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A4 - Dengue, Chikungunya, and Other Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs): Surveillance and Response in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Role of the Pan American Health Organization - Luis Gerardo Castellanos
A4 - Dengue, Chikungunya, and Other Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs): Surveillance and Response in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Role of the Pan American Health Organization - Luis Gerardo Castellanos
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in support of the prevention, control, and elimination of vector-borne diseases in the American continents, it is useful to briefly describe what PAHO is, what has been done, and where the organization is today in its practice. The Pan American Health Organization During the 19th century, four international sanitary conferences that included participation of countries from the Americas were held in Europe with unclear 1 Pan American Health Organization.
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The Fight Against Vector-Borne Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean Yellow Fever PAHO was the first international health organization to organize a united front against the spread of yellow fever in what today is a key shipping route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Founded by 11 countries, PAHO's first task was to eliminate yellow fever and malaria in the Panama Canal Zone.
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Despite successful achievements, yellow fever has continued to be a public health concern in the Americas, and it is a reportable disease according to the International Health Regulations coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO)
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• Integrated vector management by promoting, strengthening, and opti mizing mechanisms and tools for judicious and cost-effective vector management • Malaria diagnosis and treatment by strengthening efforts to achieve uni versal access to prompt, accurate, and quality malaria diagnosis, followed by rapid treatment with effective antimalarial medicines • Advocacy, communications, partnerships, and collaborations through spe cific actions that foster an environment that promotes sustainability and supports collaborative efforts and best practices to combat the disease • Health systems strengthening, strategic planning, operational research, and country-level capacity building • Optimize efforts to strengthen health systems (including strategic plan ning, monitoring and evaluation, operations research) and the countries' capacities to address their respective malaria challenges both relevantly and adequately Dengue Virus Similar to malaria, PAHO also has played a role in the history of (attempted)
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In addition, 20 of the countries have completed an assessment of their IMS-Dengue strategy, with the support of experts from the International Technical Group on Dengue (ITG-Dengue) , following the recommendations of Resolution CSP27.R15, adopted in 2007 by the 27th Pan American Health Organization Sanitary Conference.
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Nowadays, the Americas are convinced that elimination of diseases can be expanded to conquer diseases that cannot be prevented with immunizations; and as examples of such possibilities, in 2013 Colombia became the first country in the world to be verified by WHO as having eliminated onchocerciasis transmission, followed recently by Ecuador in September 2014. Conclusions Understanding the role of the Pan American Health Organization in the public health history of the Americas, we note the following: 1.
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