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International Clinical Trials Registry Platform
New standards for registration of human medical research (19 May 2006): WHO is urging research institutions and companies to register all medical studies that test treatments on patients or healthy volunteers. Registration of clinical trials –- including preliminary studies -- will be fundamental to ensuring transparency and fulfilling ethical responsibilities, thus publicly declaring and identifying the trials, so as to ensure that a minimum set of results be reported and made publicly available. This link to WHO provides access to the full text and other related articles in the Lancet.
(22/May/2006)
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OPS presenta manual-guía sobre métodos cualitativos de investigación en salud pública
El Área de Publicaciones de la OPS lanza al español un estudio integral sobre la importancia del aporte cualitativo en la exploración científica como herramienta metodológica complementaria para el estudio de los factores determinantes de la salud.(2/Mar/2006)
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Tribute Paid to Doctor Diltor Vladimir Araújo Opromolla, Symbol of the Fight against Hansen's Disease (4th Expoepi, Brasilia, 23 November 2004)
Diltor Vladimir Araújo Opromolla is one of the great names linked to the fight against and control of Hansen's disease (leprosy) in Brazil and throughout the world. In 2004, the Brazilian Ministry of Health paid tribute to Opromolla for his contributions to both the country and the world for the discovery of a cure against Hansen's disease. He has also contributed much in the area of human-resource development. He has also contributed greatly to the fight against prejudice regarding Hansen's disease, which still persists in society. In Expoepi 2004, he received a plaque from PAHO to commemorate his contributions.(30/Nov/2004)
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Presentación de una propuesta de investigación
Una propuesta de investigación es un documento escrito con la finalidad de obtener
financiamiento para un proyecto de investigación. Los investigadores deberán familiarizarse con las posibles fuentes de financiamiento, y con sus requisitos y mecanismos específicos. Deberán saber cómo presentar una propuesta que tenga buenas perspectivas de conseguir financiamiento. (Guía práctica de investigación en salud, PC 620, © OPS 2008-Capítulo 6)
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Cómo abordar un proyecto de redacción científica
La idea de preparar un trabajo científico puede intimidar hasta a los
mejores escritores. Sin embargo, adoptar una actitud mental adecuada
"Escribir es fácil. Lo único que hay que hacer es mirar fijamente la hoja de papel en blanco hasta que se empieza a sudar gotas de sangre." GENE FOWLER
(Cómo escribir y publicar trabajos científicos, PC 621, © OPS Ed. 2008-Capítulo 3)(Puedo ver el capítulo 3 gratis o comprar el libro en la OPS Librería en línea)(24/Apr/2008)
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¿Qué es la redacción científica?
"Exponga sus hechos tan sencillamente como pueda, incluso audazmente. Nadie espera flores de elocuencia ni ornamentos literarios en un artículo de investigación." R. B. MCKERROW. (Cómo escribir y publicar trabajos científicos, PC 621, © OPS Ed. 2008-Capítulo 1)
(24/Apr/2008)
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TropIKA.net: Tropical Disease Research to foster Innovation and Knowledge Application
The UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and the PAHO's Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME) are jointly developing an interactive portal in the area of infectious diseases that disproportionably affect poor and marginalized populations. The initiative is called TropIKA.net--Tropical Disease Research to foster Innovation and Knowledge Application. The rationale is to address a basic imbalance where priority research needs are unequally covered by the global research agenda and several high-impact research areas are still neglected.(10/Jul/2007)
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Research and Scientific Writing
PAHO information resources on Research and Scientific Writing include some of the classic texts on science, research and writing, as well as publications on a wide spectrum of related issues: regional and country-level research, PAHO research programs, the standards for presenting manuscripts to scientific journals, meta-analysis, terminology, review articles, ethical matters, and more. more(2/Jan/2006)
Public Health Surveillance in the Americas: National Epidemiological Surveillance and Statistical Information Systems
A portal with links to National Epidemiological Survillance Information Systems and Statistical Information Systems in the Region of the Americas.(29/Jan/2003)
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PAHO Communicable Disease Research Program (CDR)
This page offers the user basic information and a variety of resources in the area of research in infectious diseases: mandates, program description, PAHO guides for researchers submitting proposals and reports, links to its WHO counterpart and to the PAHO Research Grants Program as well as to donor institutions and related sites, international awards, announcements of conferences and publications, upcoming events, etc.(27/Aug/2008)
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ECLAT: European Community - Latin American Network for Research on the Biology and Control of Triatominae
The general objective of ECLAT is to provide a coordinated network promoting collaborative research on the biology and control of Triatominae, in support of Chagas disease control programmes throughout Latin America. In addition to basic and applied research, the network also acts as a focus for discussion and liaison between research scientists, operational personnel, and industries involved in Chagas disease control. Research is focused on the comparative population genetics and dispersal (gene flow) of primary and secondary vector species, especially in relation to recolonisation of treated communities and the adaptive mechanisms involved in colonising new domestic and peridomestic habitats.(6/Jun/2005)
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Barcelona Tuberculosis Research Unit (UITB)
The UITB objective is to produce relevant scientific knowledge on the control, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB. One of its projects is a network on research departments.(2/Jun/2005)
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Periodical Publications
Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 3, No. 5, May 2009
In this issue: World Hypertension Day: 17 May; World No Tobacco Day; Progress in the Countries on CNCD Surveillance; Improving Cancer Information in the Americas; Capacity-Building in the Andean Countries; Meeting of Peruvian American Medical; IDB Call for CNCD Research Proposals; News Roundup.
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Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 9, September 2008
In this issue: World Cancer Congress 2008; PAHO Featured at the World Cancer Congress; PAHO Unites Cancer Control Stakeholders from LAC during World Cancer Congress; World Cancer Declaration Sets Ambitious Targets for 2020; Central America and the Dominican Republic Define a Subregional Plan for Cancer Prevention and Control; WHO to Establish Chronic Disease Research Priorities; Argentina: Community Promoters Project Report; Mexico: Social Marketing Course; Trinidad and Tobago Appoints a CNCD Technical Advisory Committee.(1/Oct/2008)
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Perspectives in Health - Volume 4, Number 1, 1999
Magazine published twice a year by the Pan American Health Organization. This edition features the following articles: Malaria, Failure, Puzzle, and Challenge - Health and Medicine in the Pre-Columbian Americas - The Impact of Disease, Two Worlds Meet - Research for the People - Health, a Bridge to Peace in Peru and Ecuador - Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte, a Physician Among Her People - Urban Renewal in Kingston, Jamaica.(1/Jun/2000)
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Technical Documents
ACHR-42-07-2008-Report to the Director
XLII Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 13 to 15 April 2008.(23/Sep/2008)
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CD48/17 - Regional Contribution to the Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health
CD48/17 - Regional Contribution to the Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health(20/Aug/2008)
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Emmanuel Dias: Súmula biográfica
O Doutor João Carlos Pinto Dias, destacado pesquisador e sanitarista brasileiro em doença de Chagas de reconhecimento mundial, tem nos feito chegar na ocasião dos 100 anos do natalício de seu pai o referente do século XX em matéria de doença de Chagas, Doutor Emmanuel Dias, este resumo biográfico comemorativo.(28/Jul/2008)
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