La experiencia acumulada por la OPS y sus Estados Miembros en torno a esta labor ha arrojado algunas ideas valiosas sobre estrategias integradas para eliminar enfermedades. Si bien la ejecución y el contexto varían, se podría acelerar la labor en torno a todas las estrategias analizadas.

La Iniciativa de Eliminación de Enfermedades en la Región de las Américas enfrenta algunos desafíos complejos, como las disparidades en la atención de salud, las barreras políticas y económicas, y la vigilancia inadecuada.

As of 2022, significant disease burdens persist in the Region, including millions at risk for the more than 30 diseases and conditions targeted by the Elimination Initiative.

Since PAHO’s founding in 1902, countries and territories in the Region have made significant progress toward disease elimination. This success provided a strong foundation for the Elimination Initiative, which launched in 2019.

The Pan American Health Organization's Health in the Americas initiative is an organizational effort lead by the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH) under the direction of Sebástian García Saisó, EIH Department Director, and coordinated by Adrienne Cox, Health Analysis and Equity Metrics Unit Chief in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) technical departments, PAHO/World Health Organization country offices, and Member States.

In 2019, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Member States approved the Elimination Initiative, an ambitious, comprehensive, person-centered framework aimed at eliminating more than 30 communicable diseases and related conditions in the Americas by 2030.

La Iniciativa de Eliminación de Enfermedades es un marco integral cuya finalidad es eliminar más de 30 enfermedades transmisibles y condiciones relacionadas en la Región de las Américas para el 2030.