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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
En una entrevista con Radio ONU, la asesora regional de la OPS para el control de esa dolencia, Mirtha del Granado, recordó que la tuberculosis causa unas 30.000 muertes anuales en América Latina y el Caribe.
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) today called for stepped-up efforts to prevent and control tuberculosis in the Americas, especially in vulnerable populations living in large cities.
Health authorities and experts from different countries of the Americas will discuss best practices in mobilizing political and social commitment on prevention and control of tuberculosis, especially in large cities, as well as measures to reduce illness and deaths from TB. The event, in observance of World TB Day, is being organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
2012
Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association Honors PAHO Manager Marcos Espinal (11/16/2012)
Call for Applications to the Regional Green Light Committee (rGLC) (11/15/2012)
USAID triples its financial support for PAHO/WHO project to fight tuberculosis in Latin America and the Caribbean (10/31/2012)
Taller Regional de Fortalecimiento de la Gestión de Medicamentos con énfasis en 2da Línea (In Spanish) (04/20/2012)
2011
PAHO-USAID Training Program in Tuberculosis: Terms of Reference 2012 (12/05/2011)
2010
WHO: New Quick Test a Milestone for Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Care (12/08/2010)
Guidelines Improve Access of Health Workers to HIV and TB Services (12/03/2010)
PAHO Cites TB Progress, Honors Innovation on World TB Day (03/15/2010)
2009
36 Million People With TB Cured Using the Stop TB Strategy (12/07/2009)
World Tuberculosis Day 2013
Related Sites: Tuberculosis
Collaborating Centers: Tuberculosis
