Communicable Diseases - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health …
2024年12月10日 · Communicable diseases disproportionally impact resource-constrained communities and are linked to a complex range of overlapping determinants of health. These include availability of safe drinking water and basic sanitation, housing conditions, climate change risks, gender inequity, sociocultural factors, and poverty, among others.
Noncommunicable Diseases - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health …
2024年5月28日 · Chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the number one cause of death and disability in the world. The term NCDs refers to a group of conditions that are not mainly caused by an acute infection, result in long-term health consequences and often create a need for long-term treatment and care. These conditions include cancers, cardiovascular disease, …
Communicable Disease Prevention, Control, and Elimination
2013年4月17日 · About Us. Communicable Disease Prevention, Control, and Elimination promotes, coordinates, and implements technical cooperation activities directed toward the surveillance, prevention, control, elimination and/or reduction of communicable diseases, zoonoses that are technically sound and appropriate for the political and sociocultural context …
Overweight and Obesity - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health …
Being overweight and obese is one of the key risk factors for many noncommunicable diseases (NCD) such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, and stroke, certain types of cancer, type 2 diabetes, gallbladder disease, dyslipidemia, osteoarthritis and gout, and pulmonary diseases.
Tuberculosis - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
2024年11月1日 · TB is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to person through the air. The symptoms of active TB include cough, chest pains, weakness, weight loss, …
Communicable Disease Research and Partnerships Program
2022年12月27日 · PAHO's Communicable Disease Research and Partnerships Program has built strong alliances with the Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) to implement strategic projects and programs to support the elimination of HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and …
WHO. Definition, Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes ... - PAHO
1999年5月22日 · Definition, Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus and its Complications, 1999 Download In the late 1970s both WHO and the NAtional Diabetes Data Group produced new diagnostic criteria and a new classification system for diabetes mellitus.
Ebola Virus Disease - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health …
2019年7月17日 · Ebola Virus Disease is a serious infectious disease spread between humans from person to person. Infection is transmitted by direct or indirect contact with the blood, body fluids or secretions (stool, urine, saliva, semen) of infected people, but only when they show symptoms. Ebola cannot be transmitted by air. The disease usually has a high mortality rate …
Poliomyelitis - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
Poliomyelitis, commonly called polio, is a highly infectious disease, caused by the poliomyelitis virus. The vast majority of poliovirus infections do not produce symptoms, but 5 to 10 out of 100 people infected with polio may have some flu-like symptoms. In 1 in 200 cases, the virus destroys parts of the nervous system, causing permanent paralysis in the legs or arms. Although very …
Immunization - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
2013年11月13日 · The Special Program Comprehensive Immunization (CIM) seeks to promote and coordinate technical cooperation and partnerships to support Member States' efforts to sustainably and equitably reduce morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) through control and elimination strategies to improve the quality of life and life …