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Project to Strengthen TB Control Programs: Third Workshop (Georgetown Club, Georgetown, Guyana, 13–15 September 2004)
This third workshop--part of the planned program of activities for the Project to Strengthen National TB Control Programs in Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname--was held in collaboration with PAHO and CAREC and the Ministries of Health of the three countries. Its main purpose was to train participants in how to prepare a health-communication strategy for health-promotion activities in the area of TB control.(15/Sep/2004)
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Guyana Launches Arteminisin Combination Anti-Malaria Drug Co-artem®
The Ministry of Health of Guyana, in collaboration with PAHO/WHO, launched Co-artem®, a co-formulated anti-malaria drug, on 8 September 2004. Worldwide, falciparum is the most dangerous species of malaria; and in Guyana, more than 25,000 malaria cases are reported annually. Co-artem®, a fixed combination of two drugs (Artemether and Lumefantrine) is an anti-malaria therapy for acute, uncomplicated falciparum malaria.(8/Sep/2004)
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Regional Meeting on Tuberculosis (Mexico City, 6–10 September 2004)
This week-long meeting, supported by PAHO's Country Office in Mexico City and from USAID, contains three different sessions on TB laboratory networks, National TB Programs (NTPs), and collaborative programs to provide comprehensive care for people living with TB/HIV co-infection. This page connects the user to each of the meetings.(12/Aug/2004)
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Informe sobre la salud en el mundo- Cambiemos el rumbo de la historia
El informe sobre la salud en el mundo- Cambiemos el rumbo de la historia, publicado por la Organización Mundial de la Salud, propugna una estrategia amplia contra el VIH/SIDA que vincule la prevención, el tratamiento, la atención y el apoyo prolongado. Hasta ahora, el tratamiento ha sido el componente más desatendido en la mayoría de los países en desarrollo: casi seis millones de personas morirán en un futuro próximo en países si no reciben tratamiento, pero sólo unas 400,000 estaban recibiéndolo en 2003.(14/Apr/2004)
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Malaria Rapid Diagnosis—Making It Work: Informal Consultation on Field Trials and Quality Assurance on Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Early, rapid diagnosis of malaria is gaining increasing importance in health programmes in endemic countries in response to increasing drug costs and recognition of the importance of early, correct treatment to the reduction in malaria morbidity and mortality. This WHO consultation reviews progress in the development of malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) quality assurance (QA) and aimed to define an appropriate path for further QA development and clarify priorities for further research necessary to guide the large-scale use of RDTs.(23/Jan/2003)
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Situación de la epidemia de SIDA
Esta actualización anual proporciona estimaciones mundiales y regionales del VIH/SIDA y de su impacto. Igualmente, revisa los datos más recientes disponibles de los países y aborda las tendencias del VIH en naciones de todo el mundo. El ONUSIDA y la OMS, junto con expertos de los programas nacionales del SIDA e instituciones de investigación, revisan y actualizan periódicamente las estimaciones a medida que los conocimientos mejorados sobre la epidemia pasan a estar disponibles, valiéndose asimismo de los progresos realizados en los métodos para obtener las estimaciones.(14/Dec/2002)
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¡Se buscan chinches picudas! porque transmiten la Enfermedad de Chagas
Esta tarjeta, del tamaño de una tarjeta postal, informa al pública de cómo identificar los vectores de la Enfermedad de Chagas (tripanosomiasis americana) y cómo capturar los chinches y llevarlos para que se los examinen, todo en lengua sencilla y fácil de entender apropriado para fines de distribución masiva.(20/Dec/2004)
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Photo Gallery: Typhoid Epidemic in Ca Pierre, Haiti
This page summarizes the typhoid epidemic in Haiti in June 2004 and provides six photographs showing the cause and effects.(9/Jul/2004)
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Number of Cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) (Region of the Americas, 1993–2004)
This PowerPoint slide contains a map of the Americas showing the cumulative number of cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome from 1993 to 2004, with geographical distribution by country.(26/Apr/2004)
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Related Sites: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs)
