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EID Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas

CD48/20 Violence and Injury Prevention

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Surveillance

Featured Surveillance Items

Annual Report of the Monitoring/Surveillance Network for Resistance to Antibiotics, 2004 (Brasilia, Brazil, 27-29 July 2005)
The report of this annual meeting provides country data for 2004 on antimicrobials, bacterial and hospital (nosocomial) infections, and enteric and non-enteric pathogens.
amr-2004.htm

Nosocomial Infection Program Rapid Evaluation Guide (Washington, DC, July 2005)
The purpose of this guide is to (a) provide orientation for hospital directors on review and improvement of the nosocomial infection programs that all such facilities should have, and (b) provide a general overview rather than specifics on the status of hospital nosocomial infection prevention and control activities. This page provides a description and access to the full text.
amr-guiaInfecIH.htm amr-guiaInfecIH.pdf

Recommendations of a Group of Experts: Standards for the Use of Automated Identification Systems for Bacteria and Susceptibility to Antimicrobials (Brasilia, Brazil, 26–28 October 2004)
The general objective of the Expert Committee was to define the processes that guarantee the quality of the information generated by automated systems for identifying bacteria and testing susceptibility to antimicrobial drugs. Specifically, they wanted to identify critical points and criteria for internal quality control, define a program for external performance evaluation, and prepare a short guide for technical evaluation visits. This page offers a summary in English and access to the full text in Spanish.
amr-GuiaAutoEvalDesemp.htm

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Situation Reports

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Toward Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment: 3 by 5 Report for the Americas

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Preventing disease through healthy environments: Towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease

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Charts on the Morbidity Situation of Children under Five in the Region of the Americas

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WHO Report on Infectious Diseases: Overcoming Microbial Resistance

Annual Status Reports

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Annual Report of the Monitoring/Surveillance Network for Resistance to Antibiotics, 2004 (Brasilia, Brazil, 27-29 July 2005)

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Annual Regional Report from Countries Participating in the Network for Monitoring and Surveillance of Resistance to Antibiotics (2002 data) (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10–13 May 2003)

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Annual Regional Meeting of Countries Participating in the Monitoring/Surveillance Network on Resistance to Antibiotics (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 17-19 April 2002)

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Annual Regional Meeting of Countries Participating in the Network for Monitoring/Surveillance of Resistance to Antibiotics (Asunción, Paraguay, 31 January–February 2001)

Country Profiles

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Number of Cholera Cases in the Americas, 1990-2008

Incidence/Mortality/Case Fatality

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Number of Cholera Cases in the Americas, 1990-2008

Outbreaks

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International Health Regulations (IHR)

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Cholera Outbreak: Assessing the Outbreak Response and Improving Preparedness

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EID Weekly Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 17—29 April 2004

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EID Weekly Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 16—22 April 2004

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Epidemic Alert and Response

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International Health Regulations (IHR)

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CD45.R8: Disaster Preparedness and Response

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CD41.R14: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance

Guidelines and Manuals

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The 5 key ways to keep your food safe (Content Manual)

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Activity Book, The 5 key ways to keep your food safe (Teacher's Guide)

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A Guide to Healthy Food Markets

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Nosocomial Infection Program Rapid Evaluation Guide (Washington, DC, July 2005)

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Resistance Surveillance

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Annual Regional Meeting of Countries Participating in the Network for Monitoring/Surveillance of Resistance to Antibiotics (Asunción, Paraguay, 31 January–February 2001)

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WHO Report on Infectious Diseases: Overcoming Microbial Resistance

Laboratories

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CSP27.R10: Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety

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PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers in the Area of Food Safety

Quality Control

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CSP27.R10: Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety

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Nosocomial Infection Program Rapid Evaluation Guide (Washington, DC, July 2005)

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Recommendations of a Group of Experts: Standards for the Use of Automated Identification Systems for Bacteria and Susceptibility to Antimicrobials (Brasilia, Brazil, 26–28 October 2004)

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Recommendations of an Expert Committee: Performance Evaluation Standards for the Kirby-Bauer Antibiogram (Areas of Inhibition or Interpretation) (Santiago, Chile, 24–26 February 2003)

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Quality Assurance

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CSP27.R10: Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety

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Nosocomial Infection Program Rapid Evaluation Guide (Washington, DC, July 2005)

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Recommendations of a Group of Experts: Standards for the Use of Automated Identification Systems for Bacteria and Susceptibility to Antimicrobials (Brasilia, Brazil, 26–28 October 2004)

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Recommendations of an Expert Committee: Performance Evaluation Standards for the Kirby-Bauer Antibiogram (Areas of Inhibition or Interpretation) (Santiago, Chile, 24–26 February 2003)

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Health Profiles and Data

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Regional Core Health Data System - Indicators Glossary

Product Types and/or Keywords:
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Situation Reports, Country Profiles, Forms, Guidelines and Manuals, Health Profiles and Data, Statistical Databases, Other Databases
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