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December 2008 Edition
World Health Report 2008
Primary Health Care: The Best Cure for Failed Systems
Healthcare costs are rising everywhere, yet people are not getting the care they need. Now more than ever, the answer is reform based on primary health care.
Health systems around the world are failing to meet the needs of the people they are supposed to serve, a failure that is now becoming "a threat to social stability," says the 2008 World Health Report, Primary Health Care: Now More than Ever.
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INDEX
Primary Health Care: The Best Cure for Failed Systems
QUOTED AT LENGTH: Dr. Socorro Gross
Singer José José Denounces Violence against Women
PAHO Teams Up with Clinton Global Initiative
Ministers Commit to New Action in Health
Panels Discuss Climate Change, Primary Care
Caribbean Celebrates First Wellness Day
Three "Healthy Cities" Win 2008 Awards
China Infant Formula Crisis Highlights Need to Promote Breastfeeding
Experts: Don't Let Up in the Fight against Malaria
PAHO Joins IDB, Sabin Institute to Fight Neglected Diseases
Region Makes Progress, Faces Challenges on HIV
Countries Raise Awareness on World Rabies Day 2008
New PAHO Tool Measures Hospital Safety
Patient Champions Launch New Advocacy Network
New Vision for PAHO Scientific Journal
Publications on Alcohol
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2013
Reducing the burden of viral hepatitis will require a strong commitment on the part of countries and partner organizations and an integrated approach to the disease, said international experts meeting at a special May 20 event on Viral hepatitis: facing the challenge of the 21st century. The event was held in parallel to this week's World Health Assembly, on 20-28 May, in Geneva.
With the arrival of 2013, PAHO has taken the opportunity to reaffirm its commitment into the fight against Viral Hepatitis in the Americas.
2012
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) called on the countries of the Americas to redouble their efforts in the fight against viral hepatitis, a disease about which...
PAHO events during the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. (07/19/2012)
The Region of the Americas is preparing the commemoration of "World Hepatitis Day" (06/24/2012)
The PAHO holds the first Regional Meeting on Viral Hepatitis in Latin America and the Caribbean (06/19/2012)
2011
PAHO/WHO Warns of Growing Health Toll of Hepatitis (07/27/2011)
PAHO releases an infographic to continue the fight against Hepatitis in the Americas
:: Link to WHO Hepatitis Day
