challenges and achievements Dr. Juan Rivera Dommarco's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation. ACHR-2002-Dommarco.htm ACHR-37/2002.13 The Role of PAHO in the Promotion of Health Dr. María Teresa Cerqueira's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation. ACHR-2002-Cerqueira.htm ACHR-37/2002.15 Water and sanitation Profesor Barry Lloyd's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Lloyd.htm ACHR-37/2002.21 Knowledge of the needs, demands, utilization, and health care seeking behaviors Prof. Elsie Le Franc's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Abstract, Slide presentation, and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-LeFranc.htm ACHR-37/2002.25 Progress in genomics research and institutional collaboration mechanisms Dr. Andrew Simpson's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Simpson.htm ACHR-37/2002.26 Progress in research of non-communicable diseases Dr. Anthony Miller's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Miller.htm ACHR-37/2002.23 Important advances in scientific research of infectious diseases: Future perspectives Dr.Anthony Fauci's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Fauci.htm ACHR-37/2002.16 Environmental protection and development: Air quality Dr. Mauricio Hernandez's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Hernandez.htm ACHR-37/2002.24 Major advances in research relating to parasitic diseases Dr.Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Abstract, Slide presentation and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Da-Silva.htm ACHR-37/2002.14 Introduction: Development, environment, and health Professor Paulo Buss's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Ful-text, Slide presentation, and Video conference Windows Media ACHR-2002-Buss.htm ACHR-37/2002.17 Research of Environmental Health: The role of PAHO/WHO Dr. Mauricio Pardon's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Pardon.htm ACHR-37/2002.18 The regional challenge of establishing bridges between research on health systems and services and the formulation of policies and the decision-making Dr. Daniel Lopez Acuña's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation, and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Lopez-Acuna.htm ACHR-37/2002.20 Knowledge with regard to performance and evaluation of the health systems Dr.Juan Arroyo's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation, and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Arroyo.htm ACHR-37/2002.22 Historical perspective on the importance of research in disease prevention and control at PAHO Dr. Gabriel Schmunis's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Slide presentation and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Schmunis.htm ACHR-37/2002.19 Knowledge with regard to health policies and sectoral reforms in the Americas. Dr. Ana Luisa Viaña's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Presentation and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Viana.htm ACHR-37/2002/Health in Human Development: Commentator: Dr. Heinz-Rudolf Sonntag's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Video conference Windows Media ACHR-2002-Sonntag.htm ACHR-37/2002/Remarks by PAHO Director Dr.George A. O. Alleyne's remarks at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Alleyne-Closing-Session.htm ACHR-37/2002.03 List of presentations XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR) Science, Health and Development: Achievements and Challenges in One Hundred Years of PAHO. Washington, D.C. 12-14 June 2002 ACHR-02-List-of-Presentations.pdf ACHR-37/2002.01 Agenda XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR) Science, Health and Development: Achievements and Challenges in One Hundred Years of PAHO. Washington, D.C. 12-14 June 2002 ACHR-02-Agenda.doc ACHR-02-Agenda.pdf ACHR-37/2002.04 Advancing to our past Address by the Director of PAHO at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR). Science, Health and Development: Achievements and Challenges in One Hundred Years of PAHO. Washington, D.C. 12-14 June 2002. ACHR-37-2002-Alleyne-Opening.pdf ACHR-37/2002.05 The relationship between health and development Dr. Paul Farmer's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Abstract, Slide presentation, and Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Farmer.htm ACHR-37/2002.02 List of participants XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR) Science, Health and Development: Achievements and Challenges in One Hundred Years of PAHO. Washington, D.C. 12-14 June 2002 ACHR-02-02.doc ACHR-02-02.pdf Indigenous Communities: Facing the Challenge of HIV/STI Oftentimes definitions of “Latin American” or “Caribbean” peoples or cultures are oversimplifications based on stereotypes. Likewise, the definitions of ‘indigenous’ peoples or cultures are frequently based on simplistic or wrong assumptions. Zacarias-indigenous.pdf The Virtual Library on Health Equity: A PAHO