Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, October 16, 2020 - Through funding from the European Union, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in partnership with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), have secured down payments to purchase over 1M doses of the expected COVID-19 vaccine(s) for Caribbean Member States.
CARPHA Executive Director Dr Joy St…
Bridgetown, Barbados – 15 October 2020. The development and implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine is envisioned as a key intervention to significantly reduce the threat of the virus. To prepare countries for introduction of a vaccine, the PAHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries held a virtual meeting to discuss the…
Within the framework of the analysis of its 2020-2021 Work Plan (BWP 20-21) and even though in emergency teleworking during the global pandemic of COVID-19 since mid-March/20, BIREME/PAHO/WHO achieved important advances. Ten of the main results achieved in the first semester of 2020 are shared here, especially scientific information on SARS-CoV-2…
Paramaribo, Suriname, 13 October 2020 (PAHO/WHO)–The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Country Office in Suriname handed over 20 oxygen concentrators to the Ministry of Health to support the country in its response to COVID-19. The 20 oxygen concentrators will be distributed to health facilities to treat…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 9 October 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Message by PAHO/WHO Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries, Dr Yitades Gebre.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a call to countries to focus on increased investment in mental health as we recognize World Mental Health Day being celebrated…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 08 October 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) collaborated to orient participants on the International Classification of Disease, tenth edition (ICD-10) coding for COVID-19 mortality.
This second orientation session brought together fifty-eight (58)…
Belize City, Belize, October 8, 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – As part of an ongoing efforts to strengthen Belize’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic at ports of entry, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, previously known as the Development and the Foreign and…
Dr. Luis Felipe Codina, was appointed as the new PAHO/WHO Representative in Guyana effective 2 October 2020. Dr. Codina a national of Peru, obtained both his medical degree (1982) and a diploma for specialization in Pediatrics (1985) from the Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil. He has also received a diploma in Health Administration (PROASA) from…
The Pan American Health Organisation was pleased to present Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness today with a large donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to help maintain the health and safety of frontline health workers.
Dr Bernadette Theodore-Gandi, PAHO/WHO representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, handed over…