Integrating comprehensive surgical, intensive, and emergency care systems into the Pan American Health Organization’s health agenda by Maria Jose Garcia Fuentes, Ayla Gerk, Leticia Campos, Alejandro Torres, Taylor Wurdeman, Nikathan Kumar, Ruth Jimbo-Sotomayor, Juan Carlos Salamea, Luiz Fernando dos Reis Falcão, Guido Parquet, John G. Meara, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Alfredo Borrero Vega

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Epidemiological Surveillance Study of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Latin America: Serotype Distribution. A Pan American Health Organization Initiative by Elizabeth Castañeda, Sistema Regional de Vacunas, Pan American Health Organization Pneumococcal Surveillance Study Croup, National Centre for Streptococcus, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control

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Point prevalence survey of antibiotics in a pediatric tertiary hospital in the Republic of Panama by Ximena Norero, Dora Estripeaut, Elizabeth Castaño, Jacqueline Levy, Paola Lichtenberger, José Pablo Díaz-Madriz, José Luis Bustos, Robin Rojas Cortés, Gabriel Levy-Hara

“…This point prevalence survey (PPS) conducted in a tertiary-level hospital in Panama followed the Pan American Health Organization’s adaptation of the methodology proposed by the World Health Organization for PPSs on antibiotic use. …”
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What is the NCD service capacity and disruptions due to COVID-19? Results from the WHO non-communicable disease country capacity survey in the Americas region by Anselm Hennis, Silvana Luciani, Roberta Caixeta, Carolina Chavez, Dolores Ondarsuhu

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Mumps Caused by an Inadequately Attenuated Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine by WJ Bakker, RG Mathias

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Essential core competencies for scope of practice of paediatric oncology nurses in Latin America: a scoping review protocol by Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima, Soad Fuentes-Alabi, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Karina de Cássia Braga Ribeiro, Courtney E Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Lorena Segovia Weber, Liliana Vásquez Ponce

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Guidelines for Mental Health Interventions during Disasters at the “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía by Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez, Víctor René Navarro Machado, Deysi Santana Castellón

“…These guidelines for mental health intervention within a hospital in cases of catastrophic situations have been prepared not only under the national standards but under the Pan-American Health Organization ones taking into account the specialists and experts’ experience on the topic and it has had the approval of the Scientific Council of the University General Hospital “Dr. …”
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Guide of maxillofacial trauma intervention for diagnosis and treatment of facial burns by Eduardo Duarte Marrero, Patricia Cristina Jiménez Beato

“…It took into account national guidelines and the Pan American Health Organization, were also consulted experts and specialists in the field. …”
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“What I do not see and others see in me”: mutual aid for suicide recovery in Colombia by Felipe Agudelo-Hernández, Lina Valeria Cuadrado, Andrés Camilo Delgado-Reyes

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Risk of bias and confounding of observational studies of Zika virus infection: A scoping review of research protocols. by Ludovic Reveiz, Michelle M Haby, Ruth Martínez-Vega, Carlos E Pinzón-Flores, Vanessa Elias, Emma Smith, Mariona Pinart, Nathalie Broutet, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Sylvain Aldighieri, Maria D Van Kerkhove

“…In an effort to ensure that studies are comprehensive, both internally and externally valid, and with reliable results, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, Institut Pasteur, the networks of Fiocruz, the Consortia for the Standardization of Influenza Seroepidemiology (CONSISE) and the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) have generated six standardized clinical and epidemiological research protocols and questionnaires to address key public health questions on ZIKV.…”
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Affordability of sugar-sweetened beverages and nonessential energy-dense foods after taxation, Mexico, 2010–2022 by Néstor A. Sánchez-Ortiz, Adriana Vargas Flores, Jesús E. Morales-Ríos, J. Alai Quiroz-Reyes, M. Arantxa Colchero

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Opportunities for promoting open data in the Caribbean through biobanks by Sushant Saluja, Simon G. Anderson

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Rabies transmitted from vampires to cattle: An overview. by Diego Soler-Tovar, Luis E Escobar