strategy for information dissemination in support of Health Equity in the Americas To share the conceptual and methodological issues related to the PAHO Virtual Health Library project in the Americas. Country and regional networks of information sources on health equity will be reviewed. vhl-iseq-can.htm ACHR-37/2002/Health in Human Development: Introduction Dr.Ichiro Kawachi's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Kawachi.htm ACHR-37/2002/Environmental Protection and Development: Chemical safety Dr.Ellen Silbergeld's presentation at the XXXVII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, Washington, D.C., 12-14 June 2002. Video conference Windows Media. ACHR-2002-Silbergeld.htm Inter-Agency Consultation on Race in Latin America Inter-Agency Consultation on Race in Latin America (IAC) - 2002 Annual Meeting - Expert Group Meeting- Advancing Public Policy for Afro-Descendants in Latin America - Social and Economic Development, Legal Issues and Human Rights hdd-etnia-bid.htm Gender and Rural Development The World Bank's Gender Division has relaunched its website devoted to Gender and Rural Development. This site includes a database of recent gender-related rural projects as well as background on the overlap between the two areas. Women's World Women's WORLD, an organization devoted to the global defense and encouragement of women's right to free expression has just launched their new website, which inlcudes sections on African Women's Voices, Voices for Peace in Israel-Palestine, The Aftermath of September 11 and Women Writers Gender Discrimination in Health Género: La cuestión esta en la diferencia - Incidencias de la discriminación y exclusión por género en materia de salud en Colombia has just been released by the Pan-American Health Organization. Written by Carolina Prieto Molano, the article discusses gender discrimination and exclusion in health, apporoaching equity from the perspective of diversity and difference and the inclusion of the gender perspective in health policies and programs. Download the full text of the article (PDF file - in Spanish) Science, Health and Development: Achievements and Challenges in One Hundred Years of PAHO Presentation of the annual meeting of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR). 12 to 14 June 2002. Gender and Environmental Change The South-East Asia Office (SEARO) of the WHO has released an article and presentation on Women, Men, and Environmental Change: The Gender Dimensions of Environmental Policies and Programs, which outline women’s and men’s relationships to the environment and the environmental impact of their differential roles. Dowload the article (PDF file) View the Presentation (PowerPoint). Legislation for Tobacco Control provides guidance on why the regulation of tobacco products is important, what type of legislation works and what doesn't, and how to implement and enforce legislation. PDF file Short Term Professional Positions in the Classification, Assessment, Surveys and Terminology (CAS) team at WHO WHO has launched a survey initiative the objectives of which are to obtain reliable and valid data related to measures of population health, risk factors, coverage, responsiveness of health systems and social capital. It is anticipated that this survey will be carried out in about 75 countries during the course of 2002. website WHO Strategy for Traditional Medicine Traditional Medicine: Growing Needs and Potential is the core of the WHO Global Strategy for Traditional Medicine for 2002-2005. It provides brief information on the growing needs and challenges faced by traditional medicine worldwide. It also gives key messages and a checklist for the safety, efficacy and quality to policy-makers. website Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2001 The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC/CEPAL) Santiago, Chile - February 2002 Available online at website Tables with information on different indicators of economic and social development are available for Latin America and the Caribbean for 2001. These include population, economic growth, employment, social conditions, and others. website NEWW-Polska Announces Its New Website The Network of East-West Women (NEWW-Polska) in Poland announces the launch of their new website, which contains information on EU accession and economic justice for women and recent news on gender issues in the CEE/NIS region. HIV/AIDS Database Announcing the launch of a new web-based tool: The HIV/AIDS Survey Indicator Database. The database provides an easily accessible comprehensive source of information on HIV/AIDS indicators derived from sample surveys. The database allows the user to produce tables for multiple countries or for specific countries by select background characteristics. For more information, contact: hivdata@orcmacro.com. Health Legislation Trends in the English-speaking American Region: 1997-2001 A review of health legislation in Canada, United States, and the Caribbean during