Veterinary Public Health

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Announcements

World Rabies Day: 28 September 2008--Working together to make rabies history!
World Rabies Day is now a permanent event to occur every September 28. This resource page covers the 2008 event with a description and a link to the main event website with all multilingual materials for the global campaign, community education and teaching materials (including videos), as well as links to available information on rabies in the Americas. NEW: Win a Certificate of Achievement plus a US$ 1,000 prize!(25/Sep/2008)
In English       (19.3k)  
en español     (19.79k)  
en Français    (21.44k)  
em Português (20.37k)  

Award for the Three Best Rabies Prevention and Control Events in Latin America and the Caribbean for World Rabies Day 2008
The event you hold this year for World Rabies Day 2008 will qualify you to compete for a PAHO certificate and a US$ 1000 cash prize from the Alliance for Rabies Control and WRD for your event next year. See the flyer for details.(8/Sep/2008)
In English       (215.79k)  
en español     (172.21k)  
en Français    (222.52k)  
em Português (215.16k)  

World Rabies Day: 8 September 2007
"Working together to make rabies history!" This is the slogan for the first World Rabies Day. The website below tells all about the initiative and offers logos and a campaign presentation and brochure, as well as a series of PAHO videos to be used in community events; and it links to the main website where more information can be found and to articles covering the event, plus outcomes.(20/Feb/2008)
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en español     (9.81k)  
en Français    (9.97k)  
em Português (9.92k)  

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Books

Publicaciones PANAFTOSA OPS/OMS
Este folleto de dos páginas brinda detalles sobre 15 publicaciones del Centro Panamericano de Fiebre Aftosa (PANAFTOSA), el cual trabaja no sólo con fiebre aftosa sino con otras zoonosis y con enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos de importancia para la salud pública de las Américas. Las publicaciones consisten de libros, boletines, materiales educativas, CD-ROMs, guías y manuales, estudios, etc.(20/Apr/2007)
en español     (975.48k)  

Final Report and Proceedings: 14th Inter-American Meeting, at the Ministerial Level, on Health and Agriculture (RIMSA 14) (Mexico City, Mexico, 21–22 April 2005)
This 312-page publication-quality e-book offers the complete proceedings of PAHO's biennial high-level meeting of the health and agricultural sectors, with an intersectoral approach to such issues as zoonotic diseases, food safety, livestock production, rural development, etc. The HTML page offers the preface and resolutions plus the full text in PDF.(22/Apr/2005)
In English       (24.93k)   (2931.73k)  
en español     (26.89k)   (3306.08k)  

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Databases

PANAFTOSA Bibliographical Database, Veterinary Public Health Virtual Library (VHS)
The Veterinary Public Health Virtual Library (VHL) of the Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (PANAFTOSA) is the main repository for PAHO information on veterinary public health and zoonotic diseases. Its bibliographical database on scientific literature provides not only the reference but also an abstract and access to the downloadable full texts in PDF.(19/Sep/2005)
In English       PANAFTOSA  
en español     PANAFTOSA  
em Português PANAFTOSA  

Virtual Library in Veterinary Public Health (VHL PANAFTOSA)
The goal of the Virtual Health Library in Veterinary Public Health of the Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease is to facilitate user access to different virtual information resources in the area of veterinary public health, at the national (i.e. in the countries) and international level.(16/Jan/2004)
In English       VHL PANAFTOSA  
en español     BVS PANAFTOSA  
em Português BVS PANAFTOSA  

SIEPI Epidemiological Information System
This epidemiological database contains prevalence data for the Americas on rabies. It is maintained by the Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (PANAFTOSA)(1/Jan/2004)
In English       SIEPI  
en español     SIEPI  
em Português SIEPI  

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Multimedia

Eliminación de la rabia canina transmitida por perros
Este video de cinco minutos y medio comunica la seriedad de la rabia como enfermedad mortal y los logros que se han hecho en la Región para eliminar la rabia transmitida por perros, es decir, la forma historicamente más común, a través de educación y programas de vacunación masiva.(13/Mar/2008)
en español     YouTube  

Monica's Gang: Down with Rabies!
This special comic book with the popular figure Monica is the result of a collaborative effort between PAHO and its authors. Its goal is to educate children about rabies and how to prevent putting themselves at risk. Children are the group most vulnerable to animal attacks and of contracting the disease.(8/Aug/2007)
In English       (2516.52k)  
en español     (11568.26k)  
en Français    (12510.04k)  
em Português (1758.24k)  

