The Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America) is a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.Along with their associated islands, the Americas cover 8% of Earth's total surface area and 28.4% of its land area. The topography is dominated by the American Cordillera, a long chain of mountains that runs the length of the west coast. The flatter eastern side of the Americas is dominated by large river basins, such as the Amazon, St. Lawrence River–Great Lakes basin, Mississippi, and La Plata. …

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WHO: World Health Organization · 15 December 2024 French

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4 eco-epidemiological regions of the world: the Americas, East Africa, North Africa and West and South- CL and VL (Table 1). Only the WHO Region of the Americas (AMR) has established formal classification surveillance and control in the Americas. Washington DC: WHO Regional Office for the Americas; 2019 (https://iris for leishmaniases surveillance and control in the Americas. Washington, Bureau régional de l’OMS pour Epidemiological reports for the Americas, No. 11. Washington DC: WHO Regional Office for the Americas; 2022 (https://iris


WHO: World Health Organization · 18 November 2024 English

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Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas (WHO Regional Office for the Americas, based at the Uruguay Country Office). The drawings


WHO: World Health Organization · 17 November 2024 English

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virtual consultation. WHO Regional Office for the Americas: Ludovic Reveiz, Carla Saenz. WHO Regional


WHO: World Health Organization · 17 November 2024 English

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0% to 6.6% across 7 countries), the Region of the Americas (from 5.4% to 4.5% across 19 countries), the South-East Asia Region (-21%), the Region of the Americas (- 5%), and the African Region (+4%); while Western Pacific Region (-78%), the Region of the Americas (-26%), and the European Region (-10%); while hospitalizations at least once (Table 3). The Region of the Americas had the highest proportion of countries reporting admissions at least once (Table 4). The Region of the Americas had the highest proportion of countries reporting


WHO: World Health Organization · 15 November 2024 French

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African Region (63.6%), followed by the Region of the Americas (15.5%), and the Western Pacific Region (12 Western Pacific Region at 9.3%. The Region of the Americas, the European Region, and the South-East Asian


WHO: World Health Organization · 15 November 2024 French

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in the African Region (AFR), the Region of the Americas (AMR) and in the pays sur la vaccination et measles (Table 5). After the WHO Region of the Americas achieved verification of measles elimination African Region – Région africaine Region of the Americas – Région des Amériques Eastern Mediterranean


WHO: World Health Organization · 15 November 2024 English

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Joanna Salvi Le Garrec WHO Regional Office for the Americas: Jairo Mendez Rico WHO Regional Office for


WHO: World Health Organization · 15 November 2024 French

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African Region (63.6%), followed by the Region of the Americas (15.5%), and the Western Pacific Region (12 Western Pacific Region at 9.3%. The Region of the Americas, the European Region, and the South-East Asian in the African Region (AFR), the Region of the Americas (AMR) and in the pays sur la vaccination et measles (Table 5). After the WHO Region of the Americas achieved verification of measles elimination African Region – Région africaine Region of the Americas – Région des Amériques Eastern Mediterranean


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 14 November 2024 English

Contingent liabilities for the EU budget have grown considerably in their magnitude and their complexity and will continue to increase under the MFF 2021-2027. This paper tracks their evolution, explains …

Enlargement countries towards Asia and the Pacific and the Americas and the Caribbean. The EFSD+ guarantee capacity


IEA: International Energy Agency · 13 November 2024 English

The third edition of the World Energy Employment (WEE) report examines the global energy employment environment as the transition progresses into a period of uncertainty. The report offers a detailed …

infrastructure and upstream developments in the Americas and the Middle East contributing to growth energy employers across 27 countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia Pacific. Most respondents


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