the last four years (1997-2001). TR79.pdf Johannesburg Summit 2002 – the World Summit on Sustainable Development will bring together tens of thousands of participants, including heads of State and Government, national delegates and leaders from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses and other major groups to focus the world's attention and direct action toward meeting difficult challenges, including improving people's lives and conserving our natural resources in a world that is growing in population, with ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security. Website Genomics and World Health WHO Report Calls for Genetic Medicine Benefits for All. Genetic research has the potential to lead to major medical advances within the coming years against such killer diseases as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, potentially saving millions of lives, especially in the developing world, the World Health Organization (WHO) says in a major new Report on the impact of genomic. Website Johannesburg Summit 2002 – the World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg, South Africa , 26 August - September 4, 2002.The summit will bring together heads of State and Government, national delegates and leaders from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses and other major groups to focus the world's attention and direct action toward meeting difficult challenges, including improving people's lives and conserving our natural resources in a world that is growing in population, with ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security. Website Summit to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health July 10-12, 2002 WDC Leadership Summit seeks to draw attention to the existence of health disparities and to innovative approaches being implemented at the local, State, Federal and Tribal levels which address these disparities. Website Database on Household Surveys - Latin America & the Caribbean This database contains information on household surveys that were conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean since 1985, and that have one or more modules on health. The database can be consulted by year, by country, or by type of survey. English Dangerous Liasons Puntos de Encuentro announces the launch of a new bi-lingual book: Dangerous Liaisons. Women, Men and Hurricane Mitch: A study of power relations between men and women in response to Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua, by Dr. Sarah Bradshaw. For more information or to order a copy, contact Puntos at: puntos@puntos.org.ni, Tel: (++505) 268-1227, Fax: (++505) 266-6305 (15$ US outside Nicaragua). Symposium 2001: Gender Based Violence, Health and Rights in the Americas. Final Report (May 2002) The Final Report from the 2001 Inter-Agency Symposium on Gender-Based Violence, Health and Rights in the Americas has just been published! From June 4th-7th 2001, the Symposium brought together representatives from the ministries of health, women's machinery, civil society and UN agencies from 30 countries as well as international donor agencies to identify priorities and formulate strategies for strengthening the response of the health sector to GBV. Download the full text of the report by clicking on the link below (PDF File - 1004 KB) Symposium2001FinalReport.htm Ministry of Women, Dominican Republic The Ministry of Women (SEM) in the Dominican Republic has launched its new website. Available information includes a section on Public Policies, Gender Equity and Reforms and a news bulletin. For more information contact: info@sem.gov.do. Race, Racism and the Law It examines the role of domestic and international law in promoting and/or alleviating racism. The site includes statutes, cases, excerpts of law review articles, annotated bibliographies and other documents related to race and racism. Website IHEA 2003 4th World Congress San Francisco Global Health Economics: Bridging Research and Reforms, June 15th - 18th, 2003 With the expansion of the world economy and increasing migration, parallel flows have occurred in health systems, medical technology and infectious pathogens. Globalism has increased the need for the development and transfer of accurate health economics research and careful policy analysis. Website The Women of Color Web The Women of Color Web is dedicated to providing access to writings by and about women of color in the U.S. We focus specifically on issues related to feminisms, sexualities, and reproductive health and rights, although we envision adding new sections as interests arise. The site also provides links to organizations, discussion lists, and academic tools concerned specifically with women of color. Website POP/RH Portal The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Development Gateway Foundation launched the POP/RH Portal, an Internet initiative focusing on population and reproductive health. The Portal will provide a community built database of shared population