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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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PAHO Director: Gender Inequality is Completely Unacceptable
Washington, D.C., March 10, 2008 (PAHO)— More than a third of women in Latin America and the Caribbean have suffered violence at the hands of their domestic partners, more than 22,000 die each year in childbirth from preventable causes, and women and girls account for a growing proportion of all new cases of HIV.
These and similar examples of gender inequality are "completely unacceptable," said Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Mirta Roses today at an event celebrating International Women's Day 2008, held at PAHO headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Read more »(10/Mar/2008)
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Books
Health in the Americas, 2007
This 2007 edition of Health in the Americas presents a broad picture of the regional situation and that of all the countries with regard to health and human development; specific disease conditions and risk factors;
environmental health, and the evolution of health systems and services. In addition, it considers and discusses progress made regarding the global commitment, expressed in the United Nations Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs), to tackle extreme poverty, hunger, disease, lack of water and sanitation, inadequate housing, and social exclusion and to promote gender equality, education, and environmental sustainability. That expression of countries’ collective commitment to social equity informs the text throughout this publication.
(2/Oct/2007)
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Priorities in Health
Two overarching themes emerge from the extensive research and analyses in this World Bank publication: (1) Current resources can yield substantial health gains if knowledge of cost-effective interventions were applied more fully. (2) Additional resources are needed in low-income countries to minimize the glaring inequities in health care. Increased resources would provide highly-effective interventions, expand research, and extend basic health coverage to more people. WHO contributed to this publication.(3/Apr/2006)
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The Value of Health: A History of the Pan American Health Organization
Marcos Cueto, a widely published medical historian, presents an appealing and well-documented narrative that describes the origins of public health and the creation of PAHO and culminates with the Organization’s response to globalization and its commitment to the Millennium Development Goals.(27/Mar/2006)
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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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Lanzamiento de la serie Lancet sobre desnutrición materno infantil
El representante de OPS/OMS en Perú, Dr. Manuel Peña, habla sobre la importancia del lanzamiento del informe de la serie Lancet en español sobre desnutrición materno-infantil, que propone acciones para prevenir y controlar la desnutrición.(22/Feb/2008)
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Field Photos: Blood-Testing among the Rural Population in Guatemala to Detect and Diagnose Chagas Disease
These ten photographs show the community-based activities of the IPCA initiative for the prevention and control of Chagas disease in Central America. IPCA is a collaborative product of the Ministries of Health, PAHO, the the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).(26/May/2005)
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Other Resources
HIV and Gender
This web page houses information and resources on the topic of HIV/AIDS and gender.(18/May/2006)
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Gender, Health and Development Statistics
This is the web page for gender, health and development statistics.(28/Mar/2006)
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Gender Equity in Health Sector Reform
This is the Gender, Ethnicity and Health Unit's web page dealing with gender equity in health sector reform.(14/Dec/2005)
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Periodical Publications
PAHO Today - July 2008 Edition
PAHO Today is the newsletter of the Pan American Health Organization. In this edition: Vaccination Week '08 Advances toward Record Goals, HPV Vaccine Eyed as Part of Cervical Cancer Strategy, Global Health Leaders Tackle Top Issues, Safe Surgery Checklist Launched at PAHO, more.(28/Jul/2008)
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Noticias sobre Atención Integrada AIEPI - Número 13 —Julio de 2008
El día 1 de febrero de 2008 asumí mi
segundo mandato ante la Organización
Panamericana de la Salud con el mismo
entusiasmo del primer día, y con el compromiso
de seguir trabajando día a día, y
hora a hora por los más vulnerables de la
Región. Uno de los aspectos que mencioné
en mi discurso de toma de posesión,
es la necesidad de propiciar la equidad de acceso y calidad en
los servicios de salud para así contribuir a la reducción de las
inequidades en la Región. Una de estas inequidades la representa
la persistencia de altas tasas de mortalidad neonatal en
los países de la Región, y en el interior de los mismos países.(25/Jul/2008)
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Brazilian guidelines for marketing baby food: history, limitations and perspectives
The objective of this paper is to present and discuss Brazilian policy concerning actions to protect breastfeeding, especially the history, international and national background, limitations, and perspectives of the Brazilian Guidelines for the Marketing of Baby Food, Pacifiers and Bottles.
The Brazilian Guidelines, which play a crucial role in protecting breastfeeding against industry marketing strategies, were based on the international Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, proposed by the World Health Organization in 1981. (Rev Panam Salud Publica/Pan Am J Public Health 19(5), 2006)(20/Jun/2006)
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Technical Documents
IPCA: Initiative of the Countries of Central America for Control of Vector-Borne and Transfusional Transmission and Medical Care for Chagas Disease
This information sheet describes the activities of the subregional initiative to fight Chagas Disease in Central America, where PAHO and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) collaborate with the country health authorities. It contains links to proceedings from meetings, project facts, maps, IEC materials, photos, etc.(7/Oct/2008)
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Utilization of maternal health care services in the department of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Evidence suggests that in order to improve maternal health outcomes in this region, interventions must be targeted at a hierarchy of levels: individual, household, and community. (Rev Panam Salud Publica/Pan Am J Public Health 24(2), 2008)
(31/Aug/2008)
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Intervenciones para mejorar los servicios de salud maternoinfantil y el estado nutricional de las madres y los niños: barreras y opciones
Aproximadamente 99% de las muertes maternas, neonatales e infantiles ocurren en países de ingresos medios y bajos (PIMB), sin embargo, la mayoría de las investigaciones publicadas se concentran en el 1% de esas muertes que ocurren en los países de ingresos altos. Por ello, aunque uno de los principales retos de las autoridades de salud de los países en desarrollo es llevar a cabo intervenciones de eficacia demostrada dirigidas especialmente a las poblaciones de menor acceso a los servicios de salud, esta tarea se hace difícil por la carencia de intervenciones validadas en ese contexto particular. Al aproximarse la fecha establecida para el cumplimiento de las Metas de Desarrollo del Mileno, la tarea de desarrollar políticas y programas que permitan alcanzarlas es, además de importante, urgente. (Rev Panam Salud Publica/Pan Am J Public Health 24(2), 2008)
(31/Aug/2008)
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