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Foro internacional sobre la incorporación del enfoque intercultural de la salud en zonas con población indígenas
La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS)/Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) a través del Programa regional de control de la malaria sin el uso de DDT en América Central y México, realizó en conjunto con el Ministerio de Salud (MINSA) el “Primer foro internacional sobre la incorporación del enfoque intercultural de la salud en zonas con población indígena” en la localidad de Bisira en la Comarca Ngöbe Buglé, Panamá los días 6 al 8 de diciembre(6/Dec/2005)
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Books
Health in the Americas Volume 1 - 2002 Edition
Excerpt from the quadrennial publication Health in the Americas, 2002. This publication presents, in two volumes, a Regional analysis and an analysis for each of the 47 countries and territories of the health situation and trends in the Americas form 1997 to 2000. The excerpt is specifically about health of the indigenous peoples by country.
(29/Apr/2002)
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Other Resources
Focal Point List - Indigenous peoples and Health Initiative
Indigenous Peoples and Health Initiative, Focal Points Programs & Divisions - PAHO WHO(1/Apr/2006)
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Health Program of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas - Action Plan 2005–2007
Based on the Health of the Indigenous Peoples Initiative experience, the “Health of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Program” was proposed as a new space to revise, expand, and consolidate the development of the health of the indigenous peoples of the Region. Since 2004 the Program is being implemented from the Health Services Organization Unit of the Technology and Health Services Delivery Area (THS/OS).(1/Jan/2005)
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Directorio Centroamaricano de ONG's
Directorio Centroamaricano de ONG's y Entidades que trabajan por la salud de los Pueblos Indígenas(14/Jun/2002)
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Periodical Publications
Killkaipak Shimi - Boletín Indígena - Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Junio, 2003 - Versión en Kichwa
Kay killkata kankunapak makipi churanaka ñukanchikpakka may kushikuimi kan. Kay killkaka tukui Abya-Yalamanta washayukkuna rurashkami kan, IV Tantanakuipi, “Pacha Samayta kausarichishun” nishpa shutichishkapi. Kay kimsan kimsan killa killkaka mushuk shimikunawan ruraykunawan llikata shina awankaraykumi Abya-Yalamanta, tukui pachamantapish runakunapak kausaita allichinkaraykupishmi kan. Tukuikunallatakmi Pachamama kushka samaytaka charinchik.
(29/Jun/2003)
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Technical Documents
Renewing Primary Health Care (PHC) in the Americas
The goal of this document is to generate ideas and recommendations to enable such a renewal, and to help strengthen and reinvigorate PHC into a concept that can lead the development of health systems for the coming quarter century and beyond.
There are several reasons for adopting a renewed approach to PHC, including: the rise of new epidemiologic challenges that PHC must evolve to address; the need to correct weaknesses and inconsistencies present in some of the widely divergent approaches to PHC; the development of new tools and knowledge of best practices that PHC can capitalize on to be more effective; and a growing recognition that PHC is an approach to strengthen society’s ability to reduce inequities in
health.
(9/Jul/2007)
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DOCUMENT LIBRARY of the Strategic &Programatic Orientations in PHC
In response to the request of Member States to organize a process for defining future strategic and programmatic orientations in PHC”, on May 13, 2004, PAHO/WHO created a "Working Group on PHC” (WG) whose main function is to advise the Organization on how to built a reinvigorated vision of the PHC strategy that would address the challenges posed by the new millennium, particularly those posed by the MDGs.(12/Aug/2005)
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PHC - Summary of the process leading to the Draft
The WG produced the first draft of the position paper on the renewal of PHC, which went through a PAHO’s internal review process. During the period of May and June 2005, the second version of the draft (dated March 31st, 2005) was sent to every Member State for review and comments. As of August 2005, 21 national consultations to discuss the position paper were held in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. The comments received from the countries were incorporated into the third version of the position paper dated July 12th, 2005. Meanwhile, a draft Regional Declaration on PHC was prepared and sent to the Member States for comments during July and early August of 2005
(12/Aug/2005)
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