information, including data, research, projects, ideas and dialogue. Social Inequalities in Health" - Disentangling the Underlying Mechanisms Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 954:118-139 (2001) Differentials in health and longevity by socioeconomic status and by the nature of" social relationships have been found in innumerable studies in the social and medical sciences. Website International Poverty and Health Network The IPHN is a world-wide network of people and organisations from health, business, NGOs, government and society-in-general who exchange experiences and share information on most effective approaches and solutions for health in poverty eradication policies, strategies and actions. website The World Food Summit The World Food Summit: five years later 10 to 13 June 2002. FAO will host a global meeting at its Rome headquarters from 10-13 June to review progress towards ending hunger. The meeting is meant to track progress achieved since the 1996 World Food Summit and consider ways to accelerate the process. website The Public's health and the Law in the 21st century June 17- 20, 2002 Atlanta, GA Co-sponsor by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics . This three-day conference will explore the role the law plays in protecting the public’s health now and in the future. website Food Security Resource Center (FSRC) Online Database The Food Security Resource Center's Online Database offers more than 8,000 items on food aid management, including materials on women and gender The CMH Report: Its Relevance for countries of the Latin America and Caribbean Region The CMH Report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health Investing in Health for Economic Development. Public Policy and Health Program - Health and Human Development Division - Pan American Health Organization CMH.pdf Health, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Health, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Concepts and determinants in Latin America and the Caribbean. A shared Agenda presentation, World Bank, PAHO/WHO, IADB/BID. USAID. hdp-WB.ppt Chilean Women Win Legal Access to Emergency Contraception After a year of legal wrangling, Chilean women have formally won the right to emergency contraception in cases of rape, unprotected sex or contraceptive failure. But despite their victory, the contraceptive itself remains out of reach of many women. Visit the International Planned Parenthood Federation or PANOS to learn more about this issue. HDW Fact Sheet - Social Responses to Gender-Based Violence Over the last few decades, gender-based violence (GBV) has been recognized and discussed as a public, rather than a private problem. As a result, hundreds of potential responses have been identified within the state and civil society. socialresponsesgbv.pdf Results of the In-house Competition for Multicenter Project 2002 The Research Coordination Program of the Pan American Health Organizations takes pleasure in announcing the results of the in-house competition for the Multicenter Project 2002. Ann_Multic-Eng.htm Gender and Governance Website KIT Gender announces a new website devoted to Gender and Governance. The website is part of an international programme on Gender, Citizenship and Governance (GCG) that KIT Gender is implementing together with 16 partner organisations from South Asia and Southern Africa. Conducting Research Surveys via E-mail and the Web Internet-based surveys, are becoming increasingly popular because they are believed to be faster, better, cheaper, and easier to conduct than surveys using more-traditional telephone or mail methods. This online book offer practical suggestions for designing and implementing Internet surveys most effectively. Website Funding health care: options in Europe European Observatory on Health Care Systems - Open University Press, April, 2002 ISBN 0 335 20924 6 Sample chapters available online EO The question of how to generate sufficient revenue to pay for health care has become a serious concern for nearly all European policy-makers. This book examines the advantages and disadvantages of funding arrangements currently in use across Europe. Website Gender and Water Alliance This website provides information on gender mainstreaming in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in four languages (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese). Visit the Gender and Water Alliance Results of Competition: Graduate Thesis Grants in Public Health, First Round 2002 The Research Coordination Program of the Pan American Health Organization announces the results of the competition for Graduate Thesis Grants in Public Health, First Round 2002. Suv-Thesis-eng-2002.htm JAMWA Women's Healthlink Library This link library includes over 300 hundred organizations and more than 1,000 specific links relevant to women's health. The information includes professional resources and a variety of other health resources geared towards women's health. Visit