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Announcements
Action Now: For the lives of mothers, newborns, and children
Chile. September 19, 2008.- Regional Launch of the Global Initiative.
"... There can be no delay. Every year, over 22,000 women in the Region die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, along with nearly 400,000 children under the age of 5. Worldwide, in the brief time required to read this article, four women who are pregnant or giving birth and 80 boys and girls under 5 will die ... "
PAHO-PMNCH Article » WHO South-South cooperation for MDGs 4 and 5 »
Briefing video: Regional launching »
(20/Sep/2008)
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Gender Equality: Let's Get Real
Director's speech at the celebration of International Women's Day 2008.
"... We need to get real about the persistently high rates of gender based violence, about the stubbornly high and unjust rates of maternal mortality, about the increasing casualties from accidents among our men and boys, about the alarming HIV infections among women and girls, especially in our Caribbean countries, about the essential and unpaid care, about women and men's different needs and realities, about health differences between women and men, about funding women's empowerment ..."(10/Mar/2008)
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Un consenso para reducir la mortalidad neonatal, amplia repercusión en los medios de prensa del hemisferio del artículo de la Dra. Roses.
Siete países de la región se hicieron eco del reciente artículo de la Directora de la OPS publicado en su Blog, un espacio para el intercambio de información y opinión con los profesionales de salud del hemisferio en el trabajo diario por el mejoramiento de la salud de los pueblos de nuestra América.(13/Sep/2007)
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Books
Por veinte millones de mujeres- Equidad de género en salud en Centroamérica 1998-2004
Este informe presenta un resumen del tema de equidad de género en Centroamérica entre 1998 y 2004.(7/Mar/2006)
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Planning and Implementing Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Programs: A Manual for Managers
This manual is ideal for health professionals who are developing a new cervical cancer prevention program or who are strengthening an existing program. The manual provides information on how to organize and deliver a program, recognizing that various service delivery options are needed for different geographic and cultural settings and a range of resource levels. This page offers a summary and access to the full text and ACCP partner sites.(16/Dec/2004)
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Selección de prácticas recomendadas para la utilización de de anticonceptivo
Este documento es uno de las dos piedras angulares basadas en la evidencia de la nueva iniciativa de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para el desarrollo e implementación de guías para la planificación familiar basadas en la evidencia. Las recomendaciones contenidas en este documento son el producto de un proceso que culminó en una reunión científica del Grupo de Trabajo convocado por la OMS y que fue llevada a cabo en Londres del 3 al 6 de octubre de 2001.(31/Dec/2003)
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Other Resources
Cervical Cancer
This index page offers the user a panoramic view of all PAHO materials on cervical cancer, organized according to the following categories: surveillance, prevention and control, PAHO activities, Other PAHO Materials, and General Information/Links. It also contains a listing of featured items for all categories with the most important documents from each, and a sidebar with links, frequently requested items, upcoming events and/or new books.(16/Aug/2006)
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HIV and Gender
This web page houses information and resources on the topic of HIV/AIDS and gender.(18/May/2006)
In English (14.48k)
Gender, Health and Development Statistics
This is the web page for gender, health and development statistics.(28/Mar/2006)
In English (4.18k)
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Periodical Publications
Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 3, No. 4, April 2009
In this issue, with the spotlight on cancer: HPV Vaccine: Intervention in Adolescents; IARC Study on HPV Testing in Low-Resource Settings; WHO Position Paper on HPV Vaccines Just Released; WHO/PAHO Cryotherapy Guidelines; Call for Abstracts: International Cancer Control Congress; News Roundup.
(30/Apr/2009)
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Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 12, December 2008
This issue covers: Season’s Greetings! Two Christmases Ago; Argentina Publishes Report on Improving Its Cervical Cancer Program; El Salvador: AMNET Workshop on CNCD Policy Analysis & Decision-Making; New PAHO Book Reveals Ties between Excessive Consumption of Alcohol and Domestic Violence; New Online Master’s Degree Program in Advanced Oncology; News Roundup; Erratum.
(24/Dec/2008)
In English (1634.77k)
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Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 10, October 2008
This month's issue covers: The Year Five Men in My Life Died from Chronic Disease; PAHO Directing Council Adopts Regional Plan to Fight Cervical Cancer; CNCD Surveillance in MERCOSUR Countries; Barbados Civil Society Conference on CNCDs; PAHEF Supports Healthy Aging; PAHO & PAHEF Present Inter-American Health Leadership Award to Dr. Cesar Victora of Brazil; Director’s Newsletter Addresses Health Inequities.(31/Oct/2008)
In English (689.56k)
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Technical Documents
CD48/6 - Regional Strategy and Plan of Action for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control
CD48/6 - Regional Strategy and Plan of Action for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control(14/Aug/2008)
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WHA60.25: Integrating Gender Analysis and Actions into the Work of WHO: Draft Strategy
This resolution from the 60th World Health Assembly in 2007 sets forth the WHO mandate to analyze the data and act in ensuring and integrating gender equality into all health-related areas and all levels of health-care delivery and services for women and girls of all ages.(23/May/2007)
In English WHA60.25
en español WHA60.25
en Français WHA60.25
Report of the Regional Consultation on Information, Education and Communication (IEC) on Congenital Chagas Disease (CLAP, Montevideo, 17-18 May 2007)
In epidemiological importance, congenital Chagas disease constitutes the third mode of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission to humans. This consultation lays the foundations for information, education, and communication on which to raise consciousness among individuals, families, communities, society at large, professionals, and policy-makers, in order to act in a timely and sustainable way to diagnose and treat newborns infected by T. cruzi. This 12-page report gives an update, 20 recommendations, the list of participants, agenda, and brief bibliography.(18/May/2007)
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