Acknowledgments

PAHO/WHO acknowledges all the following who contributed to this document:

Authors: Sonja Caffe (PAHO/WHO), Bruce Dick (consultant), Maria del Carmen Calle (consultant), Katia Diaz (consultant).

PAHO contributors: Zohra Abaakouk, Luis Alfonso, Luciana Almeida, Amalia Ayala, Carlos Ayala, Maria Edith Baca, Marcela Barrios, Maria Victoria Bertolino, Betzabe Butron, Claudina Cayetano, Duniesky Cintra, Mario Cruz-Penate, Catharina Cuellar, Miguel Davila, Adrian Diaz, Pablo Duran, Ana Cecilia Escobar, Isabel Espinosa, Andrés de Francisco Serpa, Izola Garcia, Rodolfo Gomez, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Evelyn Degraff, Ruben Grajeda, Rosalinda Hernandez, Carolina Hommes, Brigitte de Hulsters, Sandra Jones, Tomo Kanda, Elwine van Kanten, Ariel Karolinski, Devora Kestel, Marcelo Korc, Patrice Lawrence-Williams, Hernan Luque, Mark McClure, Martha Mejia, Maristela Monteiro, Sara Moraga, David Novillo, Haydee Padilla, Victor Pavarino, Sandra del Pino, Eugenia Rodrigues, Sandra Rodriguez, Maritza Romero, Cuauhtemoc Ruiz-Matus, Luz Salazar, Antonio Sanhueza, Luis Sarmiento, Clair Schaub, Ivy Talavera, Darlene Omeir Taylor, Armando Vasquez, Enrique Vega, Lauren Vulanovic, Janice Woolford, Anneke Wilson.

Other contributors: Sheila Samiel (consultant), Sheoran Bhupendra (YTH), Hernan Rosenberg (consultant), William Heisel (IHME), Katherine Leach-Kemon (IHME), Michelle Subart (IHME), Kevin O’Rourke (IHME), Danique Gigger (intern), Terrilia Ravaliere (intern).