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Prevention and Control

Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control This page outlines the mission, focus, and priority areas of the PAHO Technical Area for Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control (HSD), which includes four Technical Projects and one Regional Pan American Center under its umbrella.

:: Projects

Chronic Diseases (HSD/NC)
Communicable Diseases (HSD/CD)
Health Information and Analysis (HSD/HA)
International Heatlh Regulations/Alert and Response and Epidemic Diseases (HSD/IR)
Veterinary Public Health/PANAFTOSA (HSD/VP)

Each Technical Project is headed by a Project Coordinator / Senior Advisor and encompasses several teams, each headed by a Regional Advisor.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 December 2012 11:51

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:: Malaria Champions of the Americas 2013

:: Latest News

Technical Document: Salt Smart Americas

Technical Document: Salt Smart Americas In this year dedicated to the fight against the major public health issue, Hypertension, and marked by the celebration of World Hypertension Day, PAHO launches the Salt Smart Americas Guide for Action in the Countries, underscoring the important work of a team of distinguished experts, country program leaders and representatives of civil society and their unwavering commitment to stimulate, orient and support action in the countries. The guide highlights the recommendations, protocols and guidelines developed under the Regional initiative.

Lowering salt intake prevents hypertension and cuts risks of heart attacks and stroke by 25%

Honduras expands deworming of children in remote communities during vaccination campaigns

Intensifying Integrated Efforts for Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases in the Region of the Americas - Bogotá, Colombia 16 and 17 May 2013

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:: Mission

Promote, coordinate, and implement technical-cooperation activities that are sound and appropriate for the culture and society directed to the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and noncommunicable diseases and zoonoses.
Strive to achieve sustainable impact through strengthened country capacity and effective inter-country collaboration.
Collaborate to strengthen sustainable capacity in Member Countries at the individual and collective levels to measure, prevent, control, and eliminate disease.
Assist Member Countries in the development of health-situation analysis for policy- and decision-making.