Monica and Her Gang: Caring for Your Pet
This four-part video disguises a public service announcement under the guise of a video designed for children, done in collaboration with the PAHO Veterinary Public Health Unit. It focuses on rabies prevention. The four parts are Prevent Dog Attacks, A Happy Puppy, I Want a Puppy, and Vaccinate Your Pets,(1/Aug/2007)
In English       Monica and Her Gang  
en español     Mónica y sus amigos  
em Português A turma de Mônica  

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Other Resources

The Alliance for Rabies Control (ARC)
The Alliance for Rabies Control (ARC), with which PAHO collaborates, was created to alleviate the burden of rabies across the world by promoting and implementing rabies control, prevention and education programmes whilst accounting for animal welfare and conservation issues--while always keeping in mind that rabies is a disease that can be both prevented and controlled. Newsletter: Rabid Bytes(27/Feb/2008)
In English       ARC  
en español     ARC  

PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers in the Area of Food Safety
This page provides a detailed listing of all the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers in the Region of the Americas that work in the area of food safety, with website and contact links. It also provides links to the main Collaborating Center Databases at PAHO and WHO as well as to their main Food Safety Pages.(7/Jul/2006)
In English       (7.25k)  
en español     (8.7k)  

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
This links is to the major online journal, which in turn also offers links to other scholarly articles on the topic.(18/Apr/2006)
In English       Liebert, Inc. Publishers  
en español     Liebert, Inc. Publishers  

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Periodical Publications

VPH News (Year 2, No. 4, May 2008)
In this issue: RIMSA 15; PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO welcomes countries at the 35th COSALFA meeting; PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO promotes animal health training; PANALIMENTOS: Security and food safety; Research and Development: II National Seminar on Hantavirus advanced research; STD/AIDS: Congress discusses fights against STD and AIDS; First Conference on Health Innovation is held in Brazil; Food-and-mouth disease: Emergency Simulation in Paraguay; SENACSA; PWR-Chile: Rabies situation; Book launch and articles; Visits to PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO; Cooperation: Fight against animal rabies, agreement for the creation of a laboratory network; Visit of Dr. Mirta Roses, partnership between PAHO and the city where PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO has its headquarters.(31/May/2008)
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en español     (437.83k)  
em Português   

VPH News: Communication Channel of the PAHO Veterinary Public Health Unit
The purpose of this newsletter is to establish an open channel for the participation of all interested parties, as a bridge for a productive and participative management of veterinary public health issues. It contains information on progress and developments, events and activities, information resources, etc.(30/May/2008)
In English       (8.17k)  
en español     (8.8k)  
em Português (9.01k)  

Rabid Bytes: Newsletter of the Alliance for Rabies Control (ARC)
This link to the Rabid Bytes home page provides automatic electronic subscription and access to present and past issues. PAHO collaborates with the Alliance for Rabies Control (ARC).(27/Feb/2008)
In English       Rabid Bytes  
en español     Rabid Bytes  

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Technical Documents

REDIPRA: Meetings of Directors of National Programs for Rabies Control in Latin America
The objectives of these biennial meetings are: (a) Review the strategies for the regional plan to prevent human rabies. (b) Produce recommendations to the countries and to PAHO/WHO for the completion of the elimination process. (c) Reinforce bonds of solidarity. (d) Develop cooperation projects among the countries for rabies elimination. This pages provides access to REDIPRA meeting reports and other PAHO/WHO inforamtion on rabies. (31/Dec/2008)
In English       (11.05k)  
en español     (11.38k)  

Guide for Organizing Large-Scale Dog Rabies Vaccination Days
The purpose of this Guide is to construct an instrument that permits (1) staff members from Public Health Services to obtain systematized information to guide them on how to organize, carry out, and evaluate vaccination campaign activities; and (2) explicitly indicate the role of the various institutional and social actors--be they public or private, from the national, intermediate, municipal, or local level--in the different phases or stages of vaccination campaigns to definitively interrupt the circulation of the rabies virus in the canine population. This page gives a summary and access to the full text in Spanish.(31/Aug/2008)
In English       (5.55k)  
en español     (5.49k)   (1794.67k)   BVS  

Current WHO Guide for Rabies Pre- and Post-Exposure Treatment in Humans
This 24-page handbook from WHO/CSR serves as a quick reference handbook with clinical guidelines for providing treatment to persons exposed to rabies.(6/Aug/2008)
In English       WHO  
en español     (173.42k)   PPT  
en Français    (173.34k)   PPT  
em Português (166.91k)   PPT