Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 27 July 2020 (PAHO/WHO)—On Friday 24th July 2020, representatives from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Trinidad and Tobago Country Office, the United Nations, The World Food Programme and the Canadian High Commission joined the Ministry of Health (MoH) to receive their shipment of…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 27 July 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley today accepted a donation of COVID-19 essential medical supplies for CARICOM countries, from the World Health Organization WHO/Jack Ma Foundation.
And, she said the surgical and N95 masks would greatly assist the governments in protecting their frontline workers.
Ms…
The Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH) of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is oriented at expanding the use of health information through data management, forecasting and definition of scenarios, using for this purpose the state of the art of information technologies. As part…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 20 July 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — This webinar, hosted by the PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries was for the health, tourism, immigration, and other relevant sectors to share experiences and provide technical guidance. The expected outcome was to build a common understanding on…
As the pandemic deepens economic and social stress, violence against women intensifies, with serious consequences for their mental health.
San José, Costa Rica, 17 July 2020 (PAHO) — Women leaders in Latin America today advocated integrating mental health into the COVID-19 pandemic response and called for a significant increase in investment in…
São Paulo, Brazil, 17 July 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), through its Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME) and the then Office of Knowledge Management, Publications and Translations (KMP) launched a Self-Learning Course on Scholarly…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 15 July 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in collaboration with the government of Canada, recently made a significant contribution of essential COVID-19 supplies to Barbados.
The government of Canada made available to PAHO the sum of CAD 7.5 million in…
We regretfully share the notice of demise of Jorge Veiga del Cabo, who was director of the Biblioteca Nacional de Ciencias de la Salud – Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), between 1998 and 2005, a period in which, in cooperation with BIREME, he made progress history in scientific health information and communication in Spain, with…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 13 July 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — On Tuesday, 7 July 2020, the PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean hosted a webinar on NCDs and COVID-19: Building Back Better Services.
The webinar was developed to explore the relation with NCDs and COVID-19 latest data and operational guidance, with key insights from experts…