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Health of the Indigenous People of the Americas Program
Goal: To improve the health of the indigenous peoples.
Purpose: In collaboration with the indigenous peoples themselves, to find realistic and sustainable solutions to the serious problems of poor health and substandard living conditions that are the reality of many of the indigenous peoples throughout the Region
Comprises assistance aspects such as basic sanitation, nutrition, housing, environment, demarcation of land, sanitary education and institutional integration. This type of assistance uses a differentiated and global approach.
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Press Releases: Health of Indigenous Peoples
PAHO: We can avoid the extinction of another endangered heritage. The commemoration of International Day of Indigenous Peoples 2008 on August 9, which PAHO joins in full support, always serves as a reminder of all historical vicissitudes that those groups have undergone throughout centuries.(7/Aug/2008)
PAHO/WHO Mandates: Health of Indigenous Populations
- CE138/13 Health of the indigenous populations in the Americas
- CD47.R18 Health of the indenous peoples in the Americas
- CSP25/15 Population and Reproductive Health
- WHA60.25 Integrating gender analysis and actions into the work of WHO: draft Strategy
- WHA54.16 International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
- WHA53.10 International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
- WHA51.24 International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
- WHA50.31 International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
- WHA48.24 International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
- WHA47.27 International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
- Health Agenda for the Americas 2008-2017
PAHO/WHO Strategic Plan: Health of Indigenous Populations
- PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-2012
- Health Program of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas - Action Plan 2005-2007
- Health of the Indigenous Peoples Initiative: Strategic Directions and Plan of Action 2003-2007
- Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines and Therapies: Evaluation Plan of Work 2000-2001 and Plan of Work 2002-2003
Meeting Reports: Health of Indigenous Populations
- International Meeting Health & Indigenous Peoples: Achievements and Challenges in the Regions of the Americas
Chile, 2003 - Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in the English- and French-Speaking Caribbean: Towards World Health Assembly Resolution 54.19
Kingston, Jamaica, 15–17 May 2007 - An Integrated Approach to Controlling Tuberculosis in Indigenous Populations
Cochabamba, Bolivia, 23–24 October 2007 - Final Report and Proceedings: 14th Inter-American Meeting, at the Ministerial Level, on Health and Agriculture (RIMSA 14)
Mexico City, Mexico, 21–22 April 2005
Reports: Health of Indigenous Population
Technical Cooperation to the Countries
Country Focal Points: Health of Indigenous Peoples
Related Sites: Health of Indigenous Peoples
- Social Determinants in Health of the Indigenous Peoples
- Human Rights and neglected Diseases
- Indigenous Population WHO
- Health and Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples WHO
- UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues UN
- Gender Equity in Health Sector Reform
- GenderStats: Database of Gender Statistics
- Millenium Development Goals Indicators
Guidelines: Indigenous Peoples
- Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Therapies in the Americas: Policies, Plans and Programs
- Incorporating a Gender Perspective in the work with Indigenous Peoples 1997
- Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Health. Guidelines for research with Indigenous Peoples. 1995
- Harmonization of Indigenous and Conventional Health Systems in the Americas. Strategies for Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives, Medicines and Therapies into Primary Health Care.
Publications: Health of Indigenous Peoples
- Gender, Health and Development in the Americas. Basic Indicators 2005
- The mental Health of Indigenous People. An international overview WHO
- Global compendium of Indigenous Health Research Institutions WHO
- Major Trends in Health Legislation in Canada, English-Speaking Caribbean and the United States of America: 2001-2005
Newsletter: Indigenous Peoples
Scientific Production: Health of Indigenous Populations
- Prevention, control, and elimination of neglected diseases in the Americas: Pathways to integrated, inter-programmatic, inter-sectoral action for health and development BMC public health 2007
- Neglected diseases of neglected populations: Thinking to reshape the determinants of health in Latin America and the Caribbean BMC public health 2005
- Disease burden and health-care clinic attendances for young children in remote Aboriginal communities in northern Australia WHO