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pdf Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Disaster Situations in the Caribbean, 2012  Publicado Popular

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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Disaster Situations in the Caribbean, 2012Many publications addressing mental health issues in disaster situations have been produced in the last decade. Nevertheless, the specific reality of the Caribbean, with its limited number of mental health professionals and its high vulnerability to natural hazards, requires material that specifically addresses these characteristics and reflects the latest developments and approaches. This new publication is directed to Caribbean health sector managers, community workers and other disaster and health professionals. It provides guidance on improving mental health and psychosocial support primarily in two phases of the disaster cycle: preparedness and response, and to a lesser extent, recovery.

pdf Natural Disasters. Protecting the Public's Health  Publicado Popular

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pdf Obesity and Poverty: A New Public Health Challenge  Publicado Popular

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pdf PAHO SP 14-19 - Compendium of Indicators  Publicado Popular

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This compendium includes the technical specifications for the outcome indicators of the PAHO Strategic Plan (SP) 2014-2019. The compendium provides definitions and measurement criteria using a standard template for all indicators, as recommended by the Countries Consultative Group (CCG) for the development of the SP 2014-2019.

pdf Progress in Health - Selected results of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-2013  Publicado Popular

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The countries of the Americas have made important health progress in recent years in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO). Here we present highlights of that progress as reflected in key indicators drawn from the PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-2013, the first results-based strategic plan in PAHO's history.

pdf Recent Advances in Immunization, 2nd Edition  Publicado Popular

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pdf Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)  Publicado Popular

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pdf Sexual Violence in Latin America and the Caribeban: A Desk Review  Publicado Popular

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The World Health Organization's (WHO) World Report on Violence and Health estimates that more than one million people lose their lives every year, and many more suffer non-fatal injuries as a result of violence (Dahlberg and Krug, 2002).

pdf The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings  Publicado Popular

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pdf Vaccines: Preventing Disease & Protecting Health  Publicado Popular

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Vaccines: Preventing Disease and Protecting Health celebrates the ways in which vaccines have played a role in improving the health of the world's populations. In early sections, the book relates successfulefforts to fight disease with vaccines and looks at the challenges of using vaccines to cope with emerging and re-emerging diseases. In subsequent sections, the authors examine innovative efforts to test the efficacy of vaccines against diseases such as meningococcal infection in Africa, Haemophilus influenza type b, varicella, and hepatitis A, and look at efforts to develop a new generation of vaccines against cholera and typhoid, shigella, and Helicobacter pylori. The book also includes sections on the quest for vaccines against tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, dengue, malaria, and hookworm; the use of vaccines to fight bioterrorism attacks; and regulatory, safety, and public health issues pertaining to vaccines.

The roster of authors reads like a "Who's Who" in vaccines and public health. Dr. Ciro A de Quadros, Director of International Programs at the Albert B, Sabin Vaccine Institute and Former Director of the Pan American Health Organization's Division of Vaccines and Immunization, ably edited the book and made valuable contributions to it.

pdf Violence Against Women: The Health Sector Responds  Publicado Popular

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pdf Youth: Choices and Change  Publicado Popular

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pdf Zoonoses Volume I. Bacterioses and mycoses  Publicado Popular

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pdf Zoonoses Volume III Parasitoses  Publicado Popular

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pdf Zoonoses, Volume II. Chlamydioses, rickettsioses, and viroses  Publicado Popular

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