Within the framework of the 35th anniversary of the Descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS), BIREME, the Latin American and Caribbean Center for Information in Health Sciences, which is part of the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health of the Pan American Health Organization (EIH/PAHO) launches an innovative service, the…
BIREME, as a specialized center of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, closes out 2020 with multiple important successes and challenges, which were continuously supported by its network of collaborating institutions and a team that works seriously, committedly, and that always transforms obstacles into opportunities.…
Paramaribo, February 4, 2021 (PAHO/WHO) – At the s ’Lands Hospitaal, the PAHO/WHO Representative, Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell officially handed over 20 patient monitors and 12 biPAP machines (non-invasive ventilators) at a cost of USD$95,000 to the Ministry of Health to appropriately respond to the management of COVID-19 cases in the country. The…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 2 February 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - Young to mid-career professionals from CARIFOURUM countries who are interested in Empowering Caribbean Action for Climate and Health, are invited to apply to the first cohort of the Climate Change and Health Leaders training fellowship program.
Applicants should be between 25 to 45 years and…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 29 January 2021 (PAHO) – Ministers of Health, Chief Medical Officers, Permanent Secretaries and other Health officials from Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC) including the United Kingdom Overseas Territories participated in a briefing of country specific technical cooperation activities.
The virtual event…
Bridgetown, 30 January 2021 (PAHO) - On 30 January 2021, Barbados and several Eastern Caribbean Countries who signed agreements with the COVAX Facility were informed of the indicative allocation of COVID-19 vaccines. In a written letter to each Minister of Health, the COVAX facility advised that vaccines will be delivered effective…
Nassau, 28 January 2021 - The Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization announced a change in their Representative in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands, following the retirement of Dr. Esther de Gourville who served in that capacity between November 2016 and January 2021.
Dr. Eldonna Boisson has been appointed as…
As a key implementing partner of the Spotlight Initiative, on Wednesday, January 27th, 2021, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Trinidad and Tobago Country Office, handed over a package of gender-based violence communication products to the Ministry of Health. The products are targeted to policymakers and…
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, January 27, 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - The main stakeholders involved in the detection, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and comprehensive support of children and adolescents with cancer in the country participated in the validation of the National Strategic Plan for Childhood Cancer (PENCI-RD, for its abbreviation in…