Salud y Escuelas - OPS

Ganadores del Tercer Concurso Ibero-Americano de Buenas Prácticas de Promoción de la Salud en el ámbito Escolar

La Organización Panamericana de la Salud / Organización Mundial de la Salud (OPS/OMS) y el Instituto PROINAPSA, como Centro Colaborador de la OPS/OMS, se complacen en anunciar los galardonados del Tercer Concurso Ibero-Americano de Bu...

PAHO's Director Acknowledged Authorities and Schools in Peru for Their Contribution in Establishing a Guinnes Record on Hand Washing

The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Mirta Roses recognized Peru for its contribution to the Guinness record on hand washing, as the country that most contributed to achieving the Guinness record for the Americas region, with 604,246 students wash...

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to the website of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) on Health Promotion in School Settings.

Statement by Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of the Pan American Health Organization, on the “D.C. Healthy Schools Act”

I wish to congratulate the Council of the District of Columbia for its approval of the new D.C. Healthy Schools Act, a groundbreaking law that sets an example for cities, states, and countries throughout the Americas.

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Welcome to the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) assists the countries in the Americas implementing the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), to monitor health-related risk and protective behaviors among students 13 to 15 years of age, grouped under the following categories:

Alcohol	Physical Activity
Diet	Protective Factors
Drugs	Sexual and Reproductive Health
Hygiene	Tobacco
Mental Health	Violence and Unintentional Injuries

The GSHS is part of a global surveillance system developed by WHO in collaboration with UNICEF, UNESCO and UNAIDS, with technical assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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By May 2012, data from the GSHS will also be made available to users of iPad, iPhone and iTouch mobile devices.

Our 'Health and Schools' Tag Cloud

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

Fighting overweight, excessive salt consumption, lack of physical activity, and the use of tobacco and alcohol to avoid that today's youth become the future patients with diabetes, hypertension, heart and respiratory condition and cancer.