Integrating comprehensive surgical, intensive, and emergency care systems into the Pan American Health Organization’s health agenda by Maria Jose Garcia Fuentes, Ayla Gerk, Leticia Campos, Alejandro Torres, Taylor Wurdeman, Nikathan Kumar, Ruth Jimbo-Sotomayor, Juan Carlos Salamea, Luiz Fernando dos Reis Falcão, Guido Parquet, John G. Meara, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Alfredo Borrero Vega

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Epidemiological Surveillance Study of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Latin America: Serotype Distribution. A Pan American Health Organization Initiative by Elizabeth Castañeda, Sistema Regional de Vacunas, Pan American Health Organization Pneumococcal Surveillance Study Croup, National Centre for Streptococcus, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control

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Hospital-based health technology assessment (HTA) in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review by Alex Itaborahy, Vania Cristina Canuto Santos, Flávia Cristina Ribeiro Salomon, Caroline Bregman, Iandy Mateus, Marisa Santos

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Point prevalence survey of antibiotics in a pediatric tertiary hospital in the Republic of Panama by Ximena Norero, Dora Estripeaut, Elizabeth Castaño, Jacqueline Levy, Paola Lichtenberger, José Pablo Díaz-Madriz, José Luis Bustos, Robin Rojas Cortés, Gabriel Levy-Hara

“…This point prevalence survey (PPS) conducted in a tertiary-level hospital in Panama followed the Pan American Health Organization’s adaptation of the methodology proposed by the World Health Organization for PPSs on antibiotic use. …”
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What is the NCD service capacity and disruptions due to COVID-19? Results from the WHO non-communicable disease country capacity survey in the Americas region by Anselm Hennis, Silvana Luciani, Roberta Caixeta, Carolina Chavez, Dolores Ondarsuhu

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Mumps Caused by an Inadequately Attenuated Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine by WJ Bakker, RG Mathias

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Essential core competencies for scope of practice of paediatric oncology nurses in Latin America: a scoping review protocol by Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima, Soad Fuentes-Alabi, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Karina de Cássia Braga Ribeiro, Courtney E Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Lorena Segovia Weber, Liliana Vásquez Ponce

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Mental health risk communication and community participation among an Indigenous people in Colombia by Felipe Agudelo-Hernández, Lizeth Paola Coral-Vela, Luz Helena Pabuena-Yepes

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Development of an agenda for research and action on climate change and health in the Caribbean by Saria Hassan, Calae Philippe, Renée M. West, Shelly McFarlane, Karen Polson-Edwards, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, C. James Hospedales, Robert Dubrow, Caroline F. Allen

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Implementation of Antigen-Based Diagnostic Assays for Detection of Histoplasmosis and Cryptococcosis among Patients with Advanced HIV in Trinidad and Tobago: A Cross-Sectional Stud... by Ayanna Sebro, Jonathan Edwards, Omar Sued, Leon-Omari Lavia, Tricia Elder, Robert Jeffrey Edwards, Patrick Eberechi Akpaka, Nadia Ram-Bhola, Roanna Morton-Williams Bynoe, Yanink Caro-Vega, Isshad John, Freddy Perez

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Guidelines for Mental Health Interventions during Disasters at the “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía by Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez, Víctor René Navarro Machado, Deysi Santana Castellón

“…These guidelines for mental health intervention within a hospital in cases of catastrophic situations have been prepared not only under the national standards but under the Pan-American Health Organization ones taking into account the specialists and experts’ experience on the topic and it has had the approval of the Scientific Council of the University General Hospital “Dr. …”
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Guide of maxillofacial trauma intervention for diagnosis and treatment of facial burns by Eduardo Duarte Marrero, Patricia Cristina Jiménez Beato

“…It took into account national guidelines and the Pan American Health Organization, were also consulted experts and specialists in the field. …”
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“What I do not see and others see in me”: mutual aid for suicide recovery in Colombia by Felipe Agudelo-Hernández, Lina Valeria Cuadrado, Andrés Camilo Delgado-Reyes

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Risk of bias and confounding of observational studies of Zika virus infection: A scoping review of research protocols. by Ludovic Reveiz, Michelle M Haby, Ruth Martínez-Vega, Carlos E Pinzón-Flores, Vanessa Elias, Emma Smith, Mariona Pinart, Nathalie Broutet, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Sylvain Aldighieri, Maria D Van Kerkhove

“…In an effort to ensure that studies are comprehensive, both internally and externally valid, and with reliable results, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, Institut Pasteur, the networks of Fiocruz, the Consortia for the Standardization of Influenza Seroepidemiology (CONSISE) and the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) have generated six standardized clinical and epidemiological research protocols and questionnaires to address key public health questions on ZIKV.…”
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Brazil’s response to public health emergencies in 2023: lessons for the international community by Ana Sara Semeão de Souza, João Roberto Cavalcante, Raquel Proença, Carlos Henrique Michiles Frank, Thiago Basílio Mendonça, Giovana Ferreira Costacurta, Igor de Assis Rodrigues, José Lucas Pinho da Fonseca, Daniel Roberto Coradi de Freitas, Edenilo Baltazar Barreira Filho, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel, Márcio Henrique de Oliveira Garcia

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Affordability of sugar-sweetened beverages and nonessential energy-dense foods after taxation, Mexico, 2010–2022 by Néstor A. Sánchez-Ortiz, Adriana Vargas Flores, Jesús E. Morales-Ríos, J. Alai Quiroz-Reyes, M. Arantxa Colchero

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Opportunities for promoting open data in the Caribbean through biobanks by Sushant Saluja, Simon G. Anderson

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Self-care interventions for legal and safe abortions: lessons learned from a woman-centered approach to sexual and reproductive healthcare in Uruguay by Cecilia Stapff, Lucía Gómez Garbero, Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de León, Leonel Briozzo, Antonella Lavelanet, Manjulaa Narasimhan

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Rabies transmitted from vampires to cattle: An overview. by Diego Soler-Tovar, Luis E Escobar

“…Epidemiological data on rabies from Latin America were collected from the Pan American Health Organization spanning the 1970-2023 period. …”
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Barriers to and facilitators of access to mental health services among pregnant adolescents and young mothers in Belize by Olusola Oladeji, Joanna Lai, Natalia R. Velazquez, Mohammed I. Bammai, Ghanshyam Kandel, Andria Spyridou, Natalia L. Beer, Angella E. Baitwabusa, Juliet Simmons, Fidel L. Cuellar, Iveth Quintanilla, Jeffan Augustine

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