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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Quality of Life for Children with Cancer- Modules on Palliative Care

Briefs & Fact Sheets

10 Mar 2025

This is a series of 8 modules (fact sheets) for parents, caregivers and those caring for children with cancer, to help explain key palliative care concepts. These modules address general questions related to what pediatric palliative care is and how to deal with it, who is responsible for providing it, who it is aimed at, how it will help the people involved, and whether it is only appropriate at...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Road Safety in the Americas

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report reflects current road safety information from 31 Member States. It indicates the regional, subregional rate of road traffic deaths and country specific information on road safety management. This document also provides the legislation analysis of the priority factors - drink-driving, speed, use of helmet, use of seatbelts and child restraint.

ReportEnvironment, climate change and healthHarmful use of alcohol

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Trans Fat-Free - Declaration of Rio de Janeiro

Declaration

17 Oct 2018

Declaration undersigned by public health authorities, representatives of the food industry and cooking oil companies and convened by the Pan American Health Organization in the city of Rio de Janeiro 8 – 9 June 2008.

DeclarationCardiovascular DiseaseUnhealthy diets

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Thematic issue: Economics of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Americas

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This thematic issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is part of a continued collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and PAHO/WHO

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+5

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

The Youth And Their Leadership In Our Societies: Transformation

Dialogue

17 Oct 2018

This joint statement calls for the recognition of youth leadership´s role in the implementation of the Agenda for Sustainable Development and changing the production and consumption patterns of our societies.

DialogueCardiovascular DiseaseCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+5

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022 Resolution

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This document represents the Strategy and Plan of Acttion to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022.

Strategy documentTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This document offers a roadmap for prioritizing key provisions of the Convention that will enable the Member States to accelerate its implementation to meet targets established for the reduction of tobacco use and premature deaths from NCDs.

Strategy documentTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Strategy and Plan of Action on Epilepsy - 2011

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This document describes the experiences in our Hemisphere, expresses the commitment of the governments, and is compatible with the Global Action Program (mhGAP).

Strategy documentMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivity+2

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Strategy and Plan of Action on Epilepsy - 2009 (Resolution)

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This document presents the resolution to endorse the Strategy and approve the Plan of Action on Epilepsy and their implementation under the particular conditions of each country to provide an appropriate response to current and future needs.

Strategy documentMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivity+2

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Strategies to Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol: Draft Global Strategy - 2010

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This global strategy document focuses on ten key areas of policy options and interventions at the national level and four priority areas for global action to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.

Strategy documentCardiovascular DiseaseCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+1

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Road Safety in the Americas

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report functions as a monitoring tool for assessing the situation into the Decade and Plan of Action’s third year. As such, it describes the current road safety situation in the Americas; identifies gaps in road safety and stimulates national road safety action; and monitors the countries’ progress in implementing measures identified in the Decade of Action and in PAHO’s Plan of Action....

ReportEnvironment, climate change and healthHarmful use of alcohol

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Report on Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report summarizes the progress reported up to December 31, 2017 in the six main measures for tobacco control prioritized by the MPOWER tool.

ReportCancerTobacco use

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