Pan American Journal of Public Health (PAJPH)
Published since 1922, the Pan American Journal of Public Health (PAJPH) is the flagship scientific and technical periodical of the Pan American Health Organization. Its mission is to contribute to the production and dissemination of scientific public health information of international significance, mainly in areas related to PAHO's essential mission of strengthening health systems and improving the health of the peoples of the Americas.
Publication in the journal has no cost for authors, and all manuscripts are open access and free for readers.
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Forty years ago, the World Health Organization member countries agreed on a set of principles at Alma-Ata to protect and promote health of all people by articulating primary health care as the guiding principle of a comprehensive health system. Since the declaration of Alma-Ata in 1978, countries of the Americas have been witnessing tremendous…
Washington, DC, January 12, 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - The countries of the Americas have been world leaders in controlling diseases through vaccination over the past century. But does this past experience guarantee similar success with immunization going forward?
This and other questions about the past, present and future of immunization in the Americas…
Childhood immunization programs have had a dramatic impact on child morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Latin America and the Caribbean, nearly 174 000 deaths were prevented through vaccination of children under 5 years of age in 2006 – 2011 in Latin America and the Caribbean according to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) estimates. In…
Presentation to the Advisory Committee on Health Research Meeting, November 2016.
Every year in the Americas, an average of 57,000 new cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis and 3,480 cases of visceral leishmaniasis are diagnosed. In Argentina, the cutaneous form presents a latent risk, while the visceral form has spread from Misiones to other provinces.
Washington, D.C., September 2, 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - A special report on…
Washington, D.C., 22 June 2016 (PAHO/WHO).- A special issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) with the support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), provides the latest scientific evidence on the regulation of medicines and other health technologies. This new…
Washington, D.C., 20 January 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Health professionals frequently face situations of verbal or physical violence in the course of their duties, which has an impact on their work and health. This is the conclusion of a research paper published in the Pan American Journal of Public Health, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Pan…
Washington, D.C., November 11, 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — Persistent inequities across gender, race and socioeconomic groups in the Americas compound every major health challenge facing the region, according to evidence and analysis presented in a new series of articles in the Pan American Journal of Public Health, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of…
PAHO's Director calls on the countries of the region to develop a new Women's Health Agenda in order to achieve comprehensive care appropriate for the health problems that most affect them
Washington, D.C., 24 June 2015 (PAHO/WHO).- Women's health needs are not being adequately met by current social and health policies in the countries of the…