Health of Indigenous Peoples

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Announcements

Atención Primaria de Salud a 30 Años de Alma Ata.
XXIX REMSAA. Quito, Ecuador. Abril 8-11, 2008.- Presentación realizada por la Dra. Roses, Directora de la OPS/OMS como invitada especial a la celebración de la XXIX Reunión de Ministros de Salud del Área Andina (REMSAA).
Durante la exposición de su conferencia sobre la Atención Primaria de Salud y Salud para Todos APS/SPT a 30 años de Alma Ata, la Directora señaló la importancia de abordar la atención primaria de salud como una estrategia renovada y vigente para abordar las desigualdades e inequidades de la región. Enfatizó la situación de pobreza y disparidades que enfrenta la región actualmente, así como el legado de Alma-Ata: Atención Primaria como movimiento social y político que continúa influenciando a generaciones por su sentido integral, sinérgico y universal.
Presentación de la Directora »
Más información »(14/Apr/2008)
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International Day of the World's Indigenous People Highlights Health Gaps
On the International Day of the World's Indigenous People observed today, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) experts noted that 40 percent of indigenous people in the Americas still lack access to conventional health care services. Coupled with serious issues of inequity and discrimination, this situation poses a serious obstacle in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals.(8/Aug/2006)
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Books

Prevention of Maternal Mortality in the Americas: Prospects for the 1990
This booklet examines maternal mortality as the consequence of poor coverage by, access to, and quality of health care services. It explores strategies for combating the ignorance and negligence that permit this tragedy to occur. (© PAHO, 1991)(1/Feb/1991)
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Community Interaction

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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Multimedia

Photo Gallery: Primary Care in an Indigenous Community of Chorotes (Tartagal, Province of Salta, Argentina)
These nine photos are of a OAHO community project aimed at improving the quality of life of the indigenous peoples of the Chaco region. The project was a great success in that in involved full community participation and a multitude of actors. These photos give a good idea of its immediate positive impact on community life.(24/Jul/2003)
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Other Resources

Focal Point List - Indigenous peoples and Health Initiative
Indigenous Peoples and Health Initiative, Focal Points Programs & Divisions - PAHO WHO(1/Apr/2006)
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en español     (12.78k)  

Directorio Centroamaricano de ONG's
Directorio Centroamaricano de ONG's y Entidades que trabajan por la salud de los Pueblos Indígenas(14/Jun/2002)
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Periodical Publications

Killkaipak Shimi - Boletín Indígena - Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Junio, 2003 - Versión en Kichwa
Kay killkata kankunapak makipi churanaka ñukanchikpakka may kushikuimi kan. Kay killkaka tukui Abya-Yalamanta washayukkuna rurashkami kan, IV Tantanakuipi, “Pacha Samayta kausarichishun” nishpa shutichishkapi. Kay kimsan kimsan killa killkaka mushuk shimikunawan ruraykunawan llikata shina awankaraykumi Abya-Yalamanta, tukui pachamantapish runakunapak kausaita allichinkaraykupishmi kan. Tukuikunallatakmi Pachamama kushka samaytaka charinchik. (29/Jun/2003)
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Perspectives in Health - Volume 7, Number 3, 2002
Magazine published three times a year by the Pan American Health Organization. This edition features the following articles: Living to 100 - Globesity: The Crisis of Growing Proportions - Haiti: Dark, Light and Color - Don Francisco Gives Back - A Marriage of Medicines(31/Dec/2002)
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en español     (8.85k)  

Perspectives in Health - Volume 4, Number 2, 1999
Magazine published twice a year by the Pan American Health Organization. This edition features the following articles: Canada's New Arctic Territory Charts its Course - A Land of Possibility: Honduras' Mosquito Coast - Experience of a Lifetime - Transforming Information into Innovation - The Handwriting on the Wall - Bioterrorism: Thinking about the Unthinkable.(1/Dec/2000)
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Technical Documents

National Health Policies
Features official national health policies currently available defined by the national health authorities.(30/Jul/2007)
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en español     (4.61k)  

Health Systems Strengthening
Health Systems Strengthening in Latin America and the Caribbean(24/Jul/2007)
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en español     (2.94k)  

Major Trends in Legislation in Canada, the English-spaking Caribbean and the United States of America: 2001-2005
Analyzes major legislative trends in the above mentioned countries for the stated period.(13/Nov/2006)
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