Collecting and applying the evidence is the first step toward increasing coverage of eye health services; minimizing barriers; and reducing the eye health-related disease burden, dependency and disparity. Monitoring epidemiological trends in eye disease, evaluating eye care services, and reporting the results help provide evidence of each country’s progress in implementing the Plan and guide service and resource allocation. The Pan American Journal of Public Health Series on Eye Health reports recent data on eye health obtained in the Region of the Americas.

FROM THE DIRECTOR
eHealth: Harnessing technology on the road towards universal health coverage

Carissa F. Etienne

EDITORIAL

eHealth initiatives to transform health in the Region of the Americas

Marcelo D’Agostino, Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Patricia Abbott, Theresa Bernardo, Kendall Ho, Chaitali Sinha, and David Novillo-Ortiz

REFLEXIONES DE LA DIRECTORA / FROM THE DIRECTOR

Social determinants of health in the Americas 

Determinantes sociales de la salud en las Américas 

Carissa F. Etienne

EDITORIALES / EDITORIALS

The Latin America and Caribbean region has experienced remarkable progress in terms of economic development and health outcomes, enjoying a relatively good position in the developing world context. Unfortunately, this apparent privileged position in terms of accomplishments is based on regional averages that hide troubling and persistent inequalities among and within the countries. 

EDITORIALES / EDITORIALS

Seguridad humana y salud pública [Human security and public health]

Mirta Roses Periago

EDITORIALES / EDITORIALS

La resistencia a los antimicrobianos: un factor de riesgo para las enfermedades infecciosas [ Antimicrobial resistance: a risk factor for infectious diseases ]

Mirta Roses Periago

EDITORIALES / EDITORIALS

La salud pública internacional: entre viejos y nuevos paradigmas [ International public health: between old and new paradigms ] 

Cristianne Maria Famer Rocha, Rubén Darío Gómez-Arias 
y/and Guillermo J. Padrón 

EDITORIALES / EDITORIALS

Securing a diabetes-free border [SciELO]

Mirta Roses Periago

Injuries from external causes: progress in data management, analysis, and patient care Editorial

Concha-Eastman, Alberto; Clavel-Arcas, Carme 

 English: Text | PDF

 Spanish: Text | PDF

La renovación de la atención primaria de salud en las américas: la propuesta de la organización panamericana de la salud para el siglo XXI Reflexiones de la Directora

Periago, Mirta Roses

 Spanish: Text | PDF

Renewing primary health care in the Americas: the Pan American Health Organization proposal for the twenty-first century From de Director

Periago, Mirta Roses