JAMWA! Participatory Evaluation - Final Report In July and August of 2001, HDW carried out a particiatory evaluation of our Integrated Model for the Care of Intra-Family Violence, which has been operating throughout Central America since 1995. We learned some interesting lessons from the evaluation, which we're sharing with you in the Final Report. Final Report (full text): lessonsfinal.pdf (PDF 223kb) Executive Summary: lessonssummary.PDF (PDF 64kb) Annexes: Lessonsannexes.doc (Word 148kb) PowerPoint Presentation: Lessonspowerpoint.ppt (224kb) The Lancet explores Violence Against Women A new Lancet series, continuing for 6 weeks, will explore: the global prevalence and definitions of violence against women; health consequences; prevention; health-sector response; research ethics; as well as violence perpetrated within health-care organisations. April 6 - Violence Against Women: Global Scope and Magnitude April 13 - Health Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence April 20 - Intimate Partner Violence: Causes and Prevention April 27 - Dilemmas and Opportunities for an Appropriate Health-Service Response to Violence Against Women May 4 - Bearing Witness: Ethics in Domestic Violence Research May 11 - Violence Against Women in Health-Care Institutions: An Emerging Problem National Professional in Gender and Health Sector Reform PAHO, through its Women, Health and Development Program is soliciting a National Professional to co-ordinate the Gender Equity in Health Sector Reform Policies Project, based in Peru. Download the Terms of Reference (Word file - in Spanish) Visit PAHO in Peru for more information (in Spanish). BIREME cellebrates 35 years! Information of the commemoration of 35 years of Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences (BIREME), in its mission to contribute to the development of the health in Latin America and the Caribbean through the promotion, fortification and democratization of the scientific and technical information in health. More information at BIREME site. Francesco Pocchiari Foundation Fellowship Applications for the Francesco Pocchiari Foundation Fellowship are invited from researchers in Latin America and the Caribbean to enable them to visit other countries in order to obtain new experience relevant to their own research, including advanced studies and/or training in methods and techniques appropriate to their national priorities. Pocchari-2002-eng.htm Quality of care in chilbirth: Seeking a comprehensive approach This study proposed to elaborate and evaluate a comprehensive method to assess quality of care in childbirth, adopting hospitals as the unit of analysis. Its overall goal was to identify easy to measure and cost-effective indicators to be used on a continuing basis, under a Public Health perspective. BRA-Res-1180.doc Regional Consultation on Policy Tools: Equity in Populations Health Toronto, Canada 16-17 June, 2002. The conference is expected to contribute both to scholarly and policy debate on policy tools to assist the development, implementation and/or evaluation processes associated with achieving health equity in the Americas. Key themes include: measurement of inequalities, targeting the poor, allocation of health resources, and health impact assessment. hdp-toronto.htm The Guanabara Letter The Guanabara Letter is a statement approved by 98 representatives of groups from 27 countries in the plenary session of Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean, Women''s Rights and the Global Situation (Rio, Dec 3-4, 2001). The September 28th Campaign is calling for additional signatories to the letter. Signatures can be sent to: campanha28set@uol.com.br. Download the Letter (Word file). Visit the Campaña 28 de Septiembre website. Gendered Aspects of Ageing INSTRAW has launched a special section on its Website on “Gendered Aspects of Ageing” on the occasion of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, taking place in Madrid, Spain from April 8-12, 2002. Visit INSTRAW! Download the HDW Fact Sheet on Gender and Ageing (PDF File). Bioethics Award - 2002 The Pan American Health and Education Foundation is pleased to announce the introduction of a new international award to recognize and stimulate excellence in the field of bioethics. The 2002 Manuel Velazco-Suarez Bioethics Award is intended to stimulate young scholars in the development of their capacities for bioethical analysis. The award carries a cash prize of US$10,000 . Website Challenging Inequities in Health: from ethics to action This volume provides new perspectives on the concept of health equity, empirical evidence on the scale and nature of health inequities in 13 countries and assessments of relevant policy developments and their implications. Website EngenderHealth Minicourses on HIV/AIDS and STIs EngenderHealth released two online minicourses, entitled Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV and AIDS. They will provide health care providers, especially those in resource-poor