Port au Prince, Haiti, November 6 2017—The Third Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Sustainability of the HIV Response "Road to Ending AIDS in LAC: Towards Sustainable Regional Fast-Track Targets" will be held in Port au Prince, Haiti, from 6th to 8th November 2017, organized by the Government of Haiti, UNAIDS, PAHO/WHO, people living with HIV…
On 25-26 October, PAHO and the McGill University Collaborating Center co-hosted a regional meeting on indigenous wellness and suicide prevention, which was held in Montreal, Canada. The meeting’s objectives were to exchange experiences of wellness and suicide prevention at the community level; to investigate the development or revision of…
Port-au-Prince, August 28, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization [PAHO], Dr. Carissa Etienne, is making an official visit to Haiti this week to meet with Minister of Health of Haiti, Dr. Greta Roy Clément, and other national officials to follow-up on the progress of our technical cooperation as well as on previous…
Only one focus of onchocerciasis (river blindness) persists in the Americas, on the border between Brazil and Venezuela. The disease is still present in 31 African countries and Yemen.
Guatemala City, 8 December 2016 (PAHO/WHO)- A hundred years after Guatemalan ophthalmologist Rodolfo Robles established the causal relationship between…
Washington, D.C., 15 September 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Jamaica is implementing a 10-year strategic plan to improve health and attain its vision of a healthy and stable population, Jamaican Minister of Health Dr. Christopher Tufton said today at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) during a presentation on the country's health situation, priority…
The country's hepatitis B elimination strategy includes testing and treatment for pregnant women and vaccination of newborns within the first 24 hours
Yenny Antonio Leon is a 25-year-old mother from Huanta, Ayacucho, Peru, who was diagnosed with hepatitis B before having her baby. "When I found out, I felt terrible because I thought it was a…
Family and community health in local health units will be strengthened under a new project of $ 2.4 million, signed yesterday by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Washington, June 29, 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — Family and community health in local health units will be strengthened under a new project of $ 2.4…
Geneva, 23 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — "The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides an opportunity to speed progress made in the fight against epidemics, as well as in tackling neglected and tropical diseases, and provides a framework for responding to new threats such as Zika", noted the Minister of Health of Argentina, Jorge Lemus, in his…
Geneva, 23 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Panama has been designated as Vice-President of the 69th World Health Assembly, representing the Region of the Americas at the Assembly, which is taking place from 23 to 28 May in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Minister of Health of Panama, Francisco Javier Terrientes, will be one of the five vice-presidents appointed…