“…Epidemiological data on rabies from Latin America were collected from the Pan American Health Organization spanning the 1970-2023 period. …”
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Barriers to and facilitators of access to mental health services among pregnant adolescents and young mothers in Belize by Olusola Oladeji, Joanna Lai, Natalia R. Velazquez, Mohammed I. Bammai, Ghanshyam Kandel, Andria Spyridou, Natalia L. Beer, Angella E. Baitwabusa, Juliet Simmons, Fidel L. Cuellar, Iveth Quintanilla, Jeffan Augustine

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Triatoma venosa and Panstrongylus geniculatus challenge the certification of interruption of vectorial Trypanosoma cruzi transmission by Rhodnius prolixus in eastern Colombia. by Omar Cantillo-Barraza, Lídia Gual-González, Natalia Velásquez-Ortiz, Manuel Alfonso Medina Camargo, Paola González, Lissa Cruz-Saavedra, Adriana Castillo, Sara Zuluaga, Giovanny Herrera, Hanson Cowan, Andrés Velez-Mira, Luz Helena Patiño, Juan David Ramírez, Omar Triana, Melissa S Nolan

“…T. cruzi transmission via intra-domestic Rhodnius prolixus was certified as interrupted by the Pan American Health Organization in Miraflores municipality (Boyacá, Colombia) in 2019. …”
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Conocimientos, prácticas y seroprevalencia humana de brucelosis en la zona lechera central de Cochabamba, Bolivia by Rosse Mary Yanez, Rocío Quitón, Ernesto Rojas, Tania Vargas, Daniel Eid, Jean-Jacques Letesson, Patricia Rodríguez

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Análisis del sistema de vigilancia de los ESAVI por vacunas contra la COVID-19 en Colombia, 2021-2023 by William Saza-Londoño, Diana Yisenia Pinzón-Fajardo, María Victoria Urrea-Duque, Eliana Lizeth Pinzón-Niño, Edna Margarita Sánchez-León, Katterine Isabel Urieles-Sierra, Carlos Andrés Pinto-Díaz, Helvert Felipe Molina-León

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Avaliação do sistema de Vigilância em Saúde das Populações Expostas a Substâncias Químicas, Brasil, 2011 a 2021 by Ana Paula Betaressi da Silva, Mariely Helena Barbosa Daniel, Vanessa de Paula Ferreira, Vitória Martins Chaves, Jéssika Angela Freitas de Oliveira, Adriana Rodrigues Cabral, Thiago de Brito Magalhães, Patrick Joseph Connerton, Luciana Nogueira de Almeida Guimarães, Camile de Moraes, e Orlando Marcos Farias de Sousa

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Risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality during yellow fever outbreak in Brazil by Max McClure, Izabela Maurício de Rezende, Leonardo Soares Pereira, Maria Rita Teixeira Dutra, Jordana Rodrigues Barbosa Fradico, Rodrigo Macedo, Marcelle Cardoso Marçal, Lívia Soares Coelho Fonte Boa, Alexandre Maurício Castro Bragato, Flávio Augusto de Almeida Faria, Livia Pamplona, Rodrigo Fabiano do Carmo Said, Carlos Eduardo Calzavara-Silva, Dario Brock Ramalho, Cintia Lopes de Brito Magalhães, Pedro Augusto Alves, Thaysa Drummond Palmeira Gama, Gláucia Fernandes Cota, Thomas P. Monath, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Marcelo Antônio Pascoal-Xavier, Andrea Teixeira-Carvalho, Betânia Paiva Drumond, A. Desiree LaBeaud, Yellow Fever Collaborative Group, Argus Leão Araújo, Barbara Lenoir, Bruno Dala Vedova Gomes Beato, Carolina Lins Rodrigues Vieira, Daniel Vitor de Vasconcelos Santos, Flavia Mansur Starling, Gabriela Miana de Mattos Paixão, Indiara Penido, Izabela Aparecida Coelho, Leandro Henrique Malta Cunha, Letícia Menezes, Livia Frota Rabelo, Letícia Lemos Jardim, Lívia Fulgêncio da Cunha Melo, Lívia Zignago Moreira dos Santos, Ludmila de Paula, Luísa Lages de Abre Paladino, Natalia Soares Albuquerque, Simone Lopes Oliveira Lemos, Tayrine Araújo

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