Creating a Collaborative Platform for the Development of Community Interventions to Prevent Non-Communicable Diseases.

Chronic diseases, also known as non-communicable diseases (NCD) are one of the most important public health problems of our time. Many of these diseases can be reduced by achieving healthy lifestyles. Community interventions are very useful in reducing these types of diseases since they have a direct impact over daily conditions and are adjustable to the complex situations that they carry.

[Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Buenos Aires Province].

In Argentina the first Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) cases were characterized in 1995. Since then, Argentina is the country with the highest number of notified cases in South America. The disease is distributed in Northern, Southern and Central regions of the country, being Buenos Aires the most affected province from the Central region.

Outbreak of type A botulism and development of a botulism surveillance and antitoxin release system in Argentina.

Context: Botulism is an important public health problem in Argentina, but obtaining antitoxin rapidly has been difficult because global supplies are limited. In January 1998, a botulism outbreak occurred in Buenos Aires.

Objectives: To determine the source of the outbreak, improve botulism surveillance, and establish an antitoxin supply and release system in Argentina.