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Washington, D.C., June 28, 2024 (PAHO) - The 174th session of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded yesterday after four days of deliberations, where representatives of the nine Member States that make up this governing body, and observers, addressed a critical agenda for public health in the region…
Washington D.C. 28 June 2024 – A new report launched by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reveals that while overall life expectancy has risen in the Americas, so has the number of people living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Rapid population aging has led to an increase in ill health and disabilities caused by noncommunicable…
Port-au-Prince, 27 June 2024 (PAHO) - From June 3 to 7, 2024, the Direction de la Pharmacie, du Médicament et de la Médecine Traditionnelle (DPM/MT) of the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP), in collaboration with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), organized an orientation seminar for fourth-year students at the…
26 June 2024 | Geneva — New data show that nearly one third (31%) of adults worldwide, approximately 1.8 billion people, did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022. The findings point to a worrying trend of physical inactivity among adults, which has increased by about 5 percentage points between 2010 and 2022.If the…
25 June 2024 — A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that 2.6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths, and 0.6 million deaths to psychoactive drug use. Notably, 2 million of alcohol and 0.4 million of drug-attributable deaths were among men.WHO’s …
Washington, DC, June 20, 2024 (PAHO) – Latin America and the Caribbean has reported 9.3 million cases of dengue so far this year, twice the number of cases reported in all of 2023. However, according to the latest epidemiological update issued this week by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the fatality rate remains below…
Washington D.C. 14 June 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the United States National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) brought together policy-makers, civil society and researchers this week to discuss advances and gaps in suicide prevention research, as well as to exchange experiences on evidence-based…
Asunción, Paraguay, 12 June 2024 (PAHO)- As part of his first official visit to Paraguay, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Jarbas Barbosa, met today with the President of the Republic of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, to discuss priority health issues for the country.During the meeting, the PAHO Director highlighted the new…
Port-au-Prince, June 7, 2024 (PAHO) - The Direction de la Santé de la Famille (DSF) and the Programme Nationale de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) of the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), with the full support of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and other MSPP partners including UNAIDS, a week of training, from May 27 to…