 Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of the Pan American Health Organization, today called on all countries in the Americas to increase their efforts and work together in the fight against dengue, which has broken out in almost every country in the Region. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 08 April 2009 )
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 The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will present the winners of a competition titled "Best Practices for Integrating Gender in Health" during an event honoring International Women's Day 2009, Wednesday, March 11, 2009, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event will be held at PAHO Regional Headquarters in Washington, D.C. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 10 March 2009 )
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Changing the four major contributors to ill health—tobacco use, inadequate diet, physical inactivity and alcohol consumption—could prevent millions of unnecessary deaths in the next decade, particularly in low and median income countries. (Text available only in Spanish) |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 03 April 2009 )
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 The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that the emergence of artemisinin resistant parasites at the Thai-Cambodia border could seriously undermine global malaria control efforts achieved. Surveillance systems and research studies are providing new evidence that parasites resistant to artemisinin have emerged.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 February 2009 )
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The regular use of safety belts in this Central American country has risen from 24% to 82% of all drivers. Press reports reveal that stops of impaired motorists in January 2009 fell 54% in comparison with the number of stops registered in January of 2008, under an old traffic code. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 23 February 2009 )
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