The new guide seeks to improve care and treatment for every infected person, with the goal of contributing to better health for patients, their families and entire communities. Available only in Spanish.
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01/08/2019 - PAHO issues new guide for diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease
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01/08/2019 - The First FAO/WHO/AU International Conference on Food Safety
The future of food safety: Transforming knowledge into action for people, economies and the environment 12-13 February 2019 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more.
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12/12/2018 - HAPPY 2019!
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12/12/2018 - UN pushes for universal health care on International Day (UN News, 12/12/2018)
Universal health care for all, leaving no one behind, by 2030: that’s the call going out on International Universal Health Coverage Day, which this year falls on Wednesday. Why 2030? Because that’s the target date for completion of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one of which (SDG3), calls for the promotion of healthy lives and well-being for all. Read more.
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12/10/2018 - The State of the World’s Nursing Report
The WHO State of the World’s Nursing report will describe how the nursing workforce will help deliver Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and highlight areas for policy development for the next three to five years. All data must be collated and validated by the mid-point of 2019. The second half of 2019 will be dedicated to data analysis and report writing to be ready for a launch during the73rd World Health Assembly. Read more.
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10/30/2018 - Interview with Silvia Cassiani: "Nurses play a key role in achieving the goal of universal health access and coverage"
Receiving the title of Doctor honoris causa from the University of the Republic of Uruguay, PAHO/WHO regional advisor for nursing and health technicians, Silvia Cassiani, highlights the growing role of nursing in national health systems around the world. Read the full interview (in Spanish).
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10/30/2018 - Astana, 2018: ‘Health is a right of the people and a responsibility of government’
Health is a human right, and it is governments’ responsibility to ensure that right, said the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, during the closing session of the Global Conference on Primary Health Care in Astana, Kazakhstan. Read more.
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10/11/2018 - Heath to the South (ISAGS): Echoes of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases
The Heads of State and Government, meeting at the Third High Level Meeting of the United Nations on Non-Communicable Diseases (DNT), on September 27, 2018, approved a Political Declaration in which they committed themselves in the fight against non-communicable diseases. communicable and in promotion of mental health. Read the full article on the ISAGS website.
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10/09/2018 - RevTES, vol.16 no.3: The Alma-Ata legacy, 40 years later
In the third edition of the year, Marcos Cueto, a researcher and editor of the journal História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos, makes a critical analysis of Alma-Ata's legacy, forty years after the historic International Conference on Primary Health Care. Read the full text (in English). Get to know RevTES.
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10/09/2018 - IPCC New Report: Global Warming of 1.5 °C
Read the IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty.