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Epidemiological Alerts Archives, 2003–2008
(Note: Series renamed, formerly EID Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas.)
The purpose of these alerts is to disseminate information on the latest public-health events that have been identified as risks to health, trade, and/or international travel. Most of these events are primarily due to infectious agents, while others are due to chemical or physical agents. The PAHO Epidemiological Alerts published at the regional level (for the Americas) complement the WHO Disease Outbreak News published at the global level. The latest issues can be found at the new site, 2009 onwards.
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Other PAHO 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.
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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.
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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.
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PAHO Books

Legislation on Antibiotics in Latin America

PAHO E-Books

Cost of Hospital Infection in Nine Countries of Latin America

Respiratory Infections in Children

Books from Other Sources (including e-books)

Priorities in Health

Magazines

Perspectives in Health - Volume 7, Number 1, 2002

Newsletters

Epidemiological Alerts Archives, 2003–2008

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

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

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

Peer-Reviewed Journals

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

Bibliographies

Antimicrobial Resistance Bibliography

General Documents

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

Resistance to antimicrobials and combination therapy assessment in neonatal sepsis

Hurrying Toward Disaster?

Bibliographical Databases

Antimicrobial Resistance Bibliography