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Washington, D.C., May 10, 2024 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is calling countries and territories of the Caribbean to join forces during Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week 2024, which runs from May 6 to 12. The aim of the week is to kick start regional efforts to prevent and control dengue, chikungunya, and…
Kingston, Jamaica, 7 May 2024 – Belize, Jamaica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are the latest countries in the Americas to receive certification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating the mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis (EMTCT). The milestone was marked today at a commemorative event organized by the…
May 2024Stephannie Lizama traveled from the village of San Lazaro to the Orange Walk health center in the north-east of Belize that morning, a journey that takes over three hours by foot. At 31 weeks pregnant with her second child, she had been experiencing some sickness and was keen to receive her prenatal checks.…
The new agreement will focus on three priority areas: health systems strengthening based on primary health care; information systems and digital health; and pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.Washington, D.C., 25 April 2024 (PAHO) - The president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ilan Goldfajn, and the director of the Pan-…
Washington D.C. 25 April 2024 (PAHO) – With countries of the Americas reporting around 480,000 cases of malaria in 2023, on World Malaria Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called on governments to step up efforts to tackle the disease, which disproportionately impacts indigenous communities, migrant and other vulnerable…
Port-au-Prince, 22 April 2024 (PAHO/WHO) - Since February 29, 2024, Haiti faces an intensified security crisis, marking a new stage in the violence already impacting a struggling healthcare system, and further complicating access to care for millions of Haitians. As is often the case, the crisis has hit the country’s most vulnerable the hardest,…
Washington D.C. 22 April 2024 (PAHO) – The 22nd edition of Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) 2024 was launched this week under the slogan “Engage now to protect your future #GetVax.” The launch ceremony was led by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, as well as other high-level health authorities and regional…
The vaccine hurt a little," 8 year-old, Angel Fabian said, smiling with relief after receiving a booster dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The boy, who lives in the neighborhood of San Juan in the Aguas Zarcas district, three hours from the capital, San José, was one the children reached by a vaccination campaign to prevent…
Washington D.C. 18 April 2024 (PAHO/WHO) – With 15 out of every 100 children in the Americas only partially protected against vaccine-preventable diseases, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, has urged countries of the region to continue efforts to recover routine vaccination coverage. “Historically, our…