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PAHO Books

Noncommunicable Diseases. In: Health in the Americas, 1998 Edition, Vol. I
This chapter of the 1998 edition of the book “Health in the Americas”, pages 39-62, provides mortality profiles with regard to noncommunicable diseases at the regional and country levels. It includes tables with death and mortality rates, life expectancy at birth, by sex, by subregion and country Region.(28/Jan/1998)
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(PALTEX) The Expanded Textbook & Instructional Materials Program
Since 1968, the Textbook Program (PALTEX), a joint Pogram of the Pan American Health Organization and the Pan American Health and Education Foundation(PAHEF), a US nonprofit organization that closely cooperates with PAHO in several activities, has provided nearly 6 million medical books and instruments to students and health workers at over 520 institutions in 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries, as part of the technical cooperation of PAHO to the Americas. PALTEX serves the needs not only of medical students, but also of a wide range of professional health disciplines, including nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, nutrition and environmental health. It provides not only print materials, but also basic diagnostic instruments required for hands-on student practice. In addition to textbooks for professionals, PALTEX now also publishes and distributes manuals and other materials focused on the needs of health services personnel at all levels of the health system. This document offers the following information: What is PALTEX? What type of publications does PALTEX provide? How does PALTEX select its publications/books? How does PALTEX function? How can an institution become a partner in the PALTEX system? Who can purchase PALTEX material? Link to the Spanish PALTEX Publications Catalog.(17/Jun/2009)
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Alcohol y atención primaria de la salud
En este documento se resumen las evidencias en torno a los daños ocasionados por el alcohol y el manejo del consumo de riesgo o perjudicial en ámbitos de la atención primaria. (14/Jul/2008)
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