settings, with knowledge and strategies for addressing HIV/AIDS and STI prevention, management, and counseling with their clients. The courses are now available via EngenderHealth's Website or on CD-ROM (contact Carrie Svingen). Diverse Communities, common concerns: Assessing Health Care Quality for Minority Americans FINDINGS FROM THE 2001 HEALTH CARE QUALITY SURVEY The Commonwealth Fund. Available at: CWF Website 36th Sub-committee on Planning and Programming - HDW Report This report presents the mandate, strategic areas, and accomplishments of the Program on Women, Health, and Development (HDW) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). spp36english.pdf spp36presentation.ppt New Publication on Health Reform and SRH New from the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Sexual and Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities explores the convergence of the health sector reform processes and the improvement of sexual and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean. For a free copy of this publication contact the Women in Development Unit (WID/IADB) or download it from the WID Webpage (PDF File - only in Spanish). National Gender and Health Accounts Workshop From October 18-19th 2001, a group of experts came together in Santiago, Chile to respond to the abscence of a methodological instrument for measuring the gender aspect of health. Visit the Health Accounts Page! Research Grants Program (RGP) This page describes the activities of the PAHO Research Grants Program (RGP). It offers information on current calls for proposals, announces the results of said initiatives, and places at the disposal of the user the guides and templates used by the Program for its research projects. hdr-rgp.htm 19th Sub-Committee on Women, Health and Development (2001) Final Report 19subcommitee.pdf 19th Sub-Committee on Women, Health and Development (2001) Experiences with the Inclusion of Sexual Violence Indicators in the Health Information and Surveillance Systems of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru 19subandes.pdf 19th Sub-Committee on Women, Health and Development (2001) Domestic Violence Surveillance Systems in Central America 19subca.pdf Back Up your Birth Control The Back Up Your Birth Control campaign kicks off! On March 20th more than 100 U.S. organizations united to launch a campaign to raise public awareness about emergency contraception and to get it into the hands of more women. Visit the new website! Nepal Legalizes Abortion (March 14th - Kathmandu) Reversing 150 years of legal discrimination against women, Nepal’s Lower House of Parliament passed an amendment to the Civil Code that partially legalizes abortion and brings about sweeping changes in many other discriminatory laws. In a nation where one in five women in prison have been incarcerated for having an abortion, Nepal’s government now must take action to release those women. Read more from the Centre for Reproductive Law and Policy. Ms. Foundation Announces New Grant Guidelines The Ms. Foundation for Women announces new grant guidelines for their Safety Program (Spring 2001 cycle). Ms. is seeking proposals from grassroots groups with an organizing approach to violence against women, engaging communities to change the root causes of violence. Deadline for application is April 19th 2002. Visit the Ms. Foundation website to learn more.... Women in Development at MSU The Women and International Development Program at Michigan State University (MSU_WID) invites you to visit their web site. The Winter 2002 issue of the WID Bulletin has just been published and is available in full text. WID also publishes a WID Working Papers Series with more than 250 titles available to date. Visit WID for more information. International Reproductive Health Policy Fellowship The Centre for Reproductive Health Policy Research of the Institute for Health Policy Studies (University of California at San Francisco) announces the availability of two post-graduate and/or post-doctoral fellowships in Reproductive Health Policy, supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Visit UCSF's Website. White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood The global Secretariat of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA) has announced the launch of their new website. The new WRA website contains a vast array of information including an extensive links section and a new photo library. Visit the Site!. Reproductive Health Alliance Highlights on the new RHA website include articles on the Alliance's work with young people in Zambia and Kyrgyzstan and the use of participatory methods that underlies many of their activities. Visit the Site! PRB Launches Website in French and Spanish The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) has recently launched new websites to provide French- and Spanish-speaking audiences with better access to data and analysis. The sites feature articles, publications, and data on