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La OPS hace entrega de un Reconocimiento Especial a Presidenta Honoraria de las Olimpiadas Especiales Internacionales. 47o. CD. Septiembre 25, 2006.
"Promover y proteger los derechos y la dignidad de las personas con discapacidad es uno de los importantes retos en materia de salud y bienestar social que aborda la Organización Panamericana de la Salud" - expresó la Directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud.(2/Oct/2006)
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Clasificación Internacional del Funcionamiento de la discapacidad y de la Salud (CIF) en CD-ROM
El CD-ROM de la CIF incluye los seis idiomas oficiales de la OMS y ofrece las siguientes prestaciones: posibilidad de hojear la estructura de árbol de la clasificación; uso simultáneo de dos idiomas; funciones avanzadas de búsqueda; referencias cruzadas mediante hiperenlaces; selección y manejo de subconjuntos de la clasificación; eventual actualización del producto a través de la Internet, para incorporar las futuras modificaciones de la clasificación, así como versiones en otros idiomas y envío a la OMS de observaciones y retroinformación del usuario.(14/Jun/2002)
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Clasificación Internacional del Funcionamiento de la Discapacidad y de la Salud (CIF)
La CIF, nuevo miembro de la familia de clasificaciones internacionales de la OMS, describe cómo viven las personas su estado de salud. La CIF es una clasificación de dominios de la salud y de los aspectos relacionados con la salud que describen las funciones y estructuras del organismo, las actividades y la participación. Los dominios se clasifican desde una perspectiva corporal, individual y social. Como el funcionamiento y la discapacidad de una persona se enmarca en un determinado contexto la CIF también incluye una lista de factores ambientales.
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EQUITY listserv
To disseminate information relevant to individuals and organizations working on Equity, Health and Human Development issues.(26/Jul/2000)
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I can do it myself! Tips for people affected by leprosy who want to prevent disability
This 40-page illustrated booklet, designed for distribution to patients, gives step-by-step, detailed instructions on how persons affected by leprosy (hansen's disease, hanseniasis) can take the necessary steps to prevent disability and avoid and treat wounds in their eyes, hands and feet themselves, thus empowering them to improve the quality of their life and their health.(22/Oct/2007)
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Periodical Publications
Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 1, No. 7, July 2007
This issue contains news on the WHO/ICO Information Centre on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and Cervical Cancer; Meetings in Nicaragua: National Plan for Chronic Diseases and CAMDI (Central American Diabetes Initiative) training workshop; Colombia: Community Service Research Network Dedicated to Care for Persons with Chronic Disease; and an Economic Perspective on Chronic Diseases.
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Pan American Journal of Public Health/Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
The Pan American Journal of Public Health is the one publication providing the most recent advances in public health research in the Americas. It includes the latest reports of breakthroughs in combating disease, up-to-date health profiles, emerging health trends and news from the Americas. The Journal publishes original, peer-reviewed research articles in English, Spanish, and Portuguese with each article in Spanish and Portuguese containing an English abstract(1/Jan/2000)
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Technical Documents
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)
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Consensus Statement on Prevention of Disability (Consensus Development Conference on the Prevention of Disability [POD], Cebu City, Philippines, 13–16 September 2006)
The objectives of the conference were to discuss POD activities in the context of leprosy and other chronic diseases, such as Buruli ulcer, lymphatic filariasis and diabetes; to agree on basic definitions; to agree on a basic, evidence-based approach to POD that is part of routine case management; to agree on the elements of home-based self-care; to agree on methods of monitoring and reporting POD activities; and to agree on priorities for further clinical and operational research in POD. This page contains the executive summary and access to the 9-page statement in PDF, with specific bibliographical references.(16/Sep/2006)
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Toward Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment: 3 by 5 Report for the Americas
As governments, organizations, and individuals strive to combat AIDS deaths and the spread of HIV, we must all aim high. The magnitude of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and its potential to spread require high level planning and large scale action. When the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS set the goal to treat three million people with antiretrovirals by 2005, it was with this aim to think big and achieve commensurate gains.(3/Aug/2006)
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