payment mechanism health insurance is a serious challenge for policy makers, access to health, continuing care, need to technology, huge expenses a considerable part of health funds is collected. therefore organizing and designing appropriate policies for organizing, financing, payment mechanism for providers and role of diagnostic related groups system. in this study, our main objective study ...

1. Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) (1). This Region has one of the highest cervical cancer mortality rates in the world, together with sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia. Despite its preventable nature, it persists as a significant public health problem, where it is estimated that 72,000 new cases and 33,000 deaths o...

Pursuant to Resolution CE120.R11 of the Executive Committee (1997), which recommends strengthening technical support for specific initiatives aimed at the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, the PAHO Program on Noncommunicable Diseases has developed an approach that integrates health promotion, primary prevention, and management of noncommunicable diseases. This rationale is bas...

Hande Harmanci, Philippe Duclos, Carmen A. Rodriguez Hernandez, Andrew Meek, Madhava Ram Balakrishnan, Narendra Kumar Arora, and Stefan Z. Wiktor Global Hepatitis Programme, World Health Organization, SAGE Secretariat, Department of Vaccines, Immunization and Biologicals, World Health Organization, Prequalification Team, World Health Organization, and Safety and Vigilance Team, World Health Org...

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Address: 1Global Program on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2Family and Community Health/ Child and Adolescent Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 3School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Australia and 4Executive Director, Evidence and Information for Policy, World Health Organization, Geneva...