adolescents, environment, HIV/AIDS, policy, population trends, and reproductive health. Visit the Spanish Website! Gender and Financing For Development Read UNFEM's Statement on the Gender and Financing for Development Agenda, published for the International Conference on Financing for Development (March 18-22) in Monterrey, Mexico. Also check out the Conference Website. Research Training Fellowships in Health Invitation to researchers from Latin America and the Caribbean to apply for a one-year postdoctoral training in the intramural laboratories of the NIH. This initiative is aimed at training researchers, with the ultimate goal of building research capacity where it is most needed, by offering the necessary conditions for advanced-level continuing education in priority areas impacting upon public-health issues in the Region. fogarty.htm Gender and Political Participation The International Institute For Democracy And Electoral Assistance has launched a new site on Gender and Political Participation. The site provides up-to-date information on the status of women's political participation world-wide. Visit the site! The "Gender Equality Tool" (ILO) The International Labour Organization recently launched a new website called The Gender Equality Tool. Designed to promote information exchange and enhance users' knowledge of gender issues, the website also features information on the recently completed and much-publicized ILO Gender Audit. Guttmacher Report Reviews Abstinence-Only Education The Febraury 2002 Guttmacher Report on Public Policy from the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) reviews the Bush administration's increasing emphasis on abstinence-only education. The full Report is available from the AGI Web site. Social Science and Medicine: Issue on Gender and Health The March 2002 edition (Vol. 54, No. 5) of the journal Social Science and Medicine is devoted to Women's Health and Gender Inequalities. It features articles on such themes as: gender equity and socio-economic inequality; multiple roles and health and how gender affects patterns of social relations. Access the full text of the journal from the Science Direct website. WHO Cabinet Approves Global Gender Policy (March 6th 2002). The Cabinet of the World Health Organization approved the Global Gender Policy developed by the Gender and Women's Health Department (GWH). PAHO's Women, Health and Development Program, along with the other WHO regions, will be working to adapt and implement the policy in the Americas. Read the text of the policy..... WHOgenderpolicy.doc Symposium 2001 - Gender Violence, Health and Rights in the Americas From June 4th-7th 2001, the Women, Health and Development Program co-sponsored, in co-operation with UNIFEM, UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, RSMLAC, Isis International and the Centre for Research in Women's Health, and co-ordinated the Symposium 2001: Gender-Based Violence, Health and Rights in the Americas. symposium.htm Dominican women issue a Declaration for the respect of their human rights... Dominican women, faced with continuing attacks on their sexual and reproductive rights, especially access to contraception, from the Catholic Church have come together at the Second Dominican Feminists' Conference. Read their declaration at LACWHN's Website. (in Spanish) Argentina: Emergency Contraception is every woman The Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network, LACWHN, with headquarters in Chile, expresses its strongest repudiation of the attack against emergency contraception in Argentina. Read more at LACWHN's Website (in Spanish) International Women's Day Every year on 8 March we celebrate International Women's Day. This occasion recognizes the important contribution of women to social development and justice at the local, national, and international levels. Read more in HDW's Women's Day Handout (PDF file). iwd2002handout.pdf WHO Position Announcement Technical Officer - Gender and Health Under the supervision of the Co-ordinator of the Gender and Women's Health Program (GWH), the incumbent will support the work on gender and health within WHO. WHOposition.doc Project to Assess and Learn How Well Health, Nutrition, and Population Activities Are Reaching Disadvantaged Groups The World Bank's Thematic Group on Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) and Poverty is pleased to invite applications for participation in a project to find out how well health projects reach the poor. Financial support of up to $40,000 for each of 10-12 submissions, to be selected through open competition; the application deadline is April 19, 2002. Download document for full instructions. wb-poor-proj.doc wb-poor-proj.PDF Gender and Health: A Technical Paper (World Health Organization ) The aim of this technical paper is to explore some of the implications of the shift from the 'women in development' (WID) to the 'gender and development' (GAD) approach for the analysis of health and health care issues in