Special Issue: Update on the Partners Forum: Developing the Partners Forum Infrastructure; Building Internal and External Capacity to Partner; Looking Ahead of the Partners Forum; Partners Forum Committment to Action; Healthy Workplaces Event on 22 April.

In this issue: Spotlight: Progress in Central America & Dominican Republic: Technical Committee, Chronic Diseases & Cancer; Partners Forum Concept Introduced in Panama; Panama to Host Regional Meeting with PAHO & PATH for Cervical Cancer Managers; CIIPEC-INCAP's Comprehensive Center for Chronic Diseases in Mesoamerica & Dominican Republic: World Physical Activity Day; Physical Activity & Public Health Courses; Nutritional & Population Sciences Doctoral Program; Workshop: Population Health & Nutrition Program Evaluation; Workshop on Epidemiological Research; Researchers Training Program; CIIPEC Presents at New Delhi Meeting; Chronic Diseases No Longer Diseases of the Rich; Myths and Facts about Chronic Disease; Support a UNGASS on CNCDs; New IOM Reports; PAHEF Calls for Nominations, New Award.

In this issue: Solidarity with Earthquake Victims in Haiti and Chile; Message from the Editor; Regional Progress: Cancer: Cancer Prevention Featured at Regional Symposium on New Vaccines; PAHO Partnership Helps Establish New Center in Paraguay for Treating Women with Cervical Pre-Cancer; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control, Nancy Brinker, Visits PAHO; Progress in the Countries: WHO Report Shows Progress on Tobacco Control in the Americas ; CARICOM UN Briefing on CNCDs; New Book: Health in the Community (2nd ed.).

In this issue: World No Tobacco Day 31 May; Restrictions Urged on Cigarette-Makers' Efforts to Lure Women into Smoking Addiction; World Hypertension Day 17 May; PAHO Launches Translation of Hypertension Guidelines; UN Tackles Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases; Trilingual Report on Implementation of International Breast Cancer Guidelines; Komen Global Health Alliance Launched; Progress in the Countries: US Capital Adopts Healthy Schools Act; Paraguay Launches National Chronic Disease Plan; Costa Rica Launches New Nutritional Guidelines; Mexico Launches National CNCD Council; MERCOSUR Meeting on CNCD Surveillance; Press Links.

In this issue: During the last few months, the Americas Region saw a tremedous amount of activity in chronic disease policy, cancer control and related areas...