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PAHO warns of tobacco industry interference in the countries of the Americas

The tobacco industry continues to interfere with tobacco control policies in the Americas and these efforts have intensified since the 2005 entry into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This is one of the preliminary findings of a report by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization...

Last Updated on Friday, 01 June 2012 07:16
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Safe Motherhood Initiative announces winners of photography and best practices contests in maternal health

On 29 May the Safe Motherhood Initiative, an effort of organizations working to hasten progress in reducing maternal mortality, announced the winners of the photography and best practices contests, which were distributed among nine countries of the Americas.  

Last Updated on Friday, 01 June 2012 15:36
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WHO and PAHO honor efforts to counter the actions of the tobacco industry in the Americas


In observance of World No Tobacco Day, May 31, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will honor leading tobacco control advocates from Brazil and Mexico...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 May 2012 05:21
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"Therapies" to change sexual orientation lack medical justification and threaten health

Services that purport to "cure" people with non-heterosexual sexual orientation lack medical justification and represent a serious threat to the health and well-being of affected people, the Pan American Health Organization...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2012 06:43
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Countries of the Americas promote integrated action to eliminate neglected diseases

More than 100 million people in the Americas suffer from neglected infectious diseases, which tend to affect poor populations. Experts from member countries of the Pan American Health Organization...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2012 03:18
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