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Reproductive Health and Healthy Motherhood. Aligning National Legislation with International Human Rights Law
(PAHO, 2014)
(Extracted from Foreword) With the declaration of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the year 2000, the international community and governments of Latin America and the Caribbean renewed their commitment to reducing ...
Integrated Management Strategy for Dengue Prevention and Control on Aruba. IMS-Dengue Aruba
(PAHO, 2012)
[Introduction]. Dengue is the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the world. Repeated epidemics of dengue and severe dengue affect millions of individuals each year in tropical and subtropical areas of the world, ...
A Historical Review of Its Contributions to Health, Health Care, and Health Policie: 1962-2008
(PAHO, 2010)
[Executive Summary]. In 1959, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Advisory Committee for Medical Research (ACMR) to provide advice on medical research to the Director. A few years later, in 1962, the Pan ...
Unhappy Hours: Alcohol and Partner Aggresion in the Americas
(Pan American Health Organization, 2008)
[Introduction]. This book expands on findings from the multicentric study by focusing specifically on alcohol consumption and partner violence. Each country chapter analyzes data using the same variables related to alcohol ...
eHealth Conversations. Using Information Management, Dialogue, and Knowledge Exchange to Move Toward Universal Access to Health
(PAHO, 2016)
[Introduction]. The publication of eHealth Conversations, developed with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), represents a major step forward for the PAHO/WHO Strategy, since ...