WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - SCENE OF AMERICAN-CHINESE CONFRONTATIONS

Division of Health Systems and Services Development PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

The existence of large amounts of information which is disperse and disorganized led to the need for a study which allowed for the identification of those less developed areas of research on "traditional" medicine. This research was intended to characterize and construct a database on the traditional health systems in various countries in Latin The goal of the study was to gather information in...

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 13th INTER-AMERICAN MEETING, AT THE MINISTERIAL LEVEL, ON HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 140th SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) (1). This Region has one of the highest cervical cancer mortality rates in the world, together with sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia. Despite its preventable nature, it persists as a significant public health problem, where it is estimated that 72,000 new cases and 33,000 deaths o...

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 126th SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Pursuant to Resolution CE120.R11 of the Executive Committee (1997), which recommends strengthening technical support for specific initiatives aimed at the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, the PAHO Program on Noncommunicable Diseases has developed an approach that integrates health promotion, primary prevention, and management of noncommunicable diseases. This rationale is bas...

The Pan American Health Organization and World Diabetes Day.

the eightieth anniversary of the discovery of insulin by Frederick Banting and Charles Best. This year is also the fifth anniversary of the Declaration of the Americas on Diabetes (DOTA), which the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), and other partners established to promote better health for people affected by diabetes in the Region of the Amer...