RESUMO
El Programa de Salud Pública Veterinaria, hoy designado como Programa Especial de Salud Animal, ha jugado un papel clave en el fomento de la salud animal, la salud humana y el desarrollo económico. Este artículo estudia las razones fundamentales de las actividades de salud pública veterinaria en América Latina y el Caribe, y describe también el importante papel que la OPS ha desempeñado para fomentarlas y para ayudar a mejorar su calidad (AU)
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Saúde Pública Veterinária , América Latina , Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde/história , Região do CaribeRESUMO
El Programa de Salud Pública Veterinaria, hoy designado como Programa Especial de Salud Animal, ha jugado un papel clave en el fomento de la salud animal, la salud humana y el desarrollo económico. Este artículo estudia las razones fundamentales de las actividades de salud pública veterinaria en América Latina y el Caribe, y describe también el importante papel que la OPS ha desempeñado para fomentarlas y para ayudar a mejorar su calidad (AU)
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Saúde Pública Veterinária , Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde , Região do Caribe , América LatinaAssuntos
Doenças dos Animais , Saúde Pública , Medicina Veterinária , América Latina , Índias OcidentaisRESUMO
Spanish and English documents are bound together in one volume
Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Medical Research, 16. Pan American Health Organization; 11-15 Jul. 1977
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Pesquisa , Controle de Doenças Transmissíveis , Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde , Formulação de Políticas , América Latina , Região do CaribeRESUMO
Reunión del Comité Asesor sobre Investigaciones Médicas, 16. Organización Panamericana de la Salud; 11-26 jul. 1977
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Pesquisa , Controle de Doenças Transmissíveis , Formulação de PolíticasRESUMO
Rabies is one of the most ancient and persistent diseases of man and animals. It has existed in Latin America for at least five centuries although the records give very little information about the many deaths caused by the disease
During the last 12 years, 2,407 cases of human rabies have been reported in the Americas, and statistics indicate that the average annual incidence of human rabies rose from 168 in the period 1954 to 1959 to 225 in the period 1960 to 1966. Foremost among the countries in the Continent notifying cases of human rabies in the period 1954 to 1965 was Colombia with 710 followed by Mexico with 487 and Argentina with 254
The migration of the rural population to the cities in search of improved living conditions has worsened the housing problem and given rise to unsanitary shanty towns surrounding many of the large Latin American capitals. Peasants move to the shanty towns with their dogs and increase the already dense dog population. In Mexico and in Greater Buenos Aires for example the dog population is 500,000; in Montevideo it is estimated to be 408,000 and in Lima, 300,000. The very density of this dog population offers favorable conditions for the persistence and spread of rabies. The number of cases of dog bite is also increasing; there were 1,492 cases in Canada in 1963 and 10,000 in the United States. In that year, 77,526 persons were bietten by dogs in Mexico ...(AU)
