Scenarios of maternal mortality reduction by 2030 in the Americas: insights from its tempo by Antonio Sanhueza, Oscar J. Mujica, Patricia N. Soliz, Adrienne L. Cox, Bremen de Mucio

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HIV, syphilis, and viral hepatitis among Latin American indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants: a systematic review by Nancy K. Russell, Kevin Nazar, Sandra del Pino, Monica Alonso Gonzalez, Ximena P. Díaz Bermúdez, Giovanni Ravasi

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Healthy aging in the Americas by Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., John W. Rowe, Jose Ricardo Jauregui

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Assessing costs of a hypertension program in primary care: evidence from the HEARTS program in Mexico by Carlos Chivardi, Brian Hutchinson, Virginia Molina, Elena Moreno, Ileana Fajardo, Gloria P. Giraldo-Arcila, Hugo Miguel Malo, Pedro Ordunez, Roxana Rodríguez-Franco, Andrew E. Moran, Deliana Kostova

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The forsaken mental health of the Indigenous Peoples - a moral case of outrageous exclusion in Latin America by Maldonado-Bouchard Sioui, Incayawar Mario

“…This paper comments, specifically, on the limited impact of the Pan American Health Organization's mental health initiative on the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America.…”
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A systematic review of the prevalence of selected sexually transmitted infections in young people in Latin America by María Teresa Vallejo-Ortega, Hernando Gaitán Duarte, Maeve B. Mello, Sonja Caffe, Freddy Perez

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A review of immunization legislation for children in English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries by Tracy Evans-Gilbert, Karen N. Lewis-Bell, Beryl Irons, Philippe Duclos, Gabriel Gonzalez-Escobar, Elizabeth Ferdinand, J. Peter Figueroa, on behalf of the Caribbean Immunization Technical Advisory Group

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Towards a smoke-free world? South America became the first 100% smoke-free subregion in the Americas by Gianella Severini, Rosa Carolina Sandoval, Gustavo Sóñora, Patricia Sosa, Patricia Gutkowski, Luciana Severini, Víctor Valdivia, Ernesto M. Sebrié

“…Almost 20 years after the launching by the Pan American Health Organization of its “Smoke-Free Americas” initiative in 2001, in December 2020, South America became the first subregion in the Americas to accomplish 100% smoke-free environments in line with Article 8 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). …”
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Advertising of tobacco products at point of sale: who are more exposed in Brazil? by Adriana Bacelar Ferreira-Gomes, Lenildo de Moura, Silvânia Suely de Araujo-Andrade, Felipe Lacerda-Mendes, Cristina A Perez, Zohra Abaakouk

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“We Need to Translate Research Into Meaningful HTLV Health Policies and Programs”: Webinar HTLV World Day 2021 by Carolina Rosadas, Carolina Rosadas, Tatiane Assone, Tatiane Assone, Leandro Sereno, Angelica Espinosa Miranda, Angelica Espinosa Miranda, Rubén Mayorga-Sagastume, Marcelo A. Freitas, Graham P. Taylor, Graham P. Taylor, Ricardo Ishak

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Identifying access barriers faced by rural and dispersed communities to better address their needs: implications and lessons learned for rural proofing for health in the Americas a... by Natalia Houghton, Ernesto Bascolo, Rachael Cohen, Norma Lleny Cruz Vilcarromero, Hernán Rodriguez Gonzalez, Daniel Albrecht, Theadora Koller, James Fitzgerald

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Rheumatic heart disease burden, trends, and inequalities in the Americas, 1990–2017: a population-based study by Pedro Ordunez, PhD, Ramon Martinez, Eng, Patricia Soliz, MD, Gloria Giraldo, MPH, Oscar J Mujica, MD, Porfirio Nordet, DSc

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Compliance with clinical trial registration and reporting guidelines by Latin American and Caribbean journals by Ludovic Reveiz, Eleana Villanueva, Chimaraoke Iko, Iveta Simera

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Livestock and environmental characterization of Colombian municipalities: study of vesicular stomatitis by Daniel Magalhães Lima, Diana Carolina Linares Chaparro, Viviana Marcela Mendez Mancera, Jenny Andrea Vela Merchán, Ana Clara Kohara Roman, Lia Puppim Buzanovsky, Ottorino Cosivi, Manuel José Sanchez-Vazquez

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Los laboratorios públicos productores de vacunas: el nuevo paradigma by Akira Homma, José Luis di Fabio, Ciro de Quadros

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Improving cardiovascular health with the patient-centered, integrated primary care HEARTS model in Trinidad and Tobago by Rohit Doon, Taraleen Malcolm, Yvonne Lewis, Latifah Holder, LaDonna Gulston, Abdul Hamid, Allana Best, Roxanne Mitchell, Pedram Lalla

“…This article describes the introduction of the Pan American Health Organization’s HEARTS in the Americas program in Trinidad and Tobago and the successful experiences and challenges encountered in introducing and scaling it up as a strategy for strengthening the health system’s response to cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Driving multisectoral antimicrobial resistance action in South America: Lessons learned from implementing an enhanced tripartite AMR country self-assessment tool by Nathalie El Omeiri, Alix Beith, Nienke Bruinsma, Marisa Caipo, Luis Barcos, Maria Mesplet, Leopoldo del Barrio, Martin Minassian, Ingrid Contreras Arias, Germán Vásquez, Margarita Corrales, Pilar Ramon-Pardo

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Toward a holistic definition for Information Systems for Health in the age of digital interdependence by Marcelo D’Agostino, Myrna Marti, Paula Otero, Daniel Doane, Ian Brooks, Sebastian Garcia Saiso, Jennifer Nelson, Luis Tejerina, Alexandre Bagolle, Felipe Medina Mejia, Daniel Luna, Walter H. Curioso, Viviane Lourenço, Victoria Malek, Gerardo de Cosio

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Developing nurse leaders across the Americas: evaluation of an online nursing leadership course by Johis Ortega, Mary Hooshmand, Cynthia Foronda, Maria Padron, Desiree Simon, Michelle Waters, Silvia Cassiani, Nilda Peragallo Montano

“…The online course was an asynchronous eight-module leadership nursing course created and offered by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Virtual Campus. A retrospective, descriptive design was used to evaluate learner performance data from the modules. …”
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Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Latin American Health Workers: Implications for Designing Interventions by Tamara Rivera, Jennifer Brustrom, Maite Vera Antelo, E. Benjamin Puertas, Dale A. Rhoda, Martha Velandia-Gonzalez

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