Bridgetown Barbados, 28 March 2025 (PAHO/WHO) - To empower young people and nurture more health-conscious and resilient citizens, CARICOM Youth Ambassador for Barbados Ashley Lashley launched Growing Tomorrow Harvest on Wednesday. The project will integrate sustainable gardening in three Barbadian schools.It is supported by the Barbados …
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, March 27, 2025 (PAHO) – Following a historic epidemic year in the Americas in 2024, Bolivia has bolstered its emergency response capabilities for dengue outbreaks thanks to financial support from the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO). Key actions…
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 March 2025 (PAHO/WHO) - Seventy-nine school nurses from the Regional Health Authorities and the Ministry of Education across Trinidad and Tobago recently participated in two, two-day workshops staged by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to provide hands-on training in…
Kingston, Jamaica, 26 March 2025 (PAHO) – In a strategic effort to advance the implementation of Jamaica’s Electronic Immunization Registry (EIR), the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), UNICEF, and Palladium, hosted a workshop on risk management…
Washington, 24 March 2025.- On Thursday 20 March, during the annual Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in Paris, three cities were recognized for their achievements in preventing noncommunicable diseases and injuries: Córdoba, Argentina; Fortaleza, Brazil; and Greater Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.The…
Belize City, Belize, March 21, 2025 (PAHO) - Through the European Union-Funded Health Sector Support Programme Project, PAHO/WHO Belize partnered with Belize’s Ministry of Health and Wellness to provide technical cooperation and support for the development and launch of its Strategic Health Plan for 2025-2034. The plan outlines a comprehensive…
Bridgetown, Barbados – March 19, 2025 (PAHO). Maintaining healthy indoor air quality is critical to health and wellness for both health personnel and the public.PAHO/WHO therefore supported Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda by providing training to Government staff who work in the Environmental Health Department, individuals with…
19 March 2025 (PAHO) –The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) successfully hosted a virtual Peer Educator Training Workshop as part of its ongoing technical cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Human Services (MOHHS) of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). This initiative underscored PAHO/WHO’s…
Camiri, Santa Cruz – Bolivia, 17 march 2025 (OPS)- Camiri, Santa Cruz - Bolivia, 17 March 2025 (PAHO)- Rapid trachoma assessments (RTAs) have been used to detect cases of follicular trachoma and trachomatous trichiasis in 21 remote indigenous communities in Bolivia. The RTAs were conducted by field teams from the Ministry of Health and Sports, as…