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Ten Things Healthcare Workers Need to Know about COVID-19 Vaccines, 15 January 2021
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-01-19)As a healthcare worker, what is my role in COVID-19 vaccine introduction? How should I respond if people ask me questions about COVID-19 vaccines? This document is addressed to healthcare workers involved in the COVID-19 ... -
Vaccination Week in the Americas 2020: Final Report
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-01-15)Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) is a regional initiative that aims to promote equity and access to vaccination in all countries in the Region of the Americas. The participation of the countries of the Americas in ... -
Ongoing Living Update of Potential COVID-19 Therapeutics: Summary of Rapid Systematic Reviews. Rapid Review
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-01-14)This is the fourteenth edition of this database of evidence on potential therapeutic options for COVID-19, in which 68 therapeutic options are examined. This information will help investigators, policy makers, and prescribers ... -
Orientações para a aplicação de medidas de saúde pública não farmacológicas a grupos populacionais em situação de vulnerabilidade no contexto da COVID-19
(Washington, D.C., OPAS, 2021-01-14)A finalidade deste guia é apresentar orientações para melhorar a aplicação de medidas de saúde pública não farmacológicas durante a resposta à COVID-19, bem como a adesão a essas medidas por parte dos grupos populacionais ... -
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about COVID-19 Candidate Vaccines and Access Mechanisms. Version 3, 6 January 2021
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-01-14)Will COVID-19 vaccines be safe? Will all the COVID-19 candidate vaccines be successful? What are the different phases a vaccine must go through to be approved? This document provides responses to the most frequently asked ... -
Trends in diabetes mortality identified from death certificates in Colombia, 1979-2017
(2021-01-13)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To describe the mortality trends of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Colombia, by sex and age group, from 1979 to 2017. Methods. We carried out an ecological study using mortality data from the Colombian ... -
Interruption of lymphatic filariasis transmission in Manaus, a former focus of Wuchereria bancrofti in the Western Brazilian Amazon
(2021-01-13)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To confirm the absence of Wuchereria bancrofti autochthonous cases in Manaus, a former focus of lymphatic filariasis in the Western Brazilian Amazon. Methods. A field survey was carried out in 2016 ... -
Informe final de la Semana de Vacunación en las Américas 2020
(Washington, D.C., OPS, 2021-01-13)La 18.ª Semana de Vacunación en las Américas se celebró entre el 25 de abril y el 2 de mayo del 2020 bajo el lema "Ama. Confía. Protege. #Vacúnate". Esta iniciativa tiene por objetivo impulsar la equidad y el acceso a la ... -
Considerations for Strengthening the First Level of Care in the Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-01-12)During the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems have been facing the difficulty of providing timely access and coverage and meeting the needs of the population at the first level of care (FLC), particularly in rural, remote, ... -
Recommendations to Adapt and Strengthen Response Capacity at the First Level of Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic, September 2020
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-01-11)This document presents considerations to support decision-making and actions to help strengthen response capacity at the first level of care (FLC) based on the values laid out in the Strategy for Universal Access to Health ... -
When is systematic review replication useful, and when is it wasteful?
(2021-01-11)To the Editor, During the past quarter of a century and following the global explosion in access to scientific literature, systematic reviews have become an excellent way to inform decisions with summaries of the effects ... -
Corrigendum a Recálculo de las tendencias de mortalidad por accidentes, suicidios y homicidios en Argentina, 1997-2018
(2021-01-05)Corrigendum a Recálculo de las tendencias de mortalidad por accidentes, suicidios y homicidios en Argentina, 1997-2018. La Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública llama la atención a los lectores sobre un error en el siguiente ... -
Communicating about Vaccine Safety: Guidelines to help health workers communicate with parents, caregivers, and patients
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-12-28)Vaccines save between 2 million and 3 million lives each year and protect the entire population from more than a dozen life-threatening diseases. Thanks to vaccination, smallpox was eradicated in 1980, and we are on track ... -
Multimorbidity patterns among COVID-19 deaths: proposal for the construction of etiological models
(2020-12-23)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. To describe patterns of multimorbidity among fatal cases of COVID-19, and to propose a classification of patients based on age and multimorbidity patterns to begin the construction of etiological ... -
Primary and acquired multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Predictive factors for unfavorable treatment outcomes in Rio de Janeiro, 2000–2016
(2020-12-23)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To identify clinical and demographic factors associated with unfavorable treatment outcomes in patients with primary and acquired multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Rio de Janeiro State. ... -
Qualitative study of the implementation of the Continuity of Care and Rehabilitation Program for people with severe mental disorders in Peru
(2020-12-23)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. Describe the implementation of the Continuity of Care and Rehabilitation Program (PCC-R) in community mental health centers (CSMCs, Spanish acronym) in Peru. Methods. Qualitative study of the ... -
Implementation of national childbirth guidelines in Brazil: barriers and strategies
(2020-12-23)[ABSTRACT]. The present report describes the process and results obtained with a knowledge translation project developed in three stages to identify barriers to the Implementation of the National Guidelines for Normal ... -
Conocimiento, acceso y uso del sistema de salud en adolescentes migrantes en Chile: resultados de un estudio exploratorio
(2020-12-23)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Identificar el conocimiento, acceso y uso del sistema de salud por parte de adolescentes migrantes, y las barreras para el acceso y uso del sistema de salud en dicha población en Chile. Métodos. Estudio ... -
Recursos para la evaluación de la política pública en materia de cáncer de pulmón en México
(2020-12-23)[RESUMEN]. Objetivos. Estimar las tasas de mortalidad ajustadas por estructura de edad por cáncer de pulmón para los 32 estados del país en el periodo entre1998 y 2017; contrastar la distribución territorial de la demanda ... -
Leadership, social determinants of health and health equity: the case of Costa Rica
(2020-12-23)[ABSTRACT]. Costa Rica has long been a country of special interest in the Americas and in global health because of its good health. The United Nations Development Programme ranks countries according to their level of human ...
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