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Epidemiological Alerts Archives, 2003–2008

Sterilization Manual for Health Centers

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Other PAHO/WHO Materials

Featured PAHO Items

Hospital Infections: Legislation in Latin America
Comparative legislation study on the prevention, surveillance, and control of hospital (nosocomial) infections in Latin America, with the goal of analyzing trends and evaluating the current status of health surveillance systems. This page contains a summary and access to the full text in Spanish. This book is a collaborative effort of two PAHO technical units, Health Policies and Systems and Communicable Diseases.
amr-infecchospital-legislal.htm

Legislation on Antibiotics in Latin America
The objective of this study is to analyze existing legislation on the general topic of prescription drugs and on the specific topic of antibiotics, with the goal of evaluating its regulatory effectiveness and applicability, and to weigh the influence and repercussions of judicial measures on the causes of and solutions to the inappropriate use of antibiotics. This page offers an executive summary and access to the full text in Spanish.
amr-legis.htm

Cost of Hospital Infection in Nine Countries of Latin America
This page provides a two-page summary (and access to the full 184-page e-book in Spanish) of the newly published book containing twelve articles from nine countries on the phenomenon of nosocomial (hospital) infections, a problem threatening the public health of the Region. The annex includes the protocol used to determine the cost of hospital-acquired infections for the country's health-care system.
eer-amr-costo-infec-nosocomial.htm

PAHO Books

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Legislation on Antibiotics in Latin America

PAHO E-Books

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Cost of Hospital Infection in Nine Countries of Latin America

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Respiratory Infections in Children

Books from Other Sources (including e-books)

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Priorities in Health

Magazines

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Perspectives in Health - Volume 7, Number 1, 2002

Newsletters

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Epidemiological Alerts Archives, 2003–2008

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EID Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 23—5 August 2004

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EID Weekly Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 22—1 July 2004

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EID Weekly Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 17—29 April 2004

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Peer-Reviewed Journals

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Pan American Journal of Public Health - Vol. 13, No. 4, April 2003

Bibliographies

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Antimicrobial Resistance Bibliography

General Documents

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Pan American Health Organization's Proposed Contribution to the United States Agency for International Development / Latin America and Caribbean Bureau Amazon Malaria Initiative (AMI): Project Proposal and Workplans for Year One (2002)

Articles

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Resistance to antimicrobials and combination therapy assessment in neonatal sepsis

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Hurrying Toward Disaster?

Bibliographical Databases

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Antimicrobial Resistance Bibliography

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Hospital infections ... LAC
Hospital Infections: Legislation in Latin America

Legislation on AMR in LAC
Legislation on Antibiotics in Latin America

 

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Campaign to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings

 
AMR Bibliography 
Bibliography
 
Food Safety
 

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