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| 16 November 2012 Pertussis (Whooping Cough) |
Given the significant increase of pertussis cases in several areas of the Region, the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) encourages Member States to increase their level of surveillance, to continuously monitor the level of vaccination coverage in one year old infants and children under 5 years old, with particular emphasis on identifying susceptible group.
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2013
About 20 international experts from 13 countries as well as 40 national experts from more than 15 states participated in the Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network (GLEAN) meeting, which was held at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Country Office in Brasilia, Brazil from March 12th to 14th, 2013.
Dengue is a public Health problem worldwide. The American hemisphere is not the exception, with more than 35 countries report transmission of the disease and where it has been responsible for outbreaks and epidemics that has cost many lives in recent years.
2012
Fecha: 11 de julio del 2012 Ciudad: Bucaramanga, Colombia
Se estima que 3 mil millones de personas están en riesgo de contraer el dengue en más de 100 países tropicales y sub-tropicales donde se encuentra el mosquito transmisor Aedes aegypti...
2011
Llamado a la acción: La Hispaniola libre del cólera (12/28/2011)
Técnicos evaluaron respuesta y desafíos a un año de la epidemia de cólera en República Dominicana (12/07/2011)
Puerto Rico Presents Pilot Project for the Prevention and Control of Dengue (11/23/2011)
Haití condecora a la OPS/OMS por labor durante brote de cólera (04/20/2011)
Expertos de la Salud advierten sobre “infecciones incurables” (04/05/2011)
Response to Cholera in Belle Fontaine, Haiti (01/28/2011)
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Key to Control Cholera Epidemic in Haiti (01/10/2011)
2010
Experts to Discuss Cholera Vaccination in the Americas (12/15/2010)
Se prepara Plan de Contingencia ante la amenaza de un posible brote de Cólera en Guatemala (12/03/2010)
Cases Continue to Climb, But Fewer Patients are Dying from Cholera (12/02/2010)
National Day of Education and Prevention of Cholera in the Dominican Republic (12/01/2010)
Elections Not Expected to Increase Cholera Spread in Haiti (11/25/2010)
Cholera Outbreak in Haiti - Press Briefing by Dr. Jon Andrus, PAHO Deputy Director, 23 November 2010 (11/23/2010)
International Agencies Propose Joint Strategy to Fight Cholera in Haiti (11/16/2010)
PAHO Press Briefing on the Cholera Outbreak in Haiti, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 (11/15/2010)
PAHO Briefs NGO Partners on Cholera Outbreak in Haiti (11/15/2010)
Press Briefing on Cholera Outbreak in Haiti by Dr. Jon Andrus November 9 (11/09/2010)
Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic Likely to Grow Much Larger (11/09/2010)
Number of Cholera Cases and Deaths Still Rising in Haiti (11/02/2010)
CDC: Cholera Outbreak Strain Identified (11/01/2010)
PAHO’s Deputy Director Updates OAS’ Group of Friends of Haiti on Outbreak Situation (10/28/2010)
PAHO Position on Cholera Vaccination in Haiti (10/28/2010)
PAHO: Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic Still Trending Upward (10/27/2010)
PAHO: Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic Still Trending Upward (10/27/2010)
Press briefing on the cholera outbreak in Haiti by Dr. Jon Andrus, 27 October 2010 (10/27/2010)
PAHO: Cholera cases likely to increase in Haiti (10/25/2010)
PAHO Responds to Cholera Outbreak in Haiti (10/22/2010)
Taller analizó el impacto de la vacuna contra la influenza pandémica (09/15/2010)
WHO Declares H1N1 Pandemic Over, Urges Continued Influenza Vigilance (08/10/2010)
Facts and Myths about the Safety of the Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 2009 Vaccine (05/26/2010)
Spain Donates Four Million Doses of Influenza A Vaccines to Latin American Countries (03/04/2010)
Nicaragua: Lista para recibir y aplicar la vacuna contra la Influenza AH1N1 en grupos priorizados (02/24/2010)
2009
Jóvenes de los Ecoclubes difunden mensajes de prevención frente a la pandemia de influenza H1N1 (12/14/2009)
WHO Says Prompt Treatment Can Prevent Serious Cases, Deaths from H1N1 (11/12/2009)
Preparing Communities to Respond to Pandemic Influenza (11/03/2009)
Autoridades de Salud alertan sobre brote severo de dengue en Nicaragua (10/02/2009)
PAHO Unveils Two Communities of Practice on Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 (09/21/2009)
Countries of the Americas Examine Response to Pandemic H1N1 2009 and Challenges Ahead (09/11/2009)
Países de las Américas se organizan para adquirir la vacuna de la gripe pandémica (09/10/2009)
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the Americas: What's Next? (09/02/2009)
Chile's President Urges a Collective Response to A (H1N1) Pandemic (06/24/2009)
Epidemiological Alerts and Updates
Interactive Atlas and Reports produced by HSD/IR/ARO
Preparedness and Response for Chikungunya Virus Introduction in the Americas, 2011
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