This site offers the user links to a variety of organizations and institutions with which PAHO collaborates in the area of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. There are also links to other useful information resources for epidemiologists. In addition, there is a link to a similar page with access to the weekly epidemiological reports in most countries in the Region and to some regional and subregional sites as well.(19/Aug/2004)
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Guidelines for Integrated Vector Management
The WHO Regional Office for Africa was the first to develop a framework to orient the implementation of Integrated Vector Management (IVM). The technical materials in this 36-page document are designed to guide the implementation process. There are additional sections on operational research, partnerships, sustainability, capacity-building and community mobilization.(16/Jul/2004)
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WHO Position on DDT Use in Disease Vector Control under the Stockholm Convention on Persistant Organic Pollutants
This two-page WHO fact sheet, designed for posting and quick reference, declares its position on DDT in relation to the Stockholm Convention on Persistant Organic Pollutants (POPs) and which governs the use of DDT at the international level.(15/Jul/2004)
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Periodical Publications
GT-Dengue: Difusión electrónica de información sobre el Grupo Técnico de Cooperación Integrada en Dengue (No. 2, 26 October 2004)
Este número brinda información sobre el Marco político para Centroamérica, la EGI en un Congreso Internacional, la EGI-Nicaragua, la EGI-Venezuela, la EGI-Guatemala, los resultados en Guatemala, la Evaluación del Taller, y Lo que está por venir, con enlaces a sitios y/o documentos con más detalles.(27/Oct/2004)
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Tuberculosis, Vol. 7, No. 2—agosto 2004
Este número informa sobre lo siguiente: V Reunión Interagencial Alto a la Tuberculosis de las Américas: Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 3–5 de mayo de 2004; Dra. Mirtha del Granado asume como Asesora Regional de Tuberculosis; Evaluación de Programas de Control de Tuberculosis: República Dominicana; Eventos de interés regional; Enlaces de interés en tuberculosis.(31/Aug/2004)
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EID Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 25—18 August 2004
This issue covers the following: Hantavirus in Uruguay, Department of Rocha, near the Brazilian Border; Avian Influenza: Situation in Viet Nam; Updated List of Weekly Epidemiological Reports for the Americas; Updated List of EID Related Sites.(18/Aug/2004)
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Technical Documents
Update on the Malaria Epidemic in the Dominican Republic (16 December 2004)
Despite an intense search for febrile persons in construction sites, hoteles, and businesses in the tourist areas in Altagracia province, only three new cases have been detected there, thus confirming the success of measures taken. In Hato Mayor, no new cases were detected; nevertheless, house-to-house searches will be conducted to find febrile persons in the affected areas, in order to detect any person with a positive diagnosis who might re-establish transmission. This page contains a data table showing the cumulative cases of malaria for 2004 up to Epidemiological Week 49 (ending 12 December 2004).(17/Dec/2004)
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Official Communiqué: Commission of Health and Tourism Guarantees Absolute Malaria Control (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 9 December 2004)
On December 9, 2004, local health authorities in the Dominican Republic issued the following update: Following the completion of the data collection corresponding to Epidemiologic Week (EW) 48 (28 November to 4 December 2004), and according to the data from the Nation Center for Control of Tropical Diseases (Centro Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Tropicales / CENCET), the endemic curve of malaria is within the safe zone. In epidemiological terms, the safe zone signifies that the endemic disease is under control.(9/Dec/2004)
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Tuberculosis along the United States-Mexico border, 1993–2001
The objectives of this research, primarily for the four states in the United States that are along the border with Mexico, were to: (1) describe the epidemiological situation of TB, (2) identify TB risk factors, and (3) discuss tuberculosis program strategies. This article has been published in the Pan American Journal of Public Health, July 2004.(14/Jul/2004)
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