Press Releases: Hypertension

First Round of Community Cardiovascular Health Promoters Receives Diplomas (INCAP, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 26 June 2008) With their graduation on 26 June 2008 at the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) in Guatemala City, the country now has 29 new certified cardiovascular health promoters. (26/Jun/2008)

4^th Pan American Congress to Promote Vegetable and Fruit Consumption (Santiago, Chile, 28-30 August 2008) The objectives of this event are to: (1) Promote vegetable and fruit (V&F) consumption; (2) Allow for exchange of experiences and lessons learned; (3) Disseminate the latest research findings; (4) Discuss new marketing strategies. (30/May/2008)

CARMEN School International Course: Social Marketing and Preventing Child Obesity (Santiago, Chile, 26–27 August 2008) The objectives of this course are to Identify the principles that characterize social marketing and planning programs using the marketing mix (the "4 Ps": Product, Price, Place/ distribution, and Promotion). (30/May/2008)

PAHO/WHO Mandates: Hypertension

• CD44.R6: Primary Health Care in the Americas: Lessons Learned over 25 Years and Future Challenges  
• CD47.R16: Health Promotion
• CD47.R18: Regional Strategy and Plan of Action on Nutrition in Health and Development, 2006–2015
• CSP27.R10 Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, including Patient Safety
• CD44.R6: Primary Health Care in the Americas: Lessons Learned over 25 Years and Future Challenges
• WHA56.R1: WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control
• CSP26.R15: Public Health Response to Chronic Diseases
• CD42.R9: Cardiovascular Disease, especially Hypertension (pp. 16–19)
• WHA53.R17: Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Disease

PAHO/WHO Strategic Plans: Hypertension

• PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-2012
• Health Agenda for the Americas 2008-2017   
• Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health
• Trans Fat Free Americas: Declaration of Rio de Janeiro
• Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
• EUR/00/5018028 European Health21 Target 11: Healthier Living

Guidelines: Hypertension

• Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
• PanAmerican STEPS, the PAHO/WHO Stepwise Approach to Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance
• Managing Hypertension in Primary Care in the Caribbean
• Implementation Manual for Collaborative Projects to Improve the Quality of Care for People with Chronic Diseases
• Stop the Global Epidemic of Chronic Disease: A Practical Guide to Successful Advocacy
• Protocol for the Nutritional Management of Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension in the Caribbean

Meeting Reports: Hypertension

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Related Sites: Hypertension

• CARMEN Network
• Chronic Disease Prevention and Control in the Americas
• Healthy Eating and Active Living

Scientific Production: Hypertension

• Bioequivalence study of four different trademarks of enalapril maleate in spontaneously hypertensive rats SciELO
• Prevalence of peripheral arterial occlusive disease in patients referred to a tertiary care hospital in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, for coronary angiography SciELO
• Factores asociados con la hipertensión no tratada en los adultos mayores: resultados del Estudio Nacional sobre Salud y Envejecimiento en México, 2001 PAHO Journal

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Disease Outbreaks