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Every day, schools engage in numerous activities that help promote the health and well-being of students, families, and communities. There is clear evidence of the benefits of the health-promoting schools (HPS) approach, not only for improving overall health outcomes (physical, mental, and social) i
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The document is structured into five sections. The first presents the key experiences and challenges that justify a renewal of the EPHFs. The second section updates the groundwork for the exercise of public health and provides a framework to inform the exercise of the new essential functions. The th
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In the Region of the Americas, as of 24 February 2023 (16:00 EST), there are a total of 58,578 confirmed cases of mpox (Table 1, Figure 2) were reported from 31 countries and territories, including 76 deaths in: United States of America (34), Brazil
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This algorithm is addressed to laboratories
with established capacity(molecular, antigenic and/orserological) to detect dengue (DENV), Zika (ZIKV), and chikungunya(CHIKV) as part of the differential diagnosis for arborviruses. A BSL2 containment level is required to handle suspected samples.
Updated 2 June 2022.#
This entry contains the Status Report of WHO Collaborating Centres in the Americas by Country and a new document with information of Collaborating Centres by Outcome of the Strategic Plan of the Pan American Health Organizatio
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Core Indicators 2019: Health Trends in the Americas starts with a demographic overview of the Americas to demonstrate how the Region has changed over 25 years. These key demographic indicators provi
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This booklet presents data on NCD mortality and prevalence of NCD risk factors, by country, for the Region of the Americas. The focus is on the 5 x 5 NCD agenda which includes the main NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and chronic res
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Suicide mortality in the Region of the Americas. Regional Report 2015-2019
Este informe, que se publica cada cinco años. brinda datos actualizados sobre el suicidio en la Región de las Américas.
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In the Region of the Americas, the leishmaniases are a group of diseases caused by various species of Leishmania, which cause a set of clinical syndromes in infected humans that can involve the skin, mucosa, and visceral organs. The spectrum of clin
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This document compiles the recommendations made by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help professionals in charge of vector control programs in Latin America and the Caribbean at the national, subnational, and local level update their knowledge in
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Este algoritmo está dirigido a aquellos laboratorios que cuentan con capacidad instalada para la detección (molecular, antigénica y/o serológica) de dengue (DENV), Zika (ZIKV) y chikungunya(CHIKV),y como parte del diagnóstico diferencial para Arbovirus. Para la manipulación de muestras sosp
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For the 24th consecutive year, PAHO has published the report Health Situation in the Americas: Core Indicators featuring the latest information on key indicators for the Region of the Americas. This
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Chagas disease is currently endemic and also predicted to be at increased transmission risk under future climate change scenarios. Similarly, an expansion of areas in the United States at increased risk for Chagas disease transmission is also expected over the next several decades under climate chan
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Lancet Glob Health. 2016 Feb 1. pii: S2214-109X(16)00048-6. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00048-6. [Epub ahead of print] Open Acess
Published online March 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.001
Please download article directly from the webpage: http://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712%2816%2900021-7/pdf
Este documento apresenta um marco conceitual renovado das funções essenciais de saúde pública (FESP) para a Região das Américas, com o qual se pretende dar maior clareza conceitual e operacionalidade ao novo campo de atuação da saúde públi
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On 14 August 2024, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) determined that the resurgence of Mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Te
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