Health in the Americas: Accelerating disease elimination. Final report

This edition of the report focuses on PAHO’s initiative to eliminate communicable diseases. The Elimination Initiative provides a common and sustainable framework to facilitate concerted efforts among countries, civil society organizations, communities, partners, and donors to work toward four fundamental lines of action required to achieve the elimination targets: (1) strengthening the integration of health systems and service delivery, (2) strengthening strategic health surveillance and information systems, (3) addressing the environmental and social determinants of health, and (4) strengthening governance, stewardship, and finance. This report is the result of collaboration among many individuals. The full report and additional material are available on the Health in the Americas portal.

The Pan American Health Organization has published Health in the Americas (HIA) since 1954, focusing on one of the Organization's main mandates related to collecting and disseminating information on health conditions and trends in the countries and territories of the Americas and the Caribbean. The proposed topic for the 2024 Health in the Americas is to highlight the advances the Americas Region has made with the Elimination Initiative 30+, a policy for an integrated sustainable approach committed to eliminating more than 30 communicable diseases and related conditions by 2030.