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Announcements

Desafíos para la Construcción de Sistemas Universales y Equitativos para el próximo decenio.
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Noviembre 2, 2006. - II Congreso de la Salud: Aportes para la Construcción de Sistemas de Salud Universales y Equitativos. Presentación realizada por la Dra. Roses, Directora OPS.(21/Nov/2006)
en español     Roses_IICongreso_Economía_Salud.ppt   


Other Resources

Sustainable Development and Environmental Health - Evaluation and Risk Management
Sustainable Development and Environmental Health (SDE) - Evaluation and Risk Management, Healthy Environment, Workers' Health, Violence Prevention and Road Safety, Tobacco and Consumers' Health(12/Aug/2005)
In English       HTML(13.9k)  
en español     HTML(16.25k)  

GenSalud Information Systems Web Page
This web page provides access to a variety of gender, ethnicity and health information, the GenSalud electronic bulletin, the Gender and Health Virtual library, fact sheets, the Gender, Health and Development statistical brochure, among other resources from PAHO's Gender, Ethnicity and Health Unit.(4/Apr/2005)
In English       HTML(18.02k)  
en español     HTML(20.12k)  


Periodical Publications

Perspectives in Health - Volume 5, Number 2, 2000
Magazine published twice a year by the Pan American Health Organization. This edition features the following articles: Workers' Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: Looking to the Future - Violence Against Women in the Americas -Deconstructing the Myths of Cervical Cancer - Brazil's "Health Castle" Marks Centennial - Song of Haiti.(28/Feb/2001)
In English       HTML(3.31k)  
en español     HTML(3.53k)  

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)
In English       Online Bookstore  
en español     Librería en línea  


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)
In English       WHA60.25  
en español     WHA60.25  
en Français    WHA60.25  

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)
In English       PDF(2453.43k)  

CD46.R16: PAHO Gender Equality Policy
Resolution adopted at the 46th PAHO Directing Council in September 2005, which lays down the PAHO mandate for gender equality in health and development in the Americas, in accordance with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).(30/Sep/2005)
In English       PDF(22.47k)   CD46.R16  
en español     PDF(24.08k)   CD46.R16  
en Français    PDF(24.21k)   CD46.R16  
em Português PDF(23.84k)   CD46.R16