general and for the work of WHO in particular. Select this link to go to WHO HDW Advocacy Kits The purpose behind WHD Advocacy Kits is to present a current issue in Gender and Health in a concise and user-friendly way.Each kit contains a fact sheet (or series of fact sheets), a brief issue paper and a power point presentation. advocacykits.htm Education in Gender and Health A registry for universities and other schools which offer degree/diploma programs on gender, women's health or women's human rights issues. The main focus of the page is the Americas. education.htm Gender and Health Fact Sheets (HDW) The Women, Health and Development Program publishes a monthly fact sheet in English and Spanish on a current theme in gender equity and health. Examples include: Emergency Contraception, Men's Role in Reproductive Health (forthcoming) and Gender and Ageing. factsheets.htm Training in Gender and Health A registry of training courses that educate the general public, health professionals, development workers or other target audiences about a specific theme in gender or women's health. Course subjects include gender-based and domestic violence, masculinities, men's role in reproductive health, women and communicable disease, integrating gender into development etc. gendertraining.htm GENSALUD - Discussion Group on Gender and Health GENSALUD is the electronic discussion group of the Women, Health and Development Program. It is a resource only listserv which disseminates information on gender and women's health issues. gensalud.htm Gender and Health Links Links to different organizations working in the gender, health and women's rights themes links.htm Gender and Health Calendar This page presents some of the latest gender and health news, as well as a complete listing of conferences and other events organized around the theme. calendar.htm Describing Population Health in Six Domains One of the World Health Organization's longest standing mandates is the collection and routine reporting of information on population health. In addition to estimates of mortality and disease, assessment of health status from population based surveys contribute to estimates of population health. Website About the Program on Women, Health and Development This page provides an overview of the Program on Women, Health and Development, our mission, projects and activities. abouthdw.htm MADRE Condemns the Colombian Offensive On February 21, 2002, Colombia's 38-year conflict exploded into full-fledged war when President Pastrana unilaterally broke off peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). MADRE, an international women's human rights organization, is extremely concerned about the escalation of violence and the threat of grave human rights abuses against women and families. Read more... Results of Competition: Research Training Grants in Public Health 2001 The Research Coordination Program of the Pan American Health Organization announces the results of the competition for Research Training Grants in Public Health. Suv-Capacita-eng-2001.htm Fellowship Postdoctoral/Staff fellowship positions are available to study the development and characterization of novel modulators of innate immunity with a special emphasis on the response to biowarfare agents. nih.doc Criteria for evaluating evidence on public health interventions Public health interventions tend to be complex, programmatic, and context dependent. The evidence for their effectiveness just be sufficiently comprehensive to encompass that complexity. website Dying for Change - Poor people's This is a joint WHO - World Bank publication, based on material gathered by the Voices of the Poor project. Dying for Change presents poor people's views and testimonies on health care services and the causes and consequences of ill health. Website Infectious Diseases Report Infectious Diseases Report points to way out of Poverty to health WHO Scaling Up the Response to Infectious Diseases: A Way Out of Poverty, a new report by WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, the World Bank, UNESCO and UNFPA will be launched at the World Economic Forum. website Infectious Diseases Report Infectious Diseases Report points to way out of Poverty to health WHO Scaling Up the Response to Infectious Diseases: A Way Out of Poverty, a new report by WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, the World Bank, UNESCO and UNFPA will be launched at the World Economic Forum. website Hepatitis B Vaccination In The Colombian Amazon. Effectiveness And Factors Influencing Vaccination Coverage Abstract: A vaccination coverage survey was carried out in the Colombian Amazon, a former high endemic area for hepatitis B, involving 3573 children less than 11 years old. It was carried out in Leticia, Puerto Nariño, and Araracuara, both urban and rural areas. In conclusion, the introduction of a recombinant Cuban manufactured hepatitis B vaccine has produced a marked decline in the high infection prevalence of children in