If you're looking for the most up-to-date, reliable, and accurate
analysis of the health situation in the Americas, then you'll be
interested in the two-volume study just published by the Pan American
Health Organization (PAHO). Public-health subscribers are eligible
for a 10% discount.
"Health in the Americas" is the authoritative encyclopedia of health
indicators and trends in the Region and in each country.Volume I
explores the Region's health situation in five chapters. This regional
analysis examines public health trends, the health status of various
population groups, major diseases and health problems, the health
sector's response to these conditions, and the status of external
technical and financial cooperation destined to health. The structure
of the contents by chapter follows:
I. Health Situation Trends: sections include health and living
conditions, population trends, the risk of dying, mortality profile,
and includes technical notes and an Annex of tables.
II. Health by Population Group: includes health of children,
adolescents and youth, the elderly, indigenous peoples, and worker's
health.
III. Diseases or Health Impairments: includes sections such as
vector-borne diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccine
research and development, AIDS and other sexually transmitted
diseases, emerging and re-emerging diseases, nutritional diseases and
diseases of metabolism, cardiovascular diseases, malignant tumors,
accidents and violence, behavioral disorders, and oral health.
IV. The Response of the Health Systems: covers the environment and
health, disaster preparedness, health and environmental legislation,
health care systems, national expenditures in health, and health
systems reform.
V. Technical and Financial External Cooperation on Health: provides an
international and regional perspective of technical and financial
cooperation.
Volume II presents the most current data on the Region's 45 countries
and territories, from the perspective of each country's socioeconomic
and demographic context, and sketches their health prospects for the
immediate future. The structure of the country reports mirrors that of
the regional volume and includes for each country information as
follows:
I. General Health Situation and Trends: Socioeconomic, political and
demographic perspective; Population; Mortality; and Morbidity
II. Specific Health Problems: Analysis by population group; Diseases
and health impairments; Risk factors
III. Response of the Health Systems: Health policies and programs;
Organization of the health sector; Services for care of the
population; Personal healthcare services; Health research and
technology; Costs and financing of services
This latest edition of "Health in the Americas, " is the twelfth in
PAHO's series of reports on the assessment of the health situation in
the Region of the Americas published every four years. An Executive
Summary of this report can be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.paho.org click on Publications, then on Feature.
PAHO is pleased to offer public-health subscribers a special 10%
discount for the purchase of this two-volume work. To order your copy
of "Health in the Americas, 1998 Edition" simply print out the below
order form and fax it to (301) 206-9789 or forward it by email to
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qualify for the discount.
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