Harmful use of alcohol surveillance is important because:
Harmful use of alcohol commitments:
Global Strategy to Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol - 2010
Strategies to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol - 2008
Alcohol Use - 2010 (Resolutions)
Plan of Action to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol
Plan of Action to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol - 2011 (Resolution)
Strategies to Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol: Draft Global Strategy - 2010
Public Health Problems Caused by Harmful Use of Alcohol - 2005
STEPS
GSHS
It is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival. WHO/PAHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months and to continue with complementary food for up to 2 years to prevent childhood illness and ensure nutritional requirements, as well as long-term benefits for the children.
Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding
GNPR
In 2012 cancer accounted for 1.3 million deaths in the Americas. A third of all of those could be prevented by avoiding key risk factors like tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity.
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
Cancer Prevention and Control Resolution
Regional Strategy and Plan of Action on Nutrition in Health and Development, 2006-2015 (Resolution)
Regional Policy and Strategy for ensuring quality of Health Care, including patient safety - 2007 (Resolution)
Primary Health Care in the Americas: Lessons learned over 25 years and future challenges - 2003 (Resolution)
Public Health Response to Chronic Diseases - 2002 (Resolution)
PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-2012
Health in the Americas 2008-2017
Regional Strategy and Plan of Action on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases - 2006
Trans Fat-Free - Declaration of Rio de Janeiro
CCS
STEPS
MAPI tool
It is the leading cause of death in the Americas and it affects men twice as much than women. Population strategies and high-risk management of the disease are indispensable to reduce the frequency of cardiovascular disease, as well as hypertension control, a high prevalence risk factor in the Americas.
Cardiovascular Disease, especially Hypertension
STEPS
CCS
MAPI tool
CKD is a worldwide public health problem with more prevalence in the elderly population Central American countries have reported a growing number of cases of chronic kidney disease that are not related to traditional causes such as diabetes and hypertension. Cases are concentrated among young men living in low-income agricultural communities along the Pacific coast. The disease appears to be associated with factors including environmental contaminants (most likely agrochemicals) and occupational risks (poor working conditions and insufficient water intake while working in high temperatures), among others. Precise data on cases is difficult to collect, but experts believe that thousands of Central Americans have died from the disease over the past 10 years, most of them in Nicaragua and El Salvador.
Chronic Kidney Disease in Agricultural Communities in Central America - 2013
STEPS
MAPI
In 2014, around 422 million adults aged over 18 years were living with diabetes worldwide, with 62 million (15.0%) of these population living in the Americas. The overall prevalence of raised blood glucose in the Americas has increased from 5.0% in 1980 to 8.3% in 2014 (8.6% males and 8.4 females). The increase in the prevalence of diabetes may be explained as a result of the population growth and aging, the rise in age-specific prevalences or the interaction among these two aspects. Also, the associated risk factors such as overweight and obesity, together with insufficient physical activity, are estimated to cause a large proportion of the diabetes burden.
Population and Individual approaches to the prevention and management of Diabetes and Obesity - 2011
Priorities for cardiovascular health in the Americas - 2011
CCS
STEPS
MAPI tool
GSHS
GNPR
Only 3% of people living with disability in the Americas have access to rehabilitation services, making them more vulnerable to preventable secondary diseases and other health problems. Vulnerable groups, such as victims of violence, older adults, and people living in poverty, suffer the greatest impact from disabilities.
PAHO Plan of Action on Disabilities and Rehabilitation - 2014
Mental Health Atlas
Mental health surveillance is important because:
PAHO Plan of Action on Mental Health 2015-2020
Brasilia Consensus on Mental Health Services - 2013
Strategy and Plan of Action on Epilepsy - 2011
Mental Health - 2011 (Resolution)
Panama Consensus - 2010
Strategy and Plan of Action on Epilepsy - 2009 (Resolution)
Strategy and Action Plan on Mental Health - 2009
Disability: Prevention and Rehabilitation - 2006 (Resolution)
Mental Health: responding to the call for action - 2012
Mental Health - 2001 Mental Health - 2001 (Resolution)
Mental Health Atlas
The term malnutrition comprises 3 groups of conditions:
Regional Strategy and Plan of Action on Nutrition in Health and Development, 2006 - 2015
Strategy and Plan of Action for the Reduction of Chronic Malnutrition - 2010
Regional Strategy and Plan of Action on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases, including Diet and Physical Activity - 2006 (Resolution)
CCS
STEPS
GSHS
MAPI tool
GNPR
Obesity and overweight have assumed epidemic proportions in the region of the Americas, which now has the highest prevalence of all the World Health Organization regions: 62% of adults are overweight or obese. This epidemic has not spared children and adolescents, and 20% to 25% are affected by overweight or obesity.
Population-based and individual approaches to the prevention and management of diabetes and obesity - 2008 (Resolution)
Plan of Action for the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health - 2004
Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases
CCS
Physical activity is key to avoid several chronic diseases that burden the Americas. 30 minutes of moderate physical activity, such as walking or biking for utilitarian purposes, impacts positively on a person's health.
Recommendations from a Pan American Health Organization Expert Consultation on the Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Children in the Americas - 2011
STEPS
CCS
GSHS
Road safety surveillance is important because:
Road safety commitments:
Brasilia Declaration on road safety - 2015
Plan of Action on road safety - 2011 Plan of Action on road safety - 2011 (Resolution)
Improving Global Road Safety - 2010 (Resolution)
Global Status Report on Road Safety (GSRRS)
Road safety surveillance is important because:
Road safety commitments:
Brasilia Declaration on road safety - 2015
Plan of Action on road safety - 2011 Plan of Action on road safety - 2011 (Resolution)
Improving Global Road Safety - 2010 (Resolution)
Global Status Report on Road Safety (GSRRS)
Road safety surveillance is important because:
Road safety commitments:
Brasilia Declaration on road safety - 2015
Plan of Action on road safety - 2011 Plan of Action on road safety - 2011 (Resolution)
Improving Global Road Safety - 2010 (Resolution)
Global Status Report on Road Safety (GSRRS)
Road safety surveillance is important because:
Road safety commitments:
Brasilia Declaration on road safety - 2015
Plan of Action on road safety - 2011 Plan of Action on road safety - 2011 (Resolution)
Improving Global Road Safety - 2010 (Resolution)
Global Status Report on Road Safety (GSRRS)