Recursos de información: enfermería

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Author: Pan American Health Organization

Publication date: June 2021

Summary: The Pan American Health Organization, in recognition of the fundamental role of nursing and midwifery professionals in health systems, has published these reports to highlight the initiatives and contributions of these professionals with a focus on women's health. This publication helps to highlight the important work they do at different levels of care and professional settings, as well as the reality of women's health in the countries of the Region of the Americas. The related activities, stories, and cases illustrate the role of nursing and midwifery professionals in promoting universal access to health and universal health coverage, as well as their important contribution to health systems, universities, and schools in the countries of the Region.

Other languages: Spanish 

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Author: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean / Pan American Health Organization

Publication date: July 2020

Summary: This joint report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is issued at a time when several countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have become the epicentre of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The region is particularly vulnerable because of its high levels of labour informality, urbanization, poverty and inequality, and its weak health and social protection systems, in addition to the fact that it has large population groups living in vulnerable conditions and who require special attention. While the Caribbean countries have managed to control the pandemic more quickly, the Latin American countries have not yet been able to reduce infection levels.

Other languages: Spanish