Published since 1922, the Pan American Journal of Public Health is the flagship scientific and technical periodical of the Pan American Health Organization. Its mission is to contribute to the production and dissemination of scientific public health information of international significance, mainly in areas related to PAHO's essential mission of strengthening health systems and improving the health of the peoples of the Americas.

Publication in the journal has no cost for authors, and all manuscripts are open access and free for readers.

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Selected manuscripts on international health days

Global control of COVID-19: good vaccines may not suffice

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The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled health and socioeconomic inequities around the globe. Effective epidemic control requires the achievement of herd immunity, where susceptible individuals are conferred indirect protection by being surrounded by immunized individuals. The proportion of people that need to be vaccinated to obtain herd immunity is determined through the herd immunity threshold. However, the number of susceptible individuals and the opportunities for contact between infectious and susceptible individuals influence the progress of an epidemic.

Investigations of socioeconomic factors associated with follow-up compliance with malaria treatment in Haiti

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Objective

To identify factors affecting compliance with follow-up during treatment in confirmed malaria patients at two health centers in Haiti.

Dr. Luis Gerardo Castellanos (author and reviewer)

Read more about Dr. Luis Gerardo Castellanos (author and reviewer)

Dr. Castellanos tells us how in the 80s, before working as a reviewer with the Pan American Journal of Public Health, the research published by the Journal was of the greatest importance to him as he began his career in medicine and his research on dengue.

Dr. Guillermo Padrón (associate editor)

Read more about Dr. Guillermo Padrón (associate editor)

I have been associated with the Pan American Journal of Public Health since 2001, working as an author, associate editor, and executive editor. In these 20 years of uninterrupted work, I have grown personally and professionally thanks to the Journal and each and every of my colleagues: directors, editors, and technical personnel.

Dr. José Luis Di Fabio (author and reviewer)

Read more about Dr. José Luis Di Fabio (author and reviewer)

In my years as a staff member of the Pan American Health Organization, I participated as an author and reviewer of a number of scientific texts for the Journal.

Dr. Alafia Samuels (researcher and guest editor)

Read more about Dr. Alafia Samuels (researcher and guest editor)

As guest editor of the special issue "Ten years of the Port of Spain Declaration on NCDs", I had the honor of writing four editorials and eleven articles for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with specialized documentation and analysis on the status of interventions for these conditions in the subregion and in other small island developing states.

World AIDS Day

The mission of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is to serve as an important vehicle for disseminating scientific public health information relevant to the Region of the Americas. The journal aims to strengthen national and local health systems and to bridge the gap between health care and policy-makers, ultimately improving the health of the peoples of the Americas.

For most of the “world health days”, the reader will find below a selection of published manuscripts with links to the full-text papers.

International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women

The mission of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is to serve as an important vehicle for disseminating scientific public health information relevant to the Region of the Americas. The journal aims to strengthen national and local health systems and to bridge the gap between health care and policy-makers, ultimately improving the health of the peoples of the Americas.

Risk factors for adverse outcomes in women with high-risk pregnancy and their neonates, Haiti

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Objectives

To determine the prevalence of maternal death, stillbirth and low birthweight in women with (pre-)eclampsia and complicated pregnancies or deliveries in Centre de Références des Urgences Obstétricales, an obstetric emergency hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and to identify the main risk factors for these adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Toward a holistic definition for Information Systems for Health in the age of digital interdependence

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The article’s main objective is to propose a new definition for Information Systems for Health, which is characterized by the identification and involvement of all the parts of a complex and interconnected process for data collection and decision-making in public health in the information society. The development of the concept was through a seven-step process including document analysis, on-site and virtual sessions for experts, and an online survey of broader health professionals.