AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoBlood Safety Watch: Argentina’s blood-donor screening during a Western equine encephalitis outbreak found one symptom-free carrier (1 in 637), a reminder that questions alone can miss “silent” infections and that surveillance plus lab testing matters. Youth Online Safety: Uruguay is moving forward with a bill to ban social media use for minors under 15, pushing account-blocking duties onto platforms and adding sanctions for noncompliance. Public Health Coding: PAHO and Mexico’s ICD-11 training partners wrapped a regional course to strengthen mortality coding skills across 18 countries, including Uruguay, aiming to improve how deaths are classified in health systems. Health Tech & Environment: A UN University report warns data centers powering AI are straining electricity, water, and land—raising public-health-adjacent concerns as demand grows. Regional Rights Focus: Latin American states meet in Montevideo (Aug 18–20) for the UN population and development conference, with strong emphasis on protecting rights for women, adolescents, migrants, and LGBTQIA+ people.
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