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Epidemiological Update: Outbreaks of Avian Influenza due to reassortant viruses, public health implications for the Americas - 21 April 2015
Epidemiological alerts and updates
Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of Integrated Deworming Activities; 2015
Guidelines
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Improving Uptake, Interpretation, and Quality of Testing in Different Clinical Settings
Technical and scientific products
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Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services. 5Cs: Consent, Confidentiality, Counselling, Correct Results and Connection; 2015
Technical and scientific products
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A tool for strengthening STI surveillance at the country level; 2015 (Sólo en inglés)
Technical and scientific products
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WHO Handbook on Indoor Radon. A Public Health Perspective; 2015
Technical and scientific products
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WHO expands the recommendation on oral pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection (PrEP); 2015 (Sólo en inglés)
Technical and scientific products
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Informal consultation on a tracking system for patients with trachomatous trichiasis Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, Wednesday 30 September 2015
Guidelines
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Second global scientific meeting on trachomatous trichiasis, Cape Town, 4–6 November 2015 World Health Organization Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020
Guidelines
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Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis in the Americas.Update 2015
Technical and scientific products
Developing national strategies for phasing out mercury-containing thermometers and sphygmomanometers in health care, including in the context of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: key considerations and step-by-step guidance; 2015
Developing national strategies for phasing out mercury-containing thermometers and sphygmomanometers in health care, including in the context of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: key considerations and step-by-step guidance; 2015
Technical and scientific products
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Manual for the development and assessment of national viral hepatitis plans: a provisional document; 2015
Technical and scientific products
Report on Road Safety in the Region of the Americas
Report on Road Safety in the Region of the Americas
Technical reports
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A guide to monitoring and evaluation for collaborative TB/HIV activities. Revision; 2015 (Sólo inglés)
Technical and scientific products
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Introduction of bedaquiline for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at country level. Implementation plan
Technical and scientific products
Prevalencia e intensidad de infección de esquistosomiasis en los países de Latinoamérica y el Caribe, 1942-2014. Revisión sistemática (Spanish only)
Systematic reviews
Uruguay- Minamata Declaration; 2015
Technical and scientific products
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Policy brief on single-dose primaquine as a gametocytocide in Plasmodium falciparum malaria; January 2015
Policy briefs
Malaria Microscopy Quality Assurance Manual. Version 2; 2015 (Sólo en inglés)
Training materials
Manual mhGAP de Intervenções para Transtornos Mentais, Neurológicos e Decorrentes do Uso de Álcool e outras Drogas nos serviços de atenção à saúde não especializados,2015 (Portuguese only)
Manual mhGAP de Intervenções para Transtornos Mentais, Neurológicos e Decorrentes do Uso de Álcool e outras Drogas nos serviços de atenção à saúde não especializados, 2015 (Portuguese only)
Guidelines
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Applying Modeling to Improve Health and Economic Policy Decisions in the Americas: The Case of Noncommunicable Diseases
Technical reports