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Diabetes Shows Upward Trend in the Americas

Diabetes has become a leading cause of death and disability in the Region of the Americas, and if current trends continue, the burden of the disease will increase substantially over the next two decades, according to experts at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO).

Last Updated on Friday, 16 November 2012 16:14
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PALTEX is presented to the health community in Puerto Rico

The Expanded Textbook and Instructional Materials Program (PALTEX) seeks to expand its presence in the region of the Americas, and is being presented Nov. 14 in Puerto Rico to students and faculty of Health Sciences schools and colleges, professional associations, Health Department officials and health workers.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 November 2012 12:12
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World Radiography Day: Two-Thirds of the World’s Population has no Access to Diagnostic Imaging

The use of X-rays and other physical waves such as ultrasound can resolve between 70% and 80% of diagnostic problems, but nearly two-thirds of the world’s population has no access to diagnostic imaging. On World Radiography Day, which takes place on 8 November, the Pan American Health...

Last Updated on Monday, 12 November 2012 14:56
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In the Americas, tobacco is linked to 7 in 10 deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease


In observance of World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day, 14 November, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is working to raise awareness of the impact of this preventable yet incurable disease, which is linked primarily to tobacco use.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 November 2012 12:45
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WHO: Routine Vaccination reaching four in five Children but 22 Million still Miss Out

Four in five children (83%) worldwide received the recommended three doses of diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis (DTP) vaccine during infancy in 2011, according to new data released in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER).  

Last Updated on Thursday, 08 November 2012 10:04
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