Guidance for Developing Status Profiles on Communicable Diseases to Further Progress toward Their Elimination in the Region of the Americas

This publication is intended to provide guidance to countries to develop useful and uniform national status profiles to advance the national disease elimination agenda. Presenting information in this simple format is a strategic tool to raise awareness, documenting the status of communicable diseases and related conditions, as well as changes in the activities of health systems. In addition to concisely describing the progress made to date, this publication also reflects challenges and pending actions in each program that must be addressed to achieve elimination. Monitoring outcomes is critical for assessing the health of populations and measuring the impact of interventions.