PAHO NEWS--- January 23, 2002
In this edition:
-San Francisco Chronicle and Science Magazine WINS PAHO Health Award
-Animal Health: An Important Component of Public Health
-Father Ernesto Martearena receives Clarence Moore Award 2001
-New Guidelines for Epidemiological Surveillance of Violence and
Injuries
-New Database Provides References for PAHO Institutional Materials
-Award to Outstanding Cities for Improving Public Spaces for Recreaton
and Promoting Physical Activity in the Americas,
-Curso a distancia sobre Fundamentos de Epidemiología y Bioestadística
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San Francisco Chronicle and Science Magazine WINS PAHO Health Award
A story focusing on the origins of AIDS and another on the effects of
Chernobyl's radiation won the newspaper and magazine categories of the
Pan American Health Organization's Awards for Excellence in
International Health Reporting 2001. The winning entries came from the
San Francisco Chronicle and Science Magazine. The prizes carry cash
awards of $1,500 each. http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/pr020118.htm
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Animal Health: An Important Component of Public Health
Now that the fight against animal-transmitted diseases has achieved some
success, the importance of public health programs in the area of
veterinary public health has become clearer. To preserve the beneficial
relationship between people and animals and reduce public health risks,
the Pan American Health Organization's Veterinary Public Health Program
provides direct support to the national programs of member countries in
several key areas. http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/100/100feature03.htm
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Father Ernesto Martearena receives Clarence Moore Award 2001
The Pan American Health and Education Foundation presented this year's
Clarence H. Moore Award for Voluntarism in Health Services to Father
Ernesto Martearena and Programas Sociales Comunitarios for their
outstanding volunteer work to improve the living conditions in the
ethnic region of Salta, Argentina. Father Martearena was assassinated
last October and the award was given posthumously, on December 18, at
the Teatro Municipal of Salta. A certificate and prize of $2,500 were
presented to the President of Programas Sociales Comunitarios, Mr. Jorge
Alvarez. http://www.paho.org/English/PAHEF/moorepress.htm
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New Guidelines for Epidemiological Surveillance of Violence and Injuries
In an effort to support knowledge, analysis, and decision-making
relating to intentional and unintentional injuries in the Region of the
Americas, PAHO recently published a book that presents guidelines on
creating epidemiological surveillance systems on violence and injuries.
The full text of the book can be viewed and printed for free.
http://www.paho.org/English/hcp/hcn/guidelines-eng.htm
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New Database Provides References for PAHO Institutional Materials
An electronic database recently launched by PAHO, the PAHO Institutional
Memory Database, provides bibliographic references for some 30,000
official PAHO documents that have been created since the Organization
was established in 1902. Some 4,000 of those documents are available in
full-text format. http://www.paho.org/English/dbi/dbl/IMDatabase.htm
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Award to Outstanding Cities for Improving Public Spaces for Recreaton
and Promoting Physical Activity in the Americas
In celebration of the World Health Day 2002, the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) are co-sponsoring an award to recognize the outstanding cities in
the Region of the Americas for their efforts in improving public spaces
for safe recreation and promoting physical activity.
http://www.paho.org/English/HPP/HPN/whd2002-award.htm
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II Curso a distancia sobre Fundamentos de Epidemiología y
Bioestadística, via lnternet
El Programa Especial de Análisis de Salud (SHA) de la Organización
Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), en conjunto con la Universidad Abierta
de Cataluña en España (UOC), galardonada como la mejor universidad
virtual, está organizando el II Curso a Distancia sobre Fundamentos de
Epidemiología y Bioestadística, ofrecido a través de Internet a partir
del mes de Julio del año 2002. Esta segunda versión se ha concebido como
un programa de formación continuada en Epidemiología y Servicios de
Salud Pública. (En Espanol:
http://www.paho.org/Spanish/SHA/IICursoUOC.htm )
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Canadian Society for International Health
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Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7 Canada
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