Health in the Americas. 2002 edition

Organización Panamericana de la Salud

Health in the Americas is the Pan American Health Organization's flagship publication analyzing the health situation and trends in the Region of the Americas. This edition is the latest in a long series of such reports that the Organization has published since 1954. The book's contents, format, and slant have evolved over time in order to adapt to changing demands from Member States, to reflect new developments in epidemiologic thinking and practice, and to respond to new challenges in PAHO's technical cooperation. Through its history, this publication has grown from an almost purely statistical report to an in-depth, comprehensive, public health assessment of the Region's health status and its determinants. In this 2002 edition, the analysis of Health in the Americas is oriented toward documenting inequalities in health. In order to best show the analysis at both the Regional and country levels, this edition, as were previous ones, is presented in two volumes. Volume I's eight chapters bring together the contributions of several of PAHO's technical units to present a Regional perspective on the current health situation. This volume includes analyses of the status and trends of several important health and health-related indicators and determinants, ranging from mortality and changes in life expectancy to the impact that income-level and income-distribution inequalities have on the population's health. Viewed in the context of globalization, health sector reform, and other macro-political processes, Volume I describes the current status and trends in health promotion, environmental health, disease prevention and control, availability of health resources and technology, and external cooperation in health...(AU)

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