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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022 Global Hearts is the flagship initiative of the World Health Organization to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of death and disability worldwide.
Pedro Ordunez +15 more
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Shorelines: In Memory of Édouard Glissant
Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, 2011 Édouard Glissant passed away on 4 February 2011 at the age of 82. A few words of memory. As a person and thinker, Glissant lived through, then reflected with meditative patience and profundity upon some of the most critical years in the black Atlantic:
John E. Drabinski
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022 Objective. To evaluate the progress toward the 2023 target for the elimination of industrially produced transfatty acids (IP-TFA) in the Region of the Americas and to highlight the achievements of the four strategic lines of action from the Plan of ...
Sofía Rincón-Gallardo Patiño +3 more
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National policy actions on dementia in the Americas and Asia-Pacific: Consensus and challenges
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2020 Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) affect over 50 million persons globally, and the number is expected to rise. In response, health ministries are developing and implementing policies and programs to systemically address the needs of ...
Fei Sun +3 more
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021 Objective. To present and assess evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) on public policies and targeted programs which may have influenced variations in adolescent pregnancy or its proximate determinants, and to identify knowledge gaps that ...
Clara Rodríguez Ribas
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021 The objective of this study was to estimate trends in alcohol per capita consumption from 1990 to 2016 in the Region of the Americas, covering 35 Member States.
Maristela G. Monteiro +7 more
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022 Objectives. To provide detailed information about how countries in the Region of the Americas are fulfilling the requirements set out in the guidelines for the implementation of Article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in relation to
Fernanda Alonso +2 more
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The Health Equity Network of the Americas: inclusion, commitment, and action
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021 The Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA) is a multidisciplinary network that promotes knowledge sharing and intersectoral action for equity in health and human rights in the Americas. The objectives of HENA are: 1) to share successful experiences
Arachu Castro +7 more
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A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Status of Negotiations and Major Policy Issues [PDF]
, 2002 At the second Summit of the Americas in Santiago, Chile (April 1998), 34 Western Hemisphere nations agreed to initiate formal negotiations to create a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by 2005.
Hornbeck, J. F.
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Moving in the right direction: tobacco packaging and labeling in the Americas
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022 Objective. To assess the adoption of tobacco packaging and labeling policies based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)’s Article 11 guidelines, in the WHO Region of the Americas (AMRO). Methods.
Eric Crosbie +3 more
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