Supply of Blood for Transfusion in Latin American and Caribbean Countries, 2014 and 2015

Health in the Americas: Chapters by Country

• Antigua and Barbuda Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Argentina Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Anguilla Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Aruba Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Bahamas Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Barbados Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Bermuda Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Bolivia Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Brazil Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Canada Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• British Virgin Islands Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Chile Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Colombia Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Cuba Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Dominica Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Dominican Republic Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Ecuador Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• El Salvador Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Grenada Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Guatemala Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Guyana Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Haiti Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Honduras Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Jamaica Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Mexico Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Montserrat Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Netherlands Antilles Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Nicaragua Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Panama Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Paraguay Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Peru Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Puerto Rico Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Saint Kitts and Nevis Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Saint Lucia Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Suriname Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Trinidad and Tobago Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Turks and Caicos Islands Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• United States of America Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Uruguay Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Venezuela Country Profile - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Mexico - United States Border Area - Health in the Americas, 2007
• Health in the Americas Vol 1 - Regional, 2007
• Health in the Americas Vol. 2 - Country Profiles, 2007

NGOs

• Strengthening NGO capacity to support HSR: Sharing tools and methodologies (July 1999)
• State of the Practice: Public-NGO Partnerships in Response to Decentralization (Feb. 2000)
• State of the Practice: Public-NGO Partnerships for Quality Assurance (Feb. 2000)
• Partnerships between the Public Sector and NGOs: Contracting for Primary Health Care Services
• Partnerships between Public Sector and NGOs: The NGO Role in Health Sector Reform

Publications: Blood Services

• Supply of Blood for Transfusion in the Caribbean and Latin American Countries 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
• Eligibilité pour le don du sang: Recommandations pour l'éducation et la sélection des candidats
• Methodological guidelines for socio-cultural studies on issues related to blood donation
• Recommendations for Estimating the Need for Blood and Blood Components
• Supply of blood for transfusion in the Caribbean and Latin American countries in 2005
• Supply of Blood for Transfusion in the Caribbean and Latin American Countries in 2006-2007
• Provisional recommendations for blood services in light of the Zika virus epidemic
• Supply of Blood for Transfusion in the Caribbean and Latin American Countries 2010 and 2011.
• Caribbean Regional Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services
• Supply of blood for transfusion in Latin American and Caribbean Countries, 2014 and 2015. [2017]

Publications: Equity in health systems: Articles

• Sección especial sobre Equidad en los sistemas de salud / Special Section on Equity in Health Systems. Rev Panam Publica 33(2), 2013

Publications: Essential Medicines and Biologicals

• Access to High Cost Medicines in the Americas
• Pharmaceutical Situation in Saint Lucia. WHO Assessment of Level II. [2012].
• Pharmaceutical Situation in Jamaica. WHO Assessment of Level II - Health Facilities and Household Survey [2012]
• Boas práticas da OMS para laboratórios de microbiología farmacêutica. Washington, DC: OPS, 2012. (Rede PARF Documento Técnico Nº 11).
• Buenas prácticas de la OMS para laboratorios d e microbiología farmacéutica. Washington, DC: OPS, 2012. (Red PARF Documento Técnico Nº 11).
• PANDRH Technical Document n.10. Requirements for Medicines Registration in the Americas. [2013]
• The Pharmaceutical situation in the Caribbean: Monitoring indicators 2010-2012
• Economic evaluation of oxytocin in Uniject™ injection system versus standard use of oxytocin for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in the active management of the third stage of labor in Latin America and the Caribbean

Publications: Health Sector Reform

• Methodology for Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Base Line for Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Policy Toolkit for Strengthening Health Sector Reform
• Enhancing the Political Feasibility of Health Reform: A Comparative Analysis of Chile,
• Guidelines for Enhancing the Political Feasibility of Health Reform in Latin America
• Methodological Guidelines Enhancing the Political Feasibility of Health Reform in Latin America
• Enhancing the political feasibility of health reform: Colombia
• Enhancing the political feasibility of health reform: Chile
• Enhancing the political feasibility of health reform: Mexico
• Building capacity HR management for HSR and the Organizations and institutions comprising the sector
• Use of Research in Health Sector Reform in Latin America and The Caribbean
• Trainer’s Guide to the Policy Toolkit for Strengthening Health Sector Reform
• Quality-oriented Health Sector Reform Training Module: Instructor Notes
• Quality-oriented Health Sector Reform Training Module: Participant Manual
• Pharmaceutical System Performance within the context of health sector reform
• Analysis of Health Sector Reforms in the Region of the Americas
• Analysis Of Health Sector Reform in The English-Speaking Caribbean Countries
• Analysis of Health Sector Reforms in the Andean Countries
• Policy Toolkit for Strengthening Health Sector Reform

