International Health Days Events
International public health days offer great potential to raise awareness and understanding about health issues and mobilize support for action, from the local community to the international stage. There are many world days observed throughout the year related to specific health issues or conditions – from Alzheimer's to zoonoses; however, PAHO/WHO focuses particular attention on the days and weeks that PAHO/WHO Member States have mandated as "official" public health days for the region.
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Opportunity to strengthen the role of human resources for primary health care
The Region of the Americas has around 9 million nursing professionals; of these, 4.500.000 are licensed nurses. The nursing and midwifery workforce represent nearly 50 percent of the health workforce, and nurses and midwives are critical to providing Primary Health Care.
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World Hypertension Day is observed every May 17th in order to raise awareness and promote hypertension prevention, detection and control. High blood pressure is the main risk factor to develop cardiovascular disease.
"Know your numbers" is the theme for this year. Its purpose is to raise awareness worldwide about the importance of knowing what is your blood pressure measurement.
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Nurses have made important strides and we have a lot to celebrate in 2019. On 8 May 2019, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) will launch a new publication on Strategic Direction for Nursing in the Region of the Americas. Join us to commemorate the International Nurses Day.
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During April 20-27, 2019, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and its partners will celebrate the 17th annual Vaccination Week in the Americas with the slogan “Protect your community. Do your part.
Universal health coverage reiterates and reinforces the commitment of PAHO/WHO to Universal Health in the Region of the Americas. The key to achieving this is to ensure that everyone can get the care they need, when they need it, at the heart of the community.
Millions of people still do not have access to medical care. Millions more are forced to choose between health care and other…
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WHO calls on health facilities to prevent health care-associated sepsis through hand hygiene and infection prevention and control (IPC) action. Sepsis is estimated to affect more than 30 million patients every year worldwide.
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The Member States of the United Nations have together pledged to provide Universal Health Coverage (UHC) globally by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.
To help keep this goal top of the global agenda, the World Health Organization is dedicating World Health Day 2018 to Universal Health Coverage – with the aim to kick start meaningful policy dialogues about UHC at all…