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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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Surveillance

Featured Surveillance Items

Malaria in the Americas: Time Series Epidemiological Data from 2000 to 2007
Data on the Region and on 21 countries are compiled in Excel charts embedded within a PowerPoint PDF presentation, first by Region and then by countries (listed alphabetically, with bookmarks to each of the 22 sections). There are six slides per country (according to data available), including (1) populations at risk, (2) malaria morbidity, (3) malariometric indices (API, AFI, AVI), (4) malaria microscopy, (5) slide positivity rate (SPR), and (6) malaria mortality.
mal-reg-country-epi-data-2007.pdf

Status of Malaria in the Americas, 1994-2007: A Series of Data Tables
These 13 Excel PDF data tables present the most recent summary of important malaria indicators/data: populations at risk, cases in non-malarious countries, morbidity in endemic countries, slide positivity rate, passive and active case detection, antimalarials used; completed treatments, malarious areas and control priorities, national malaria program budgets, and P. falciparum cases and treatment policies. Data presented in the tables are based on official annual reports from the health ministries of the respective countries.
mal-americas-2007.pdf

Malaria Morbidity in the Americas: Baseline, Trends, and Targets (in Endemic Countries)
From more than 1.1 million cases reported in 2000, the Region lowered malaria morbidity to approximately 775,000 in 2007 or a decrease of 32%. These three tables and charts illustrate the current status of malaria in the 21 endemic countries of the Americas in comparison with baseline figures in 2000 and targets for 2010 and 2015. The overall decrease in 16 countries and increase in 5 were monitored in the context of strengthened health surveillance systems.
mal-morbidity-americas-2007.pdf

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Situation Reports

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World Malaria Report 2008

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Toward Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment: 3 by 5 Report for the Americas

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Preventing disease through healthy environments: Towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease

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World Malaria Report 2005

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Annual Status Reports

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CSP27/9-- Malaria in the Americas: Progress Report

Incidence/Mortality/Case Fatality

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Status of Malaria in the Americas, 1994-2007: A Series of Data Tables

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Malaria Morbidity in the Americas: Baseline, Trends, and Targets (in Endemic Countries)

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Annual Malaria Cases and Deaths in the Americas, 1998-2006

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The Burden of Neglected Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean Compared with Some Other Communicable Diseases

Materials, Toolkits and Forms

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Instrument and Exercise for in vivo Antimalarial Drug-Efficacy Studies (WHO, 2004)

Guidelines and Manuals

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Manual for Indoor Residual Spraying: Application of Residual Sprays for Vector Control (3rd ed.)

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Strategic Orientation Paper on Prevention and Control of Malaria for National and International Programme Officers Involved in Malaria Control at Country Level (1st ed.)

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Safety of Pyrethroids for Public Health Use

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Global Insecticide Use for Vector-Borne Disease Control (2nd ed.)

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Resistance Surveillance

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RAVREDA-AMI: Amazon Network for the Surveillance of Antimalarial Drug Resistance / Amazon Malaria Initiative

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CSP27.R11: Malaria in the Americas

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RAVREDA-AMI Newsletter

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Vth Meeting of the Surveillance Network for Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Amazon Countries

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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Malaria: Epidemiological Map by Risk Levels for Eight Countries of the Rainforest Region of South America

Health Profiles and Data

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The Burden of Neglected Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean Compared with Some Other Communicable Diseases

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Regional Core Health Data System - Indicators Glossary

Country Profiles

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Malaria in the Americas: Time Series Epidemiological Data from 2000 to 2007

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Status of Malaria in the Americas, 1994-2007: A Series of Data Tables

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Malaria Morbidity in the Americas: Baseline, Trends, and Targets (in Endemic Countries)

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Annual Malaria Cases and Deaths in the Americas, 1998-2006

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