Publications: Health Services and Access

• Public Health in the Americas: Conceptual Renewal, Performance Assessment, and Bases for Action (2002)
• The Invisible Economy and Gender Inequalities: The Importance of Measuring and Valuing Unpaid Work
• Paraguay: Política Nacional de Investigación Para la Salud
• Health Systems and Services. Annual Report 2009

Publications: Health Systems country profiles

• Health System Profile of Anguilla - 2007
• Health System Profile of Antigua y Barbuda - 2008
• Health System Profile of Argentina - 2002
• Health System Profile of Belize - 2009
• Health System Profile of Bolivia - 2007
• Health System Profile of Brazil - 2008
• Health System Profile of British Virgin Islands - 2003
• Health System Profile of Canada - 2000
• Health System Profile of Chile - 1999
• Health System Profile of Colombia - 2002
• Health System Profile of Costa Rica - 2002
• Health System Profile of Cuba - 1999
• Health System Profile of Dominica - 2002
• Health System Profile of Dominican Republic - 2007
• Health System Profile of Ecuador - 2008
• Health System Profile of El Salvador - 2008
• Health System Profile of Grenada - 2001
• Health System Profile of Guatemala - 2007
• Health System Profile of Guyana - 2001
• Health System Profile of Haiti - 2003
• Health System Profile of Honduras - 2009
• Health System Profile of Jamaica - 2001
• Health System Profile of Mexico - 2002
• Health System Profile of Monserrrat - 2008
• Health System Profile of Nicaragua - 2008
• Health System Profile of Panama - 2008
• Health System Profile of Paraguay - 2008
• Health System Profile of Peru - 2001
• Health System Profile of Saint Kitts and Nevis - 2008
• Health System Profile of Saint Lucia - 2008
• Health System Profile of Suriname - 2002
• Health System Profile of Trinidad and Tobago - 2009
• Health System Profile of United States - 2002
• Health System Profile of Uruguay - 1999
• Health System Profile of Venezuela - ( 1st ed. 20 October 1999) (2nd ed. 14 May 2001)
• Methodological guidelines, health system profiles, monitoring and analyzing health systems change. Special Edition N. 18 Washington, D.C: PAHO, 2006.
• Health System Profile of Puerto Rico - 2007
• Health System Profile of Bermuda - 2009
• Health System Profile of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 2008
• Health System Profile of Barbados - 2008

Publications: Health economics and financing

• The Invisible Economy and Gender Inequalities: The Importance of Measuring and Valuing Unpaid Work
• Evaluating fiscal space for health in Peru [2015]
• Fiscal space for increasing health priority in public spending in the Americas Region. [2015]

Publications: Health services and organization management

• Productive Management Methodology for Health Services - Introduction. [2010]
• Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks: Concepts, Policy Options and a Road Map for Implementation in the Americas [2011]

Publications: Integrated Healh Services

• Public Health in the Americas: Conceptual Renewal, Performance Assessment, and Bases for Action (2002)
• Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks: Concepts, Policy Options and a Road Map for Implementation in the Americas

