Child and Adolescent Health Unit/Family and Community Health Area (FCH/CA)

Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) estimates that annually more than 37,600 deaths are caused by cervical cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean.  The majority of these cases are linked to the genital infection resulting from the Human Papillomavirus (HPV).  Women between the ages of 16 and 20 generally have the highest rates of HPV infection.

Cervical cancer and the devastating impact it has the health of thousands of women globally was a central theme of the 2007 International Women’s Day celebration.  Particular emphasis was made on preventing HPV and protecting the health of all women, especially those in the most vulnerable groups.

More information:

Human Papillomavirus vaccines

A new tool for cervical cancer prevention

http://www.ops-oms.org/English/AD/FCH/IM/HPV-FactSheet1.pdf

HPV Vaccine. Center for Disease, Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vaccine/hpv/default.htm

National Cancer Institute

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/HPV

Make the commintment

http://www.makethecommitment.org

Nacional Institute of Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdhpv.htm

Early childbearing is recognized worldwide to have a negative impact on the well-being and reproductive health of young women, as well as the overall pace and direction of a country’s development.

Read the Alan Guttmacher Institute papers about experiences in:

Honduras

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/10/13/rib_Honduras_en.pdf

Nicaragua

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/21/rib_Nicaragua2006-09en.pdf

Guatemala

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/11/09/rib-Guatemala-en.pdf

INITIATIVES IN LATIN AMERICA TO PROMOTE HIV

 [Acción en Sida bulletin, Edition N° 46 ] (Spanish)

http://www.accionensida.org.pe/alerta46.htm

A guide for direct service providers

http://www.paho.org/english/ad/fch/ca/sa-youth.pdf

Tanaka, Oswaldo Y.; Melo, Cristina. Avaliação de Programas de Saúde do Adolescente- um modo de fazer. São Paulo : Edusp, 2001. http://www.adolec.br/bvs/adolec/P/textocompleto/adolescente/indice.htm (Portuguese)

New publications from Family Health International:

YouthNet’s End of Program Report – Taking Action: Recommendations and Resources (PDF, 583 KB). The YouthNet Program (2001-2006) final report synthesizes the most important findings from its work into ten results, incorporating findings from research, technical assistance, country activities, global leadership, publications, and more.

YouthNet Publications, 2002-2006. This CD-ROM includes all YouthNet publications produced during the life of the program.

Youth Issues Paper No. 7: Youth Peer Education in Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS: Progress, Process, and Programming for the Future (PDF, 413 KB). This 28-page report summarizes the latest thinking on youth peer education, based on a technical consultation held in 2006, with evidence of the degree of impact, examples of programs that are scaling up activities, and suggestions for the future.

All YouthNet documents can be viewed and downloaded from the YouthNet website at www.fhi.org/youthnet (go to YouthNet publications page). To request hard copies of the first 3 mentioned here, please send an email to youthwg@fhi.org and specify which publication(s) you would like to receive.