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Call for Nominations Open Now for 2011 Manuel Velasco Suárez Award for Excellence in Bioethics
WASHINGTON, DC (February 17, 2011) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) invite professors, scholars, and researchers affiliated with an institution involved in the study of bioethics to nominate a developing scholar in bioethics for the 2011 Manuel Velasco Suárez Award for Excellence in Bioethics.
Call for Nominations Open Now for the 2011 Fred L. Soper Award for Excellence in Public Health Literature
WASHINGTON, DC (February 17, 2011) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) is calling for nominations of scientific articles of significant impact on the public health literature in Latin America and/or the Caribbean for the 2011 Fred L. Soper Award for Excellence in Public Health Literature. The articles must have been published within the three years previous to the nomination in a scientific journal that is indexed in a medical database (e.g., PubMed, SciELO) or in the Pan American Journal of Public Health.
Call for Nominations Open Now for 2011 Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence in Leadership in Inter-American Public Health
WASHINGTON, DC (February 17, 2011) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) invite you to nominate a person who has had an outstanding lifetime career in medicine or public health for the 2011 Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence in Leadership in Inter-American Public Health.
Call for Nominations Now Open for 2011 Sérgio Arouca Award for Excellence in Universal Health Care
WASHINGTON, DC (February 17, 2011) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) invite you to nominate a remarkable candidate that has made significant contributions to laying the foundation of an all-inclusive universal health care system in one or more of the countries of the Americas for the 2011 Sérgio Arouca Award for Excellence in Universal Health Care.
Call for Nominations Open for Undergraduate Research Papers: 2011 Pedro N. Acha Award for Excellence in Veterinary Public Health
WASHINGTON, DC (February 17, 2011) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) invite deans and directors of Latin American and Caribbean schools of veterinary medicine and animal sciences to nominate outstanding research papers by undergraduate students for the Pedro N. Acha Award for Excellence in Veterinary Public Health.
Submit a Nomination Today for the 2011 PAHO/PAHEF Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health
WASHINGTON, DC (February 17, 2011) – Now is the time to help colleagues who are performing outstanding public health work in the Americas receive the recognition they deserve. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2011 PAHO/PAHEF Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health at pahef.org/awards.
Diabetes Is Cutting Lives Short in Latin America
Diabetes is wreaking havoc on health in Latin America by reducing the quality of life as well as life spans for millions. Approximately 20 million people currently suffer from the disease in this region, and the number is predicted to double to 40 million by 2025.
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