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Cambio climático para profesionales de la salud: un libro de bolsillo
(Washington, D.C., OPS, 2020-10-27)Los efectos del cambio climático en la salud humana son inequívocos y ya se perciben en todo el mundo. Fenómenos como las olas de calor y de frío, las inundaciones, las sequías, los huracanes, las tormentas y otros episodios ... -
Guidelines for the implementation of multi-month dispensing of antiretrovirals. Version 1, 23 July 2020
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-10-27)This document proposes guidelines for the prescription, distribution, and dispensing of pharmaceuticals using the multi-month dispensing modality within the framework of the Integrated Drug Supply Management System. These ... -
Pautas para la dispensación de medicamentos antirretrovirales para varios meses. Versión 1, 23 de julio del 2020
(Washington, D.C., OPS, 2020-10-27)En este documento se proponen pautas para la prescripción, distribución y dispensación de medicamentos utilizando la modalidad de dispensación para varios meses en el marco del sistema integral de suministro. Estas pautas ... -
Tomar decisiones en salud pública
(Washington, D.C., OPS, 2020-10-27)La presente metodología forma parte de una serie de documentos que sistematizan la experiencia y buenas prácticas de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud OPS/OMS en Gestión del Conocimiento y temas relacionados, con ... -
COVID-19: Consejos para informar. Guía para periodistas
(Washington, D.C., OPS, 2020-10-26)Con la propagación de la enfermedad por el coronavirus del 2019 (COVID-19) entre la mayoría de los países del mundo, y ante la falta de una cura o vacuna, la información es una herramienta vital para que las personas adopten ... -
Life expectancy, death, and disability in Haiti, 1990- 2017: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
(2020-10-26)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To investigate the magnitude and distribution of the main causes of death, disability, and risk factors in Haiti. Methods. We conducted an ecological analysis, using data estimated from the Global ... -
Better nutrition, better lives: Countries’ positioning to fight all forms of malnutrition
(2020-10-26)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To identify how countries have positioned themselves to fight against all forms of malnutrition. Methods. Qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study of the statements of 91 out of the 127 (71.7%) ... -
Just societies: A new vision for health equity in the Americas after COVID-19
(2020-10-26)[EXTRACT]. The significant challenges to equity in health in the Region of the Americas, as detailed in the report of the Pan American Health Organization Independent Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the ... -
Microcefalia e alterações do sistema nervoso central relacionadas à infecção congênita pelo vírus Zika e outras etiologias infecciosas no estado do Rio de Janeiro: estudo transversal, 2015 a 2017
(2020-10-26)[RESUMO]. Objetivo. Descrever o perfil clínico-epidemiológico dos casos confirmados de microcefalia e/ou alterações do sistema nervoso central (SNC) relacionadas a infecção congênita pelo vírus Zika e outras etiologias ... -
Prevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 according to socioeconomic and ethnic status in a nationwide Brazilian survey
(2020-10-26)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. To investigate socioeconomic and ethnic group inequalities in prevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in the 27 federative units of Brazil. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, three household ... -
La Red de las Américas para la Equidad en Salud: inclusión, compromiso y acción
(2020-10-26)[RESUMEN]. La Red de las Américas para la Equidad en Salud (RAES) es una red multidisciplinaria que promueve el intercambio de conocimientos y la acción intersectorial para la equidad en salud y los derechos humanos en las ... -
Gender equality and health equity: strategic lessons from country experiences of gender mainstreaming in health
(2020-10-26)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. To analyze progress in organizational structures, mechanisms, strategies, and enabling factors and barriers towards gender mainstreaming (GM) in health in Guatemala, Guyana, and Peru, given GM’s ... -
Civil society promoting government accountability for health equity in the Caribbean: The Healthy Caribbean Coalition
(2020-10-26)[ABSTRACT]. Achieving health equity and addressing the social determinants of health are critical to attaining the health and health-related targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable ... -
Ensuring health equity during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of public health infrastructure
(2020-10-26)[ABSTRACT]. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly stressed public health systems around the world and exposed the gaps in health care for underserved and vulnerable populations. In the context of the social determinants ... -
Nuevos Descriptores en Ciencias de la Salud para clasificar y recuperar información sobre equidad
(2020-10-26)[RESUMEN]. El vocabulario Descriptores en Ciencias de la Salud (DeCS) establece un lenguaje único y común que permite la organización y facilita la búsqueda y recuperación de la literatura técnica y científica en salud ... -
Theoretical and practical challenges of proportionate universalism: a review
(2020-10-26)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. In 2010, the principle of proportionate universalism (PU) has been proposed as a solution to reduce health inequalities. It had a great resonance but does not seem to have been widely applied and no ... -
Equity in Health Policy Assessment: Region of the Americas
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-10-23)The Region of the Americas has prioritized the achievement of health equity—“the absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether these groups are defined socially, economically, demographically ... -
Climate Change for Health Professionals: A Pocket Book
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-10-23)The effects of climate change on human health are unequivocal and can already be perceived worldwide. Phenomena such as heat waves, cold waves, floods, droughts, hurricanes, storms, and other extreme weather events can ... -
Mortalidad infantil y desigualdades sociales en Argentina, 1980-2017
(2020-10-22)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Estimar la tendencia de la mortalidad infantil, de la desigualdad entre jurisdicciones y de la desigualdad asociada a las condiciones sociales en Argentina entre 1980 y 2017. Métodos. Estudio ecológico ... -
Décimoséptima reunión anual y primera reunión virtual de la Comisión Intergubernamental de la Iniciativa Subregional Andina de Prevención, Control y Atención de la Enfermedad de Chagas. 27 y 28 de agosto del 2020
(Washington, D.C., OPS, 2020-10-22)La enfermedad de Chagas o tripanosomiasis americana es una parasitosis sistémica cuya transmisión vectorial se limita a la Región de las Américas. Sin embargo, puede llegar a convertirse en un problema de salud de alcance ...
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