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World Heart Day: Sunday, 26 September 2004
A healthy heart is vital for living life to the full, regardless of age and gender. Unhealthy diets, physical activity and smoking are the leading causes of heart disease and stroke. These unhealthy behaviors are increasingly common among children and teenagers and are being adopted at an alarmingly early age. That's why World Heart Day this year is focused on how important it is for children, in all parts of the world, to have a heart for life.(26/Sep/2004)
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World No Tobacco Day 2003 materials
The world of film and fashion cannot be accused of causing cancer. But they do not have to promote a product that does. The World No Tobacco Day 2003 focuses on the role of the world of fashion and film in fostering a worldwide epidemic and urges them to stop being vehicles of death and disease. See the poster produced by PAHO.(12/May/2003)
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Día Mundial Sin Tabaco, 31 de mayo de 2003: Películas libres de tabaco
Dos medios que la industria tabacalera utiliza para crear una imagen engañosa del tabaco son las películas y la moda. Juntas, ambas industrias configuran el mercado y dictan qué y quienes están de moda. El cine y la moda ayudan a establecer y reforzar las normas de la belleza, éxito y diversión. De esa manera contribuyen a formar los sueños y las fantasías tanto de jóvenes como no tan jóvenes. Este año, el Día Mundial Sin Tabaco pone al descubierto la manipulación del cine y la moda para promover el consumo de tabaco. Con motivo del Día Mundial Sin Tabaco se ha distribuido este folleto.(7/May/2003)
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The Role of Health Professionals in Tobacco Control
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The Role of Health Professionals in Tobacco Control(22/Jul/2005)
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Engaging Doctors in Tobacco Control
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Tobacco Control Strategy Planning, Companion Guide #2a
Engaging Doctors in Tobacco Control(22/Jul/2005)
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Tobacco-Free Youth: A Life Sills Primer
Examines scope of the tobacco problem among youths in the Americas, and discusses the application of the "life skills" approach to prevent use. (Scientific Publication, © PAHO,2000) (23/May/2000)
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CARMEN: A Network for Integrated Prevention and Control of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease in the Americas
The CARMEN Pan American Network was developed because there was an increasing awareness among PAHO member countries that chronic noncommunicable diseases (CNCDs) account for nearly two-thirds of the total number of deaths in the Americas, and that, to a large extent, these diseases are dependent on risk factors and lifestyles that are amenable to modification. This page tells about the CARMEN network and how it contributes to NCD prevention and control throughout the Americas, with a multitude of links to its products, partners, and various activities (CARMEN Policy Observatory, CARMEN School, Pan American Cardiovascular Initiative, Central American Diabetes Initiative, etc.).(9/Jun/2009)
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World No Tobacco Day 2006
The topic of World No tobacco Day 2006 (WNTD 2006) is "Tobacco: Deadly in any form or disguise". The aim of WNTD 2006 is to sensitize consumers and policy makers to the fact that use of ALL tobacco products is extremely harmful and that ALL tobacco products, not just manufactured cigarettes, should be strictly regulated.(23/May/2006)
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World No Tobacco Day 2004: Tobacco and Poverty, a vicious circle
Together, tobacco and poverty create a vicious circle. Tobacco not only impoverishes those who use it, it puts an enormous financial burden on countries. The money spent on tobacco cannot be spent on basic human needs as food, shelter, education and health care, and the high costs of tobacco use at the national level in terms of health care and loss of productivity, among others, are often neglected.(24/Oct/2005)
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Periodical Publications
Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas
The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to promote the Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health; to share developments on all aspects of the strategy and its four lines of action as well as news on program implementation.
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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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Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 6, June 2008
In this issue, spotlights are on two major areas, tobacco and cancer: World Tobacco Day 2008; WNTD across the Region; Jamaican Heart Foundation Receives Regional Grant for Tobacco Warnings; Stakeholders Meeting for a Regional Action Plan for Cancer; Fact Sheets on Cancer in the Americas; Towards Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control; Congress on Childhood Cancer.(26/Jun/2008)
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Technical Documents
CD48.R2 - WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Opportunities and Challenges for its Implementation in the Americas
CD48.R2 - WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Opportunities and Challenges for its Implementation in the Americas(30/Sep/2008)
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Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health
Chronic diseases are the major cause of death in all the countries of the Americas. This strategy was created to deal with this new epidemic: It Strategy is comprehensive, requiring a combination of interventions for the population and individuals. It is integrated, spanning prevention and control strategies focusing on the major chronic diseases and cross-cutting risk factors (especially diet, physical activity, tobacco, and alcohol). Finally, it is intersectoral, because most of the major determinants of the chronic-disease burden lie outside the health sector. This page offers an executive summary and access to the full text in PAHO publication format, as well as related initiatives.(4/Sep/2008)
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CD48/12 -WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Opportunities and Challenges for its Implementation in the Americas
CD48/12 -WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Opportunities and Challenges for its Implementation in the Americas(16/Aug/2008)
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