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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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PAHO Activities

Featured Activity Items

Malaria Day in the Americas: 6 November 2008
The theme/slogan for this year's Malaria Day in the Americas is United Against Malaria--Overcoming the challenges of a borderless disease. The event is part of a worldwide campaign to raise awareness and funds to fight this disease. Local and national events will take place to commemorate it. This page offers an information video, a summary, all supplementary materials, including official graphics.
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Meeting of National Directors of Epidemiology and Malaria Programs (San José, Costa Rica, 7–10 noviembre 2005)
Participants in this meeting included representatives from 21 endemic countries, PAHO and the WHO Roll Back Malaria Global Partnership. The objectives were to update National Directors of Epidemiology and Malaria Programs in the Americas on the current situation of malaria worldwide and in the Region of the Americas; provide an opportunity for National Malaria Programs to present epidemiological data on the status of malaria in their country; and provide a venue for countries to share experiences, networking and exchange information. This page provides access to all meeting proceedings.
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Public Health Pesticide Management Practices by WHO Member States: Report of a Survey, 2003–2004
Survey objectives were to study key features of public health pesticide management practices by WHO Member States; assist national and international organizations in developing activities to address weaknesses in their management practices; and serve as a baseline for monitoring progress in such activities. In the Americas, 14 countries responded comprising 55% of the at-risk population for major vector-borne diseases: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay. The Caribbean Epidemiology Centre / CAREC assisted with data collection and validation.
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PAHO Programs

PAHO Communicable Disease Research Program (CDR)

Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control at PAHO

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

Regional Program on Malaria: The Fight against a Major Killer in the Americas

Research Projects

International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

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

Generic Protocols and Flow Diagram for in vivo Antimalarial Drug-Efficacy Studies in the Americas

Assessment and Monitoring of Antimalarial Drug Efficacy for the Treatment of Uncomplicated falciparum Malaria

Community-Based Projects

Drains & You: A Manual for Drainage Maintenance Workers

Healthy Homes, Healthy Communities: An Environmental Health Manual for Use by your Family and Community

Workplans

First Technical Coordination Meeting of the Amazonian Network for Surveillance of Antimalarial Drug Resistance (RAVREDA) and the Amazon Malaria Initiative (AMI) (Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 19-20 March 2002)

Proceedings from Conferences and Meetings

Annual Evaluation Meeting of the Amazon Network for Surveillance of Antimalarial Drug Resistance (RAVREDA) (Campos de Jordão, São Paulo State, Brazil, 7–10 March 2007)

V^th Meeting of the Surveillance Network for Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Amazon Countries

Meeting of National Directors of Epidemiology and Malaria Programs (San José, Costa Rica, 7–10 noviembre 2005)

CD46.R16: PAHO Gender Equality Policy

PAHO Events

Malaria Day in the Americas: 6 November 2008

Guyana Launches Arteminisin Combination Anti-Malaria Drug Co-artem®

Other Events

Successful Experiences in Disease Control in Brazil Presented at Expoepi (Brasilia, 23-26 November 2004)