World Cancer 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.
World Leprosy 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.
COVID-19 emergency operations center: experience of the Rio de Janeiro municipality, Brazil
The present report describes the implementation of an emergency operations center to coordinate the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Following the public health emergency management framework proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO), this temporary center (COE COVID-19 RIO) started operating in January 2021. The report is organized along five themes: legal framework; structure, planning, and procedures; institutional articulation; health information for decision-making; and risk communication.
Measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior in national health surveys, South America
Objectives
To characterize how physical activity and sedentary behavior have been measured in national health surveys in South American countries.
COVID-19 morbidity and mortality associated with chronic disorders, healthcare services, and inequity: evidence for a syndemic
Objective
To identify factors correlated with the incidence and mortality from COVID-19 and investigate syndemic situations at the global level.
Analysis of budgetary impact of COVID-19 vaccination in Latin America
Objective
To estimate the budgetary impact of COVID-19 vaccination in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, during the 2021-2022 biennium.
Efforts towards the consolidation of public policies for the prevention of HPV-associated cancers in Puerto Rico
The purpose of this special report is to describe chronologically the events that contributed to the development and approval of legislation and subsequent implementation of a school vaccination mandate in order to prevent HPV and HPV-associated cancers in Puerto Rico (PR). Starting in 2010, PR initiated public policy approvals aimed at improving cancer registries and HPV vaccine coverage through health insurance for adolescents aged 11 to 18 years.
COVID-19 and inequities in the Americas: lessons learned and implications for essential health services
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated social, economic, and health-related disparities, which disproportionately affect persons living in conditions of vulnerability. Such populations include ethnic groups who face discrimination and experience barriers to accessing comprehensive health care. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed these health disparities, and disruptions of essential health services have further widened the gaps in access to health care.
Household pharmaceutical waste in the environment: from concern to action
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Research challenges and opportunities in the Caribbean area: first bibliometric study in the French West Indies, from 1989 to 2018
Objective.
To analyze, describe, and quantify the collaborations and scientific output of the two university teaching hospitals of Martinique and Guadeloupe, at the regional, national, and international level.