Publications: Medicine and Health Technologies

• Access to High Cost Medicines in the Americas
• History of PAHO Radiological Health Program
• Pharmaceutical Situation in the Caribbean: Factbook on Level I Monitoring Indicators 2007
• Recommendations for Estimating the Need for Blood and Blood Components
• Eligibility for Blood Donation: Recommendations for Education and Selection of Prospective Blood Donors
• Supply of Blood for Transfusion in the Caribbean and Latin American Countries in 2006-2007
• International trade and health: A reference guide, World Health Organization
• Supply of blood for transfusion in the Caribbean and Latin American countries in 2005
• Access to High-Cost Medicines in the Americas: Situation, Challenges and Perspectives. (2010) 81 p...
• Harmonized requirements for the licensing of vaccines in the Americas and Guidelines for preparation of application
• Diagnostic Imaging in the Community A Manual for Clinics and Small Hospitals [Pre-Publication Draft Copy Electronic. 2011]
• Essential Medicines List for Emergencies and Disasters in the Caribbean
• PANDRH Technical Report Nº 8. Framework for Implementation of Equivalence Requirements for Pharmaceutical Products
• Methodological guidelines for socio-cultural studies on issues related to blood donation
• Supply of Blood for Transfusion in the Caribbean and Latin American Countries 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
• Pharmaceutical Situation in Saint Lucia. WHO Assessment of Level II. [2012].
• Pharmaceutical Situation in Jamaica. WHO Assessment of Level II - Health Facilities and Household Survey [2012]
• Caribbean Regional Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services
• PANDRH Series, Technical Document, 10. Requirements for Medicines Registration in the Americas. [2013]
• Supply of Blood for Transfusion in the Caribbean and Latin American Countries 2010 and 2011.
• The Pharmaceutical situation in the Caribbean: Monitoring indicators 2010-2012
• Caribbean Pharmaceutical Policy [2013]
• PANDRH Series, Technical Document, 12. Ethical criteria for the promotion, advertisement, and publicity of medicines [2013]
• Report of the Expert Committee for the Selection and Inclusion of Medicines in the Pan American Health Organization Strategic Fund – July 2013
• Recommendations of the Expert Committee for the Selection and inclusion of Medicines in the PAHO’s Strategic Fund 2015. [2016]

Publications: Nursing

• Handbook for Measurement and Monitoring. Indicators of the Regional Goals for Human Resources for Health. A Shared Commitment [2011]
• Challenges to the Management of Human Resources for Health. 2005-2015
• Human Resources Plans and Primary Health Care: Challenges for Intersectoral and Social Coordination. [2010]
• Nurse Migration in Guayana (PAHO/HSS/HR Pan American Health Organization – Area of Health Systems based on Primary Health Care. “Nurse migration in Guyana” Washington, D.C.: © 2011 Human Resources Series Nº 64.)
• Core Competencies for Public Health: A Regional Framework for the Americas
• The PAHO/WHO Regional Network of Interprofessional Health Education [in English, Spanish, and Portuguese]
• Interprofessional Education in Health Care: Improving Human Resource Capacity to Achieve Universal Health Report of the Meeting. Bogota, Colombia. 7-9 December, 2016

Publications: PANDRH Technical Series

• PANDRH Technical Report Nº 8. Framework for Implementation of Equivalence Requirements for Pharmaceutical Products
• PANDRH Technical Report Nº 8. Framework for Implementation of Equivalence Requirements for Pharmaceutical Products
• PANDRH Series, Technical Document, 12. Ethical criteria for the promotion, advertisement, and publicity of medicines [2013]
• PANDRH Technical Document n.10. Requirements for Medicines Registration in the Americas. [2013]

Publications: Primary Health Care Strategy

• Medical Education for Primary Health Care (Series: The Renewal of Primary Health Care in the Americas No. 2). [2009]
• Renewing Primary Health Care in the Americas: A Position Paper of the Pan American Health Organization [2007]
• Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks: Concepts, Policy Options and a Road Map for Implementation in the Americas. (Series: Renewing Primary Health Care in the Americas No.4) [2011]
• Primary Health Care-Based Health systems: Strategies for the Development of Primary Health Care Team. (Series: Renewing Primary Health Care in the Americas No.1) [2009]

Publications: Quality of Care and Patient Safety

• Sistemas de notificación de incidentes en América Latina. Washington, DC : OPS, 2013. [Only in Spanish]

Publications: Radiological Health

• Organization, Development, Quality Assurance and Radiation Protection in Radiology Services: Imaging and Radiation Therapy.
• Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards. IAEA Safety Standards Series GSR Part 3 [2014]
• History of PAHO Radiological Health Program
• Diagnostic Imaging in the Community A Manual for Clinics and Small Hospitals [Pre-Publication Draft Copy Electronic. 2011]
• Radiation Shielding for Clinics and Small Hospitals with a WHIS-RAD 2013

Publications: Universal Health

• The Lancet: Universal Health Coverage in Latin America Series
• Evaluating fiscal space for health in Peru [2015]
• Fiscal space for increasing health priority in public spending in the Americas Region. [2015]
• World Bank, PAHO/WHO. Toward Universal Health Coverage and Equity in Latin America and the Caribbean Evidence from Selected Countries [2015]