The Pan American Journal of Public Health (PAJPH) is the flagship technical and scientific periodical of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, which is the Secretariat of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America. Established in 1922 as Boletín Panamericano de Sanidad, it subsequently became known as Boletín de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana until 1997, when it merged with its English-language counterpart, the Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization (established in 1966), to form the multilingual publication that exists today. The RPSP/PAJPH is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, and effective 2009, is published in an electronic-only format. Full texts of all manuscripts may be accessed through this web site and other international and regional scientific databases including PubMed Central, PubMed/MEDLINE, SciELO Public Health, Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ and LILACS.

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  • Gomes, Julia A.; Cardoso-dos-Santos, Augusto C.; Bremm, João M.; Alves, Ruanna S.M.; Bezerra, Amarílis B.; Araújo, Valdelaine E.M.; Alves, Ronaldo F.S.; Neto, Dácio L.R.; Cardoso, Letícia O.; Schuler-Faccini, Lavínia; Silva, Clécio H. da (2025-02-12)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objectives. Congenital anomalies are an important cause of infant morbidity and mortality in Brazil. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of and main outcomes related to these anomalies in ...
  • Docal, Maria; Chang Chiu, Angela; Williams, Haley Kartchner; Lizarraga Sikic, Andrea; Reynolds, Nancy R. (2025-02-12)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To analyze a community of practice, the Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery (GANM), and illustrate the evolution and sustainability of a virtual community of practice aimed at enhancing ...
  • Sánchez-Ortiz, Néstor A.; Vargas Flores, Adriana; Morales-Ríos, Jesús E.; Quiroz-Reyes, J. Alai; Colchero, M. Arantxa (2025-02-11)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objectives. This study had two objectives: first, to estimate trends in affordability of sugar-sweetened beverages and nonessential energy-dense foods from 2010 to 2022 in Mexico, both nationally and by ...
  • Oladeji, Olusola; Lai, Joanna; Velazquez, Natalia R.; Bammai, Mohammed I.; Kandel, Ghanshyam; Spyridou, Andria; Beer, Natalia L.; Baitwabusa, Angella E.; Simmons, Juliet; Cuellar, Fidel L.; Quintanilla, Iveth; Augustine, Jeffan (2025-02-11)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To identify barriers to and facilitators of access to perinatal mental health services among pregnant adolescents and young mothers in Belize. Methods. This was an exploratory descriptive qualitative ...
  • Garcia Fuentes, Maria Jose; Gerk, Ayla; Campos, Leticia; Torres, Alejandro; Wurdeman, Taylor; Kumar, Nikathan; Jimbo-Sotomayor, Ruth; Salamea, Juan Carlos; Falcão, Luiz Fernando dos Reis; Parquet, Guido; Meara, John G.; Uribe-Leitz, Tarsicio; Borrero Vega, Alfredo (2025-02-11)
    [ABSTRACT]. In October 2024, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) formally integrated surgical, intensive, and emergency care into its health agenda. This followed important events, including the June 2024 ...
  • Silva, Ana Paula Betaressi da; Daniel, Mariely Helena Barbosa; Ferreira, Vanessa de Paula; Chaves, Vitória Martins; Oliveira, Jéssika Angela Freitas de; Cabral, Adriana Rodrigues; Magalhães, Thiago de Brito; Connerton, Patrick Joseph; Guimarães, Luciana Nogueira de Almeida; Moraes, Camile de; Sousa, Orlando Marcos Farias de (2025-02-11)
    [RESUMO]. Objetivo. Avaliar o sistema de Vigilância em Saúde das Populações Expostas a Substâncias Químicas (Vigipeq) no Brasil no período de 2011 a 2021. Métodos. Foram avaliados atributos qualitativos (simplicidade de ...
  • Saluja, Sushant; Anderson, Simon G. (2025-02-11)
    [ABSTRACT]. The establishment of a biobank in the Caribbean represents a vital opportunity to enhance biomedical research and tackle health issues in the area. The Caribbean’s unique genetic diversity, shaped by migration ...
  • Norero, Ximena; Estripeaut, Dora; Castaño, Elizabeth; Levy, Jacqueline; Lichtenberger, Paola; Díaz-Madriz, José Pablo; Bustos, José Luis; Rojas Cortés, Robin; Levy-Hara, Gabriel (2025-01-17)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To conduct a point prevalence survey (PPS) of antibiotic use in the main pediatric tertiary-level hospital in Panama City to establish antibiotic prevalence and identify key areas for addressing ...
  • Yanez, Rosse Mary; Quitón, Rocío; Rojas, Ernesto; Vargas, Tania; Eid, Daniel; Letesson, Jean-Jacques; Rodríguez, Patricia (2025-01-17)
    [RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Validar la aplicabilidad de la prueba de rosa de bengala (RB), enzimoinmunoensayo (ELISA) indirecto IgG o IgM y la prueba Brucellacapt® al contexto local, determinar la seroprevalencia de brucelosis ...
