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Home-based record (HBR) for Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) circa 2013
As of 11 May 2016, 58 countries and territories report continuing mosquito-borne transmission (Fig. 1) of which: 45 countries are experiencing a first outbreak of Zika virus since 2015, with...
Vaccination coverage surveys - Publication
abstract: BACKGROUND: Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) is an
annual initiative in countries and territories of the Americas
every April to...
Rotavirus disease is the leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality related to diarrhea in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where an estimated 8,000 deaths related to rotavirus diarrhea...
With the recent postlicensure identification of an increased risk of intussusception with rotavirus vaccine, the 14 Latin American countries currently using rotavirus vaccine must now weigh the...
Starting in the late 1980s, many Latin American countries began social sector reforms to alleviate poverty, reduce socioeconomic inequalities, improve health outcomes, and provide financial risk...