In the World Health Organization (WHO) Region of the Americas, national programs are increasingly integrating trachoma interventions into broader health care packages, to improve the health of some of the region’s most remote and hard to reach communities, including indigenous populations living in the Amazonian Basin.
In Colombia,…
São Paulo, 15 December 2020 (PAHO/WHO)—The series of six webinars “Strengthening health information networks” that had as target audience the networks of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) and Libraries of the Unified Health System (BiblioSUS) started in June this year. The first three webinars focused on bibliographic control and the role of the…
Belize City, Belize, December 14, 2020 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), through funding received from Germany, donated five (5) defibrillators, 100 pulse oximeters to support the case management of COVID-19 cases in Belize. Additionally, 100 non-contact thermometers, 15,000 units of shoulder-…
Bridgetown, Barbados, December 12, 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - St. Vincent and the Grenadines recently received a generous donation to continue the mission of safeguarding health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and assist with managing the dengue outbreak.
Dr. Rufus W. Ewing, PAHO Advisor, Health Systems and Services, on behalf of Dr. Yitades…
The VI Session of the Scientific Committee (SC) of BIREME was held virtually on December 4, with an agenda made of two specific objectives: (i) to position members on the current stage of implementation of the main recommendations made by members of previous sessions ; and (ii) generate an effective exchange with the members of the SC to obtain…
Montevideo, December 09 2020 (CLAP/PAHO)- The Perinatal Information System (SIP) is the standard roadmap for perinatal care in the region, collecting crucial information from each pregnant woman, from the first prenatal visit up to discharge from the hospital of the mother and her newborn.
The contents of this clinical record are constantly…
Bridgetown, December 4, 2020 - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization’s (PAHO/WHO’s) commitment to assisting Barbados during the COVID-19 pandemic was again demonstrated during an official handover of a motor vehicle, medical and information technology equipment, and supplies.
These items, a humanitarian donation from the…
Port Antonio residents will soon benefit from a health centre with greater protections against extreme weather conditions, while offering upgraded disability access and energy efficiency.
This is the first health care facility in Jamaica to be retrofitted in this phase of the Smart Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean project, financed by…
The Ministry of Health in Collaboration with the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the Pan American Health Organization/World health Organization (PAHO/WHO) unveiled a billboard to mark the start of the upgrades to be carried out at the Leonora Cottage Hospital, under the Smart Health care Facilities Project, in region…