Latest Issue:    Vol. 3, No. 8, August 2009

Contents

Spotlight: Special Events

• Caribbean Countries Celebrate Caribbean Wellness Day 2009

• AMNET Surveillance Meeting
• 2009 CARMEN Biennial Meeting
• Course on Evidence-Based Public Health

Announcements

• PAHO CNCD Homepage in Spanish
• New Bilingual CARMEN Page

News Roundup

About the newsletter

The newsletter began in January 2007. The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to promote the Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases; to share developments on all aspects of the strategy and its four lines of action as well as news on program implementation.

Scope of the Newsletter:

The newsletter can include items of interest in the following areas related to chronic disease surveillance, prevention, and management, including their risk factors:

• National, subregional or regional events or developments in chronic disease and risk-factor prevention and control.
• Country activities (please cite source and/or links if it is from a national agency; also, country news must be authorized by the corresponding Ministry or NGO):
  
  • New surveillance findings, analyses, studies, trends.
  • Prevention initiatives and campaigns.
  • Policy developments in health or broader healthy public policies of relevance.
  • Launch of strategies or plans.
• New Partnerships or grants.
• Major workshops or training events.
• New information resources or links.

Past Issues: Previous issues for 2009 listed below | 2007-2008

• July 2009 Regional & Global Action: UICC, IDF, WHF Call for Putting Chronic Diseases on the UN MDGs Agenda. Follow-Up: Course on Evidence-Based Chronic Illness Care. Spotlight: Cancer: 2009 International Cancer Control Congress (ICCC). Overview of Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Prevention in the Americas. Progress in the Countries. Chronic Disease in Emerging Countries: Report from Capitol Hill Upcoming Events: Caribbean Wellness Day. AMNET Meeting on CNCD Surveillance. Information Resources: New Book on Alcohol and Partner Violence. News Roundup
• June 2009: Regional Action: Partners’ Forum: PAHO, PAHEF, Global Business Forum Meet; Course on Evidence-Based Chronic Illness Care; Progress in the Countries: CARIDIAB Caribbean Diabetes Project; VIGITEL-Brazil: RF Surveillance by Phone; National Hispanic Cardiology Leadership Network; Information Resources; New Ciclovías Brochure; New PAHO CNCD Homepage; News Roundup
• April 2009: Spotlight on Cancer: HPV Vaccine: Intervention in Adolescents; IARC Study on HPV Testing in Low-Resource Settings; WHO Position Paper on HPV Vaccines Just Released; WHO/PAHO Cryotherapy Guidelines; Call for Abstracts: International Cancer Control Congress; News Roundup.
•  March 2009: Regional Action: Partners' Forum; Progress in the Countries: Suriname: Activities to Fight CNCDs; First Lady of Honduras Speaks out against Obesity; Announcements: International Cancer Control Congress; More on Salt; PAHEF Grants; News Roundup.
• February 2009: Editorial: 2008 Review, 2009 Priorities; Highlights: Central America, Dominican Republic Take up the CNCD Gauntlet; XXIV RESSCAD Tackles Chronic Disease; CNCDs on the Health Agenda; World Cancer Day 2009; Announcements: Salt Meeting Documentation Online; News Roundup.
• January 2009: Learning from the Past, Moving towards a Better Future: Cancer: Highlights for 2008, Priorities for 2009; Regional Action: Experts Say Lowering Salt Consumption Should be a Top Public Health Priority; Progress in the Countries: Healthy Caribbean: Bridgetown Declaration; Announcements: Translation of WHO STEPS Stroke Surveillance Manual; New WHO Website on Marketing Foods and Beverages to Children; PAHEF Project Provides Evidence That Alcohol Control Reduces Violence against Women; Did you know? Global School Health Survey; News Roundup.