  • Saza-Londoño, William; Pinzón-Fajardo, Diana Yisenia; Urrea-Duque, María Victoria; Pinzón-Niño, Eliana Lizeth; Sánchez-León, Edna Margarita; Urieles-Sierra, Katterine Isabel; Pinto-Díaz, Carlos Andrés; Molina-León, Helvert Felipe (2025-01-17)
    [RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Describir el funcionamiento del sistema de vigilancia de los eventos supuestamente atribuibles a la vacunación o inmunización (ESAVI) en Colombia con las herramientas de evaluación propuestas por la ...
  • Souza, Ana Sara Semeão de; Cavalcante, João Roberto; Proença, Raquel; Frank, Carlos Henrique Michiles; Mendonça, Thiago Basílio; Costacurta, Giovana Ferreira; Rodrigues, Igor de Assis; Fonseca, José Lucas Pinho da; Freitas, Daniel Roberto Coradi de; Filho, Edenilo Baltazar Barreira; Maciel, Ethel Leonor Noia; Garcia, Márcio Henrique de Oliveira (2025-01-13)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To describe the Brazilian experience of responding to public health emergencies in 2023, the organizational structure, and epidemiological characteristics. Methods. Three emergencies (case studies) ...
  • Itaborahy, Alex; Canuto Santos, Vania Cristina; Ribeiro Salomon, Flávia Cristina; Bregman, Caroline; Mateus, Iandy; Santos, Marisa (2025-01-13)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To provide an overview of hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) activities in Latin America and the Caribbean, including the technologies assessed, resources utilized, evaluation ...
  • Agudelo-Hernández, Felipe; Coral-Vela, Lizeth Paola; Pabuena-Yepes, Luz Helena (2025-01-13)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objectives. To describe and analyze a community participation process to develop recommendations for adequate communication of mental health risks among the Wayuú people of Colombia. Methods. This qualitative ...
  • Hassan, Saria; Philippe, Calae; West, Renée M.; McFarlane, Shelly; Polson-Edwards, Karen; Gordon-Strachan, Georgiana; Hospedales, C. James; Dubrow, Robert; Allen, Caroline F. (2025-01-13)
    [ABSTRACT]. This paper delineates the development of the Caribbean Research for Action Agenda which aims to empower Caribbean Small Island Developing States to reduce their vulnerabilities to the effects of climate change ...
  • Larrieu, Edmundo; Vieira Alves, Renato; Vigilato, Marco (2025-01-13)
    [RESUMEN]. La equinococosis quística (EQ) es un problema grave de salud pública en América del Sur; la Organización Panamericana de la Salud la incluye en su Plan de acción para el control de las enfermedades infecciosa ...
  • Silva, Roberta Mendes Abreu; Cabral, Cibelle Mendes; Percio, Jadher; Nóbrega, Martha Elizabeth Brasil da; Kobayashi, Carla Dinamerica; Martins, Adriano Ferreira; Cardoso, Felipe Daniel; Porto, Victor Bertollo Gomes; Capovilla, Leon; Moraes, Mônica Brauner de; Andrade, Paulo Henrique Santos; Fernandes, Eder Gatti (2025-01-13)
    [RESUMO]. Objetivo: Documentar as ações de farmacovigilância das vacinas contra a covid-19 que foram desenvolvidas pelo Programa Nacional de Imunizações do Brasil. Métodos: Pesquisa documental informativa no período de ...
  • Roza, Bartira de Aguiar; Schuantes-Paim, Sibele Maria; Oliveira, Priscilla Caroliny; Malosti, Raquel Duarte; Knhis, Neide da Silva; Menjivar, Ana; Beltrán Duran, Mauricio; Schirmer, Janine (2024-12-23)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To map the reasons why individuals oppose or refuse organ and tissue donation, from an international perspective. Methods. A scoping review was conducted from May 2022 to February 2024 using a ...
  • Báscolo, Ernesto; Debrott Sánchez, David; Houghton, Natalia; Vance, Carina (2024-12-23)
    [RESUMEN]. En las últimas décadas se ha producido una expansión importante del sector privado en el área de la salud, tanto en América Latina como en otras regiones. Los gobiernos y los organismos internacionales han ...
  • Gallego-Munuera, Miguel; Colomé-Hidalgo, Manuel (2024-12-20)
    [RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Evaluar las diferencias en la letalidad del dengue entre las distintas subregiones de las Américas en el período 2014-2023 y explorar su relación con el índice de desarrollo humano (IDH) de cada ...
  • Jhamile, Ponce de León Sierra; Anthony, Merma Pillaca (2024-12-20)
    [EXTRACT]. Hemos leído atentamente el artículo de Alegre et al., el cual ofrece un análisis exhaustivo y detallado sobre las normativas vigentes en telesalud e historia clínica electrónica en los diferentes países de ...

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