Publication
17 Oct 2018
This paper examines the current situation of chronic kidney disease in agricultural communities in Central America. The paper also presents the progress made in the clinical and epidemiological characterization of the disease so that the countries of...
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This publication gives a broad vision of what a comprehensive approach to cervical cancer prevention and control means. In particular, it outlines the complementary strategies for comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control, and highlights t...
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This document provides the latest information on key health indicators for the Region of the Americas.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This booklet provides latest available estimates of the prevalence of depression and other common mental disorders at the global and regional level, together with data concerning the consequences of these disorders in terms of lost health.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This guideline provides an update to the 1999 WHO recommendations for diagnosing and classifying hyperglycaemia in pregnancy. The target users are health care professionals who care for pregnant women, most frequently primary care physicians and obst...
Report
17 Oct 2018
This document, prepared under the the Organization’s innovative initiative “Strengthening Regulatory Capacity in the Region of the Americas for NCD Risk Factors” (REGULA), provides an overview of the status of key noncommunicable disease (NCD)...
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This manual builds on the methodology established by the PAHO/WHO program Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI). It is intended for use as part of the compendium of IMCI resources for primary care providers, and includes comprehensive i...
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This publication explores the relationship between and the impact of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) on development and economic growth in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This document presents a background to this epidemic, including its epidemiology and main hypothetical risk factors of Chronic Kidney Disease of non-Traditional Causes (CKDnT). It also includes a description of clinical and pathological characteristi...
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This document offers a roadmap for prioritizing key provisions of the Convention that will enable the Member States to accelerate its implementation to meet targets established for the reduction of tobacco use and premature deaths from NCDs.
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This document represents the Strategy and Plan of Acttion to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report is designed to emphasize those contributions which were most significant and effective in attaining the results seen, and draw out some of the lessons learned. It probes the outcomes and experiences of implementing the